Hand Quilting and the LQS
10-17-2011, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by raedar63
I understand the frustration,however I had to laugh at the thought of What may have been the look on the ladies face when you asked it they carried aunt becky.
I seldom go into a quilt shop because there really aren't many around me. When I have traveled to one it seems the focus is on what I call "loud" bright modern prints from top name designers, Just not my thing. The closest shop to me is the fabric shack in waynesville,and I am lucky they are fantastic.
I seldom go into a quilt shop because there really aren't many around me. When I have traveled to one it seems the focus is on what I call "loud" bright modern prints from top name designers, Just not my thing. The closest shop to me is the fabric shack in waynesville,and I am lucky they are fantastic.
10-17-2011, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ewecansew
I carried the Aunt Becky tool. I think the minimum that I had to order was 6. It probably took me 10 years to sell 5. I put one in my tool box. Would I order again--probably not. LQS is not usually high volumn and the company that makes the Aunt Becky doesn't advertise that much. I can understand them not knowing what it was.
10-17-2011, 12:44 PM
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Be sure to use the right kind of thimble with the Aunt Becky. Here is the developer's website that shows the thimble:
http://jeansimpressions.com/
I think the thimble needs to have the outer ring and fairly deep "dimples". I didn't see this thimble at Connecting Threads, but a Google search showed a number of sites selling it for about $8 plus shipping. And, of course, as a hand quilter you may already have a suitable thimble on hand. :-D
http://jeansimpressions.com/
I think the thimble needs to have the outer ring and fairly deep "dimples". I didn't see this thimble at Connecting Threads, but a Google search showed a number of sites selling it for about $8 plus shipping. And, of course, as a hand quilter you may already have a suitable thimble on hand. :-D
10-17-2011, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by vjengels
Wow! you'd think in Tennessee, there'd be more support for hand quilting, I always imagined there are groups of people , sitting on their porches, quilts on laps, going to town with a needle....... Lot's of handquilting options here in Colorado shops.... I haven't tried the Aunty Becky tool yet... I don't know if my fingers would know what to do if they weren't all torn up from stopping a needle... :)
I tried using a spoon this weekend, and that didn't work one bit! I slowly started slipping back into my usual rocking. I wonder how long it will take me to train my hands to quilt with Becky?
10-17-2011, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by GABBYABBY
I do feel your pain!!!! I am sort of a beginner quilter
and I try to do things the old fashioned way if possible.
(only I like electric sewing machines) I go into a LQS
and ask for certain items and they do not know what
I am talking about. But by the time I go to them
again, I see the items that they did not have the first
time I was there. It does get frustrating.
and I try to do things the old fashioned way if possible.
(only I like electric sewing machines) I go into a LQS
and ask for certain items and they do not know what
I am talking about. But by the time I go to them
again, I see the items that they did not have the first
time I was there. It does get frustrating.
10-17-2011, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Prism99
Be sure to use the right kind of thimble with the Aunt Becky. Here is the developer's website that shows the thimble:
http://jeansimpressions.com/
I think the thimble needs to have the outer ring and fairly deep "dimples". I didn't see this thimble at Connecting Threads, but a Google search showed a number of sites selling it for about $8 plus shipping. And, of course, as a hand quilter you may already have a suitable thimble on hand. :-D
http://jeansimpressions.com/
I think the thimble needs to have the outer ring and fairly deep "dimples". I didn't see this thimble at Connecting Threads, but a Google search showed a number of sites selling it for about $8 plus shipping. And, of course, as a hand quilter you may already have a suitable thimble on hand. :-D
10-17-2011, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by AshleyR
Originally Posted by BluegrassGurl
I want an "Aunt Becky" too. Where did you get yours?
Let me know if you like it!
10-17-2011, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by AshleyR
Originally Posted by BluegrassGurl
I want an "Aunt Becky" too. Where did you get yours?
Let me know if you like it!
Found it : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeSSyueipPw
10-17-2011, 02:21 PM
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Like so many others posted, LQS needs to cater to the many, not the few. Really all you need for handquilting is quilting betweens and thread. You don't even need a thimble, I only use one part of the time. In fact there are a lot of us here on the QB that are "fingernail" quilters. We push the needle through with our fingernail.
I think anything else is just a gadget and the job can be done without. Which is why LQS would really only carry the essentials for hand quilting. Needles, plain vanilla thimbles and thread. Every once in a while you will find a LQS that carries really nice thimbles or gadgets. This is why we have the net. Quilt shows are sometimes good venues for out of the ordinary supplies. That is where I found my uber-expensive TJ Lane thimble, which is the only thimble I have ever been able to train myself to use (some of the time!)
I think anything else is just a gadget and the job can be done without. Which is why LQS would really only carry the essentials for hand quilting. Needles, plain vanilla thimbles and thread. Every once in a while you will find a LQS that carries really nice thimbles or gadgets. This is why we have the net. Quilt shows are sometimes good venues for out of the ordinary supplies. That is where I found my uber-expensive TJ Lane thimble, which is the only thimble I have ever been able to train myself to use (some of the time!)
10-17-2011, 04:07 PM
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I do hand quilt alot and the only, only thread I use is YLI. It comes in all colors, but I usually use grey or natural or tan. It is strong and does not tangle. I think you do have to buy it at a quilt shop. It maybe a bit more expensive, but well worth it!
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