Originally Posted by nantucketsue

I have always quilted much the same way as one sews, but having watched people like Ami Simms, who seem to have such effortless neat and tiny stitches, I decided to master the rocking beteen middle finger and thumb method, only to get an awful joint pain and in my wrist. Does it matter how one hand quilts? It would be interesting to hear of other unorthodox methods.