Tie AND Hand Quilt?
I know, I know...it's my quilt, but has anyone ever seen a quilt that is both hand quilted AND tied? I have a 10-minute block quilt that seems to be calling me to do both... Would it look silly?
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I started FMQing a baby quilt and the machine kept acting up, so I put it down. Then I had to get it finished to gift the thing, and for time's sake I tied the other half of it. It looked really strange, but I suppose if you made it look deliberate, it might actually work.
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I'm seeing some of this and i like it!! i can see hand-quilting and hand-tying very easily bc they're both hand-work but i'm seeing machine quilting along with hand-quilting and tying too! i like the variety and especially like the utility stitch being used w/ machine or hand-quilting. the examples i've seen were very nice and did not look odd. i'm considering doing this one my hidden wells quilt but its going to be pretty big so i might not want to commit to even the utility stitch but i thought ditch quilting the big squares and then utility stitching some of the bands could maybe look nice.
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Originally Posted by Sewhappytoquilt
(Post 5547186)
I know, I know...it's my quilt, but has anyone ever seen a quilt that is both hand quilted AND tied? I have a 10-minute block quilt that seems to be calling me to do both... Would it look silly?
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Why not - it adds another design element to the quilt!
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I recently embroidered some deer blocks for my grandsons. I ended up hand quilting around the main part of the quilt and tied other places. It turned out great and has withstood many hours of cuddling.
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If there is a UFO that is crying to be completed, I will use any method available to do so. However, in my case, that usually means that a long-ago hand-quilted (started) quilt will often be finished on my LA just for the sake of getting it done. I have done this to at least 2-3 that I can think of and I don't see anything wrong with it!
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