Do any of you ever make one like "they used to do it"?
#41
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I am cutting hexagons for a GFG right now to have something to do by hand in a hospital setting. I plan on making a table runner. Wil I feel connected to my Grandmother whose totally hand done GFG hangs in my living room? I hope so though I wish I'd thought of yoyos first. Do I do any other quilting by hand? NO!
#45
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no for me. i am so glad there are faster precision techniques available today. i still have about 20 pairs of mundial shears from my clothes sewing days. i even found a my pair of pinking shears. i learned tailoring the hand stitching way. i for one never feel the need to go "old school". i was so glad the rotary cutter came on the scene and i am still not sure what hand stitching is. if it is something that can fit under my sewing machine, then that's where it's going.
but there is room at the quilting table for all styles: old school, new school, modern, traditional, machine quilting, hand quilting. thank goodness for choices.
but there is room at the quilting table for all styles: old school, new school, modern, traditional, machine quilting, hand quilting. thank goodness for choices.
#46
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well the update after beating clothes on a rock was the scrub boards and what about the hand turned wringer washers. you must've missed those laundry improvements.
#47
I have a hand piecing project that I do when I travel. When the piecing is done I intend to hand quilt it. I am currently hand quilting an embroidered quilt started by my mom in the '70's. I finished the embroidery. Right now I am only working on it in cooler weather. It has traveled so much I am going to call it "The 35+ Years, 35,000+ Miles Quilt".
Sometimes a hand piecing, hand quilting project just "needs" to be done.
Sometimes a hand piecing, hand quilting project just "needs" to be done.
#48
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here are a coupla links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgNuRW9ycK8&noredirect=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD0M7gE_dE0
#49
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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I do handwork in the evenings and love to hand quilt. I worked out a long time ago, if I wanted to get through all the quilts on my "to do" list I would need to learn machine piecing and quilting. I'd be lost without my rotary cutter and mat....two of the quilters best friends
#50
Haven't even thought about doing one "from scratch". My grandmother made all her quilts on the machine, but she cut the squares by hand(which is what I'm doing with the rotary cutter), and tied most of them. They lasted forever! No templates for me either!
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