Originally Posted by DonnaC

I took a hand-quilting class last week at the Worcester Sewing Expo (taught by Holice, who lurks around here too... he is such a hoot... great class!). Anyway, I had never seriously tried hand-quilting before... and wow, I have a total new sense of respect for all of you who do it well. It felt like I had grown a few useless extra fingers in the class, and it hasn't improved much after practicing on my own....LOL... I know it takes a lot of time and I will get

My right hand is going through the motions okay, it's my left hand that doesn't know what it's doing. I just can't get the sense of "feeling" what it's supposed to do underneath the quilt sandwich, and how the needle should be hitting the finger under there and bringing the needle back up. (If you don't hand quilt you have no idea what I'm talking about right now, but that's okay... I'm just rambling!)