Originally Posted by Lady Shivesa
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I plan on quilting this one myself. I couldn't justify paying to have it long-armed. My only debate is whether to do it on the machine or by hand - and then what pattern to use when I do decide. I kind of want to do it by hand because I really like the idea of it, but I'm also tempted to use the machine - but then I'm afraid it'll be hard to manuever all the fabric around in my machine.
What size will your quilt be? If it is going to be queen sized or larger and you choose to machine quilt it, my suggestion would be to practice first on something the size of a lap quilt or smaller. It's a dickens trying to quilt something large when you are not used to it. I decided to do a king sized quilt years ago on my home machine and while I can do a quilt that size now, it sure wasn't what I should have started with! :|
Hand quilting is very relaxing, at least for me, and I usually do it when sitting in front of the tv. I'm horrible about being able to just sit there & do nothing with my hands. If you are like me and you enjoy hand quilting, I bet you are going to just love applique! (
Come to the Dark Side!) :lol: