Originally Posted by katesnanna
I'm surprised at the number of quilters who make lots of lovely quilt tops but don't finish them
I know here in Australia sending it out to be professionally quilted is expensive.( A friend pays upwards of $200.00 to have hers done.)
I can understand if the quilt is to go into a show but when they are made with love for family,friends or whoever why not finish them and give them to people to use?
I'm not sure how many quilts I've made (somewhere near 100) but I machine quilt them all. They don't have to be fancy, straight stitching or a fancy stitch from our machines works well.
This is not a judgment just wondering why so many quilts that are lovingly made languish on a shelf or in a cupboard when someone could be enjoying them.
I have always done one quilt at a time and seen it through completion. I hand quilt all my quilts as I do not have a sewing machine that does quilting. I hope to purchase a new machine, either a Janome or Brother, that can quilt because my arthritis is getting too bad to hand quilt bed quilts any more.