I've actually found that if I try to practice first, it never happens. I'm better off just getting on with it on the real thing. I think it depends on your personality.
Originally Posted by Holice
did i read your intial post correctly. You have never hand quilted and you hooped up a real quilt and started without having hand quilted before. This is not good. You need to practice first until you feel comfortable with hand quilting and then go to the real thing.