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Old 10-05-2012, 02:36 PM
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Been quilting since i was seven. All except four have been hand quilted.
well over 350 have been hand quilted.
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Old 10-05-2012, 03:44 PM
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Always do my own from start to finish, I want the whole thing done by me even if it isn't the prettiest thing around....I like to say..."I did it".
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Old 10-05-2012, 05:42 PM
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I take my king and queen size quilts to my SIL to get LAQ'd. But I get the family discount and she's my next door neighbor (but my next door neighbor is 3/4 miles away). The family discount also means my quilts don't get done until she has everyone elses done. But that's fine, I'm not usually on a time schedule for the larger quilts. The smaller quilts I do on my DM.
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Old 10-05-2012, 06:30 PM
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Modern longarm machines didn't exist until 1984...long after I started quilting.
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Old 10-05-2012, 07:14 PM
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I do all my own quilting an a domestic sewing machine. Good, bad or indifferent I like to see the project done myself from start to finish.
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Old 10-05-2012, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by appliquequiltdesigns View Post
I have been reading through the post and noticed that even the beginning quilters are sending their quilts out to be quilted. When I made my first quilt I did not even know that was an option. I have always handquilted my own quilts. Those of you that have been quilting for a long time, did you quilt your own quilts at the beginning (either hand or machine) or did you send them out?
If they are mine-------------they get tacked. I like piecing---------I hate quilting.
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Old 10-05-2012, 07:54 PM
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I quilted my first few with a simple diagonal stitch across the whole quilt. On my machine. I still sometimes use that same pattern for smaller baby or lap quilts.
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Old 10-06-2012, 02:28 AM
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I first started quilting in the mid 70's. Everthing was done by hand. I hand quilted everything. I still do some piecing by hand, but send my quilts to my neice or Charisma to quilt.
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Old 10-06-2012, 02:54 AM
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When I first started, I hand-quilted. I now own two longarm machines. By machine quilting them, it allows me more time to make more quilts. Most of my personal quilts are custom-quilted, unless you just couldn't see the quilting in a busy pattern. My clientele usually don't have time or the comfort level to quilt their own.
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Old 10-06-2012, 03:05 AM
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my first few quilts were hand quilted by me plus I hand quilted for others; unfortunately my hands whon't let me do that any more so all my quilts get sent to the LA'r. Its quickerr and gives me more time to make more quilts.
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