Originally Posted by Tiffany
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:
It's going to be small - probably a lap quilt. I'd be afraid to try anything too big right now. I'm very tempted to do hand quilting. I think if I tried doing it on my machine, I could only do stitch in the ditch, whereas by hand I'd be tempted to try something a little more fun. Plus it'd be nice to have something I could do while sitting next to DH when he plays video games (instead of going back in the bedroom by myself and sewing on the machine). :)