First Quilts

**Debbie C** · 10-07-2012, 05:55 AM

I do all my own quilting, but some I still tie - I love the old-fashioned look that tying gives my quilts.

**ckcowl** · 10-05-2012, 02:30 PM

i quilted my own way back when- then didn't quilt for a number of years= when i started again the first large (king sized) quilt i made i sent out- and it cost me so much i figured i had better either learn to do that myself- or not ever make another one-so set out to learn to machine quilt, saved my pennies & purchased a long-arm...i do still on occassion quilt with the domestic machine too- small projects- up to twins & if i want to do intricate quilting i do it on my sewing machine. i am working on a queen sized whole cloth with my domestic machine. now i don't have to send them out- people send theirs out to me

**busy fingers** · 10-05-2012, 07:14 PM

I do all my own quilting an a domestic sewing machine. Good, bad or indifferent I like to see the project done myself from start to finish.

**lynnie** · 10-05-2012, 02:36 PM

Been quilting since i was seven. All except four have been hand quilted.
well over 350 have been hand quilted.

**quilts4charity** · 10-05-2012, 03:44 PM

Always do my own from start to finish, I want the whole thing done by me even if it isn't the prettiest thing around....I like to say..."I did it".

**Sdwill** · 10-05-2012, 05:42 PM

I take my king and queen size quilts to my SIL to get LAQ'd. But I get the family discount and she's my next door neighbor (but my next door neighbor is 3/4 miles away). The family discount also means my quilts don't get done until she has everyone elses done. But that's fine, I'm not usually on a time schedule for the larger quilts. The smaller quilts I do on my DM.

**ghostrider** · 10-05-2012, 06:30 PM

Modern longarm machines didn't exist until 1984...long after I started quilting.

**GrannieAnnie** · 10-05-2012, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by appliquequiltdesigns

I have been reading through the post and noticed that even the beginning quilters are sending their quilts out to be quilted. When I made my first quilt I did not even know that was an option. I have always handquilted my own quilts. Those of you that have been quilting for a long time, did you quilt your own quilts at the beginning (either hand or machine) or did you send them out?

If they are mine-------------they get tacked. I like piecing---------I hate quilting.

**Bluelady** · 10-05-2012, 07:54 PM

I quilted my first few with a simple diagonal stitch across the whole quilt. On my machine. I still sometimes use that same pattern for smaller baby or lap quilts.

**Jackie Spencer** · 10-06-2012, 02:28 AM

I first started quilting in the mid 70's. Everthing was done by hand. I hand quilted everything. I still do some piecing by hand, but send my quilts to my neice or Charisma to quilt.

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