Originally Posted by chamby
I agree. I tried joining a guild at one time. I felt so out of place. They were too hung up on long arm quilting. Some of us can not afford a long arm machine let alone have room for one. I enjoy quilting by hand. The guilds make me feel inferior because I choose to hand quilt. They let you know that that type of quilting is not pretty enough.
I like the looks of both. But I prefer the hand quilting. I guess because this is what I grew up with and it is so relaxing. So I too just join this online group. Which by the way I truly love!!!
I love to hand quilt, too. A few quilts I've had done on long-arm....but I've made queen size quilts for each of my 3 kids, my sister, lap quilts for both Mother and Mother-in-law, and numerous baby quilts. I do some machine quilting myself, too, but always have a hand quilting project going. Too bad we live so far apart (I'm in Colorado)....we could start a hand quilting group! :) Enjoy every minute!!