Originally Posted by Ducky
I stitch in the ditch and really don't mind doing it. I can't afford to take all my quilts to a long-armer, I don't hand quilt (If I did, it would take forever to get anything done between work, family, etc.), and I haven't learned to do FM....yet. I feel lucky to get quilting and counted cross stitch done.
Ducky says it all. I took a FM class and realized that I would have to practice A LOT before I would be skilled enough to tackle a "real" quilt. Stitching in the ditch is much easier, the "road is there"---just follow it. I hope to be able to FM some day and would like to try my hand at hand quilting, too. It is (in my mind anyway) the most beautiful quilting. My great grandmother made quilts that are all hand pieced and hand quilted. There is nothing that compares!