How is hand quilting different from a small running stitch? Don't want to get used to doing this and then have to re-learn. I've been holding the needle in my right hand and catching the backing and coming up again, trying to keep the stitches even. Where does using a thimble come in?
Also, remembering pictures of quilting bees, the ladies seem to keep their other hand under the quilt - is that because the quilt is on a frame?
This is so much fun, I don't want to be doing it wrong.
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