The very first quilt I finished was a grandmothers flower garden . My Grandmother made all the flowers but never put them together . This was done in either the 30's or 40's. They stayed in her cedar chest . She raised me and shw passed away in 1982 . In 2000 I finally got brave and put it together by hand . No machine sewing except for the border or binding . It isn't finished like it should be , but it's fine with me . Such a treasure to keep ! :D I had a smarty asked me why didn't you machine sew it ? I tried to politely tell her that it was already started by hand and that's how I finished it . Still more sassy remarks . I guess some people think if you don't do it by machine it's awful or something .
I was handquilting preprinted panels and got the same response . I just think that some things are better hand quilted . Annie