Originally Posted by L8quilter
I have never hand quilted before. I made the baby pinwheel quilt for my soon to be grandchild and the white fabric used in the border and background blocks stretched. Tried a row of machine quilting and it is terrible. I think the only alternative is to quilt it by hand. What do I need to know? I don't think I have time to do anything more than just outline an X in each block because I made it an oversize baby quilt. Any suggestions for a novice?
I would think that quilting by hand will allow you to "work it in" as you stitch. I had to do that on a t-shirt quilt that I made. When I machine stitched on the sashing which was woven fabric, it did fine, but when I tried to quilt on the t-shirt sections (which were NOT stabilized), it didn't work -- lots of stretching and distortion. So I hand quiltied within the shirt blocks. It worked fine. Just give it a a good blast of steam (may need to use a press cloth) and you should be ready to go. Good luck. And congrats on the new baby.