Originally Posted by
BigDog
That's funny. Simultaneously in shorthand is as long as it is in longhand.
I quilt by hand. I tried that freemotion and stitch in the ditch stuff. It was a hideous experience. I would much rather prop my feet up on my easy chair foot stool, arrange the quilt on my lap, and hand quilt sans any kind of frame or hoop. I've never made anything smaller than a queen.
My hand quilting isn't perfect and I make no effort to squeeze a bunch of tiny stitches into a small space.
I suppose I'm a little snooty about it. Machine quilting is.....well, sewing.
I cheat, though, and sew the pieces together by machine.
This is pretty much how I feel about hand quilting.
Only recently have I thought about trying FMQ on my machine, only because it is really beginning to hurt my hands, elbow and shoulder. I never realized that it would eventually effect elbow and shoulder.
I also took shorthand and never used it!
Technology moves too fast and leaves us behind!