Originally Posted by
jeanharville
Your quilt is so pretty and you have done a very good job with your hand quilting. I still haven't gotten the hang of rocking the needle and keeping my stitches consistent. Did you find it easy to do? Maybe I just don't stay with it long enough to get the rhythm. And the thimble is another problem for me. So I'm very impressed that you accomplished all this with your first quilt. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing it with us.
Thank you so much! The quilting was quite a struggle at first but after watching many youtube videos and reading
Quiltmaking by Hand, I finally got the hang of the rocking motion. However, mine are definitely not all that even or small. This is the thimble I've been using:
http://www.joann.com/leather-nimble-...-tip/prd17580/
I'd like to get some thimble pads (like these:
http://www.joann.com/thimblepads-12-pkg/prd12977/) for my underneath finger but I haven't tried them yet.