Machine vs Hand quilting
12-03-2009, 04:17 PM
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I hand quilt and machine piece. I love being able to sit and watch tv while quilting, but also I tried machine quilting in th ditch and I can not sew straigt enough. I have 2 quilts (1 full size and 1 queen size) my first ones ever just about done quilting even though its been 3 years when I started. One day I will try to sit and at least work on my machine quilt in ditch. This was a great questions with a bunch of good answers for both sides.
12-03-2009, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Loretta
A tip for stitching in the ditch. Practice on SMALL pieces like table runners before you tackle a large quilt. I figure I will have to make about a hundred t toppers before I tackle a full sized quilt. LOL!
12-16-2009, 04:43 PM
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I do both machine and hand quilting. I let the quilt tell me which one is needed. Some quilts just require hand quilting to get the look I want them to have. I always have a quilt on the farame and I love to hand quilt in the evenings after work. It is a great way to relax and unwind. Eventually, I have something beautiful to show for my time. Other times, the quilt tells me to machine quilt it and I do. I have found that quilt tops will "talk" to you.
12-17-2009, 03:01 PM
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I've done both hand and machine quilting on a single quilt, depending on the quilt. It works great but if you enter it into a show to be judged it drives the people crazy because they don't know what catagory to put it in! :lol:
12-17-2009, 03:43 PM
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LOL! I bet it does drive them crazy. One pet peeve of mine is when they put a hand quilted quilt and a machine quilted quilt in the same class. The two are very different and each deserves their own class. Most shows judge them separatly but some don't. I have an idea for one of my quilt tops and I just may have to do both on it. ( I sure hope spelling doesn't count. HA HA)
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