Originally Posted by
juliea9967
I work part time in a local quilt shop. I don't think hand quilting will ever go away. I have never done any because I don't have the skill, but there are a lot of ladies who do an absolutely wonderful job. We have a lady that comes in fairly often and she makes to die for quilts, and doesn't even have a sewing machine. Some people really have the talent and really love doing it. I don't think that will ever change.
and of course hand quilting can be done on machine sewn tops...my grandmother (sewing from the turn of the 20th century) always put her quilts together on a machine (a treadle for many many years....and then quilted by hand.... i know there are people who do both by hand but they are separate categories... jinny beyer is the only person i know of who says it's faster... but i like my machines, treadle and otherwise... handquilting on top is the ice cream on top of the cake...