Thread: First Quilts

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

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".

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.

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.

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.

my first few quilts were hand quilted by me plus I hand quilted for others; unfortunately my hands whon't let me do that any more so all my quilts get sent to the LA'r. Its quickerr and gives me more time to make more quilts.