Originally Posted by
tessagin
Go to Youtube! Alex Andersen and there's a gal on youTube I believe they call the quiltlady. She's oriental but you'll see her. All kinds of information on handquilting.
Is it thimblelady? I use her thimble and love it! I couldn't get to grips with any of the other thimbles I tried (there were lots of them!) and as soon as I tried hers I was hooked! They have lovely deep holes to hold the needle. I worked through her book (hand quilting without pain I think it's called) and my stitches were small and even. I was amazed! My second ever quilt is quite hilarious, I did the entire middle section before I got the thimble and then I did the border after I got the thimble. The middle is full of big wobbly stitches, and the border is lovely even stitches. I kept it that way though, to show how much I'd progressed!
Keep at it, it will suddenly click one day and become easy breezy!