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Old 03-14-2013, 06:29 PM
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I've noticed that a lot of the quilting I've viewed is machine stitched. are there any hand quilters out there?
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Old 03-14-2013, 06:46 PM
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Hi Sewmerry. I am a hand quilter. I have just recently started doing some machine stitch in the ditch. The quilt that I am working on has both hand quilting and sid. I have arthritis in my dominant wrist so started using the machine for some of my quilting. But I love the hand quilting.
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Old 03-14-2013, 07:00 PM
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I started doing hand quilting last year. I did a full-size bed quilt for my guest room & 3 lap quilts for 3 grandsons. I have done s-i-d on lap quilts projects in the past.
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Old 03-14-2013, 07:03 PM
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I do almost exclusively hand quilting and have for 30 years or so. I'm actually afraid to machine quilt as I don't have the know how or skill and would be horrified to ruin something as a "practice" piece. Yes, we are here.
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Old 03-14-2013, 10:26 PM
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Old 03-14-2013, 10:29 PM
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I'm a hand quilter - find no pleasure sitting at a sewing machine
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Old 03-14-2013, 10:33 PM
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I prefer to hand quilt as I find it relaxing. However I also machine quilt when the quilt is going to be washed often eg. childs' quilt.
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Old 03-14-2013, 11:07 PM
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I do some and some. I was a hand quilter but my hands are really bad now and the hand quilting causes me a lot of pain so I have to limit how much hand quilting I do now
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Old 03-15-2013, 01:06 AM
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Hi all hand quilters. I hand quilt as well as machine. Quick projects by machine and small projects I can quilt on my knee at night hand quilt. Love both types. People are looking for hand quilting when they come to shows .
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Old 03-15-2013, 02:33 AM
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Another hand quilter here. Actually I think there are quite a few on this board. I usually machine piece and hand quilt. Very little machine quilting...only when donations require it. Otherwise I quilt while watching TV with DH in the evenings (when I'm not cruising around here, that is).
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