A good quilting friend of mine is moving soon, and she gave me a lap hoop for hand quilting. I've never done hand quilting, but I've been toying with the idea, and this sealed the deal. So this winter I'm thinking I will try to hand quilt a small (lap size) quilt.
Is a preprinted wholecloth panel a good first project, or would something with less emphasis on the quilting stitches be better, like a pieced top?
Also, I've seen some miniature wholecloth panels for sale, about 13" square, which is much smaller than my lap hoop. Could something like that be done in a regular wooden embroidery hoop? Or would I need a different hoop? (In which case I probably wouldn't do it, since I'm leery of investing money in this hand-quilting thing before I know I would actually do it again.)