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01-21-2017, 12:22 PM

GOOFY1954

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New to the quilting board

I am new to the quilting board. Thank you for excepting me. I sew typically four to five days a week. I enjoy making quilts and seeing what others have done. I am wanting to learn more about sewing machine quilting verses doing the quilting by hand. I have arthritis in my hands and trying it by hand aggravates it. I try not to let it get in my way. Each of my children have a quilt made by me so as to someday hand it down to one of their children.

01-21-2017, 12:35 PM

QuiltnNan

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Welcome from western NY and happy quilting

01-21-2017, 02:45 PM

Tartan

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Welcome from Ontario, Canada.

01-21-2017, 02:54 PM

quiltingcandy

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Welcome from Southern California!

01-21-2017, 06:20 PM

dluvs2quilt

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Welcome from Michigan.

01-22-2017, 05:58 AM

Lori B.

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Welcome from Michigan!

01-22-2017, 06:13 AM

Abby'smom

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welcome from se TX

01-22-2017, 07:00 AM

Libster

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Waving a big hello from NC. I know what you mean about your hands. Have you tried the Quilt-As-You-Go technique? I've just recently learned to do this and I LOVE it. It's all done on your machine, one block at the time. We have a really good tutorial by Sewbizgirl here on the Board. I highly recommend it. Good luck and we're happy you found us.

01-22-2017, 07:21 AM

osewme

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Howdy from Texas. We would love to see some pictures of the quilts you have made. As Libster said, the Quilt-As-You-Go method might be a good way for you to go. That way you don't have to struggle with quilting the entire quilt at one time. Jenny Doan had a good tutorial recently on how to do it also.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79Tm...8WIyMjAxMjAxNw

I've never tried that technique but want to on my next quilt.
You will find a lot of help from great quilters on this board. We are glad you are joining us!