Left Handed

Old 02-14-2016, 12:02 PM
  #1  
Super Member
Thread Starter
 
ScrapQuilter's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 2,055
Default Left Handed

Ok everyone thought this would be the place to go to..... I am looking for a good book on Left Handed Embroidery..... for doing fancy stitches for crazy quilting etc.
ScrapQuilter is offline  
Old 02-14-2016, 12:53 PM
  #2  
Power Poster
 
dunster's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Lake Elsinore, CA
Posts: 15,144
Default

Why would it be any different than right handed embroidery? (You can see I'm not left-handed and know very little about embroidery.)
dunster is offline  
Old 02-14-2016, 01:01 PM
  #3  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Peotone IL
Posts: 2,802
Default

Dunster, because lefties do things backwards from righties, Instuctions are backward to the instincive way lefties do things. I'm left handed but sew with my right hand and cut with my left hand. I need a left handed ruler. I have to turn the ruler upside down to use it.
gramajo is offline  
Old 02-14-2016, 01:14 PM
  #4  
Power Poster
 
ube quilting's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: PA
Posts: 10,704
Default

You should have no trouble with being left handed. I am also and never had a problem learning the fanciest stitches. Try this sight.

http://www.needlenthread.com/

Take your time! If this is your first foray into stitching, remember, time and practice = improvements = satisfaction. Show us your plans!

peace
ube quilting is offline  
Old 02-14-2016, 01:15 PM
  #5  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 4,144
Default

I am left handed and ordered a left-handed embroidery book and also a lh crochet book from Amazon. Big difference for us lefties! There are embroidery patterns that I had never dreamed of - and all left-handed. Enjoy!
Sandra in Minnesota is offline  
Old 02-14-2016, 01:24 PM
  #6  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Newnan, Georgia
Posts: 630
Default

If there is a photo of the stitches, I turn the book or page upside down to see the way things should look for us lefties.
Eva Knight is offline  
Old 02-14-2016, 01:36 PM
  #7  
Power Poster
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
Posts: 19,131
Default

Wow, thanks for informing us right handed quilters.
ManiacQuilter2 is offline  
Old 02-14-2016, 01:57 PM
  #8  
Banned
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 3,536
Default

I am left-handed, and when my first MIL was teaching me how to
crochet she had me sit in FRONT of her and have me to do everything
she did (it was like looking in a mirror so to speak).

Now here I am 35 years later and wishing I had learned more from her
and her mother about crochet and quilting.
Quilty-Louise is offline  
Old 02-14-2016, 04:34 PM
  #9  
Senior Member
 
skypony's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 625
Default

I'm left handed and always sewed with my left hand. embrodery I did left handed.
skypony is offline  
Old 02-15-2016, 05:30 AM
  #10  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: north Texas
Posts: 858
Default

The Left-handed Embroidered's Companion by Yvette Stanton
Is excellent. Lots of pictures and easy to follow directions.
steelecg is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
paintedquilt
Main
50
05-04-2012 12:31 AM
Quilter101
Main
81
08-06-2010 10:20 AM
Silver Sandy
Main
29
04-19-2010 12:59 AM
NewsletterBot
Main
10
09-21-2007 02:49 AM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


FREE Quilting Newsletter