Originally Posted by scraphq

A little FYI for beginning hand quilters: I have been handquilting for many years, but when I don't do it for a long time, sometimes months, I lose the feel for it and is a struggle to get started. Fortunately, I start all the quilting in the middle and the wonky first stitches aren't so noticable. Don't get discourage after just a few stitches, or even the first 100 stitches. Hang in there. Handquilting is not difficult.