The old-fasioned, tedious way -
10-31-2015, 08:31 AM
#32
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I like the look of long stitches done by hand, but I have not done one that way, (yet!)....I always remember my Mom's comment on her neighbor's hand quilting..." Toenail catchers!" �� Maybe I will make a lap quilt for myself with those stitches, then I can admire to my heart's content.
10-31-2015, 10:00 AM
#33
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Location: Live Oak, Texas
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Well at my age I remember when the only way was the old hard way so I love my new quicker, easier ways of doing things. I still do some hand stitching but the new rulers and the rotary cutter and mat are so wonderful. It used to take me days of hand cutting before I could think of starting to sew. I still find boxes of half cut out quilt tops that I got so tired of cutting I just stopped and put them away and forgot about them.
10-31-2015, 10:47 AM
#34
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Location: Pe Ell, Washington
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I love to hand piece little blocks they give me something to do when waiting, I also enjoy hand applique nothing compares to it. Then I love to hand quilt a special quilt. Right now I have a special one waiting for a wool batting and the right backing. The last hand quilted quilt I finished people thought it was a tapestry. No it wasn't, isn't just heavily quilted except for certain areas which I tied in memory of my grandmother. Here is a picture of that quilt.
10-31-2015, 12:25 PM
#35
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Location: Upstate NY, north of Syracuse Area
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I am forced by my health to do most things the modern way, and am grateful that I have all those helps available. My one consistent pleasure is drawing and grafting out patterns by hand.
10-31-2015, 01:02 PM
#36
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Location: Beautiful Briery Mountain in WV
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Patchwork of the Crosses--fussy cutting, basting, whipstitch assembly. Grandmother's Flower Garden left me determined to NEVER paper piece then access to the internet let me see the possibilities.
10-31-2015, 07:05 PM
#37
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Location: Central Wisconsin
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Originally Posted by luvstoquilt
Maviskw, that is what we use at the "Kalico Kwikters" in Yorkville, Illinois. We are about 25 to 40 women every Wednesday from 8- 3. It is so much fun. We pin our quilts and have 4 going at all times. We have a coffe break with show and tell at 9:30 and lunch at noon. If your quilt is being done you and the other 3 ladies are in charge of lunch. Coffee break snacks are from volunteers. If you are ever near Please join us. We are upstairs at the Farmers Co-op. This group is about to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
Enjoy your quilt frames.
10-31-2015, 07:19 PM
#38
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Location: Central Wisconsin
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
overwhelm me....just like shopping in the mall does!!! Jan in VA
10-31-2015, 11:00 PM
#39
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Location: Lake Stevens, WA
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I call it my solar clothes dryer, but grandma called it a clothesline! With a nice breeze, I don't even have to iron my new fabrics (which I always wash right away), as long as I remember to set the washing machine to "slow" spin.
No, I don't hand-piece, but do some hand quilting and I also (when time permits) hand sew the second side of bindings.
No, I don't hand-piece, but do some hand quilting and I also (when time permits) hand sew the second side of bindings.
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