Originally Posted by Borntohandquilt
I absolutely agree with Feline. I am a handquilter for about 20 years now and of course I have a callous - but it is quite small.
I think it depends on the hand quilting technique you use. I don't use a thimble at all and I don't prick my finger! I push the needle quite deep through the layers and so I'm sure I can feel it on the back of the quilt and the stitch is visible there.
My fingernails are also short and it works. Just in case you come to North Germany one day I would be pleased to show you my way of quilting! :-)
Thanks for the offer.......maybe you visit basle one day :lol:
I made this huge beginner mistake to handquilt a queen size D9P with a pattern!? Besides a couple of babyquilts I Handquilted (well kind of basted) I had no experience and only knowledge from reading. The suggestion to learn quilting from the beginning in different directions made sence to me but going over all this seams and intersections is not possible without thimbles.
I am about half way done and it does not look so bad at all, if only this problem with the underneath finger could be solved. I even tried this aunt becky (kind of like the spoon trick) and no way to make that working for this quilt. In the video the lady says that she only makes wallhangings with very thin batting with that method.
Oh well, in 20 years I made have figured it out :lol: