Jeanne S

Sorry, no help from me. I hate handwork except quilt bindings!

lynnie

I thought of a clamshell. that's how I joined this site yrs ago. I was looking for advice on a clamshell.
anyone have advice for doing one by hand? I'm open to suggestions?

Maureen NJ

How about some embroidery for a quilt. I love the ones by crabapple hill studio.

gram2five

What about a cathedral window? I'm sewing the squares by machine, joining them by machine, but doing the rest by hand. I love having handwork to do in the evenings.

lynnie

about 27 yrs ago, I made a cathedral window by hand
my windows were 1 1/2" came out pretty, where is it now???
Someone said clamshell, anyone know how to do that? do you baste the top curve and slip stitch it down?

luvspaper

My 2nd was a modified Lucy Boston Patches of the Cross (I haven't quilted it yet though)......my third is a hexi, but diamond-shaped. I still want to do an apple core and a clamshell, but those two both take a bit more preparation onto the papers than hexies or elongated hexies.....

Mdegenhart

I like doing Lemoyne stars by hand. Can never get the silly things to match up on the machine.

Judith1005

Here Lynnie, Great tutorial on this blog for Clamshells. Lots of great pictures also. http://browndirtcottage.blogspot.com...-tutorial.html

Chester the bunny

How about celtic quilt blocks? Or one large celtic design. There are a ton of patterns.

Judith1005

Another fun block that can be done by hand is the Orange Peel Block. Great scrappy. Here is a link to a blog that has a fabulous tutorial with lots of great pictures also. http://frame.bloglovin.com/?post=320...click=0&user=0 In fact, this lady makes it look so do able that I just may have to try it out. I love scrappys.