Handquilters need opinions please
09-19-2011, 06:04 AM
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Gosh Tealfalcon, you're doing great! There are always those places where hand quilters just have to stab stitch thru the seams, I hate it but what's a girl to do?
Joe Cunningham does all his hand quilting in the 'liberated' style and his quilts are awesome too! Love your fabrics and can't wait to see the finished quilt, PLEASE post pics! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Joe Cunningham does all his hand quilting in the 'liberated' style and his quilts are awesome too! Love your fabrics and can't wait to see the finished quilt, PLEASE post pics! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
09-19-2011, 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by quilterd
i've quilted a lot of years
back in the 40's
a group of ladies at my church quilted for people.
i think we got about $ 7.00 to do a quilt.
we always did fans & i still love them.
we tyed a piece of chalk on a piece of string to mark them. we had never heard of templates .
never heard it called Baptist fans but i like that
we were a little a little country Baptist Church.
all the ladies are gone but me and my sister inlaw.
sorry folks i didn't mean to wrte a book
back in the 40's
a group of ladies at my church quilted for people.
i think we got about $ 7.00 to do a quilt.
we always did fans & i still love them.
we tyed a piece of chalk on a piece of string to mark them. we had never heard of templates .
never heard it called Baptist fans but i like that
we were a little a little country Baptist Church.
all the ladies are gone but me and my sister inlaw.
sorry folks i didn't mean to wrte a book
tealfalcon, your quilt is stunning. I think I like how you think about forgeting about marking (I hate that part) I did a Christmas quilt last year & free hand drew pine trees & snowflakes to hand quilt...I thought that was being a rebel! :lol:
09-19-2011, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by patty04
Are you using a hoop or anything like that?
09-19-2011, 10:40 AM
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Your quilting is really,really nice.
Historical comment--one of the reason the fans were so popular with the quilting groups was that they allowed the quilter to go right-to-left in sweeping lines, thus making the most efficient use of thread and the quilters' time. I believe the longest arc of the fan was designed to be quilted with the longest thread length practical, then new arcs began. Your fans are quite beautiful but I think much smaller than the quilting bee fans. The more stops and starts you have to make, the more time it will take to fill comparable areas.
Historical comment--one of the reason the fans were so popular with the quilting groups was that they allowed the quilter to go right-to-left in sweeping lines, thus making the most efficient use of thread and the quilters' time. I believe the longest arc of the fan was designed to be quilted with the longest thread length practical, then new arcs began. Your fans are quite beautiful but I think much smaller than the quilting bee fans. The more stops and starts you have to make, the more time it will take to fill comparable areas.
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