Originally Posted by rhueluna
Originally Posted by Ellie'sNana
I love your work and agree with you about the art of hand quilting. Machine quilting is stunning but there is an intimacy about hand quilting that is unique. I would love to do more hand quilting and am trying to teach myself, which is not easy. I've looked at different instruction books but I'm not sure which to try.
I just taught myself. I can't use a frame as its too bulky and slows me down. I baste it really well, and quilt it in sections or strips instead of the entire quilt at once. It works much better. Just a running stitch as small and evenly as you can make them and running the needle between the layers to go from place to place without knotting for each little space. Its hard to explain. If you make a small knot, and pull it through the top layer into where the batting is, you have no knots to hide. I wished I could show you myself, but that isn't possible. Good luck, I am sure there are good sites out there that maybe will show you. Maybe Youtube has something about hand quilting.
Thank you for the encouragement. I'm going to keep trying. Maybe someday I can post a picture.