Originally Posted by KiwiQuilter
At quilt shows that I have gone to over the last 3 years - I would say that just over half the quilts were hand quilted.
My personal preference is for hand quilting, and this the form I craft that I create. I do enjoy machine quilting where the overall design is enhanced. What machine quilters create is pretty amazing (and different) to what we can achieve. I have a friend that uses "thread painting" as her quilting method - and her work is outstanding.
I adore seeing what other hand quilters do - you have done an amazing job on those quilts. Just gorgeous :)
I think we are luckier than the USA because I have seen a lot more hand quilted as you said about half and I do like to look closely at them to see how each of the quilts I like are made and quilted. If I had the time and money I would go and get lessons on how to hand quilt the right way.