I am cutting hexagons for a GFG right now to have something to do by hand in a hospital setting. I plan on making a table runner. Wil I feel connected to my Grandmother whose totally hand done GFG hangs in my living room? I hope so though I wish I'd thought of yoyos first. Do I do any other quilting by hand? NO!

No! No! No! Nor do I want to beat my clothes on a rock in the river or endure summer without an air conditioner just because!!:)

I never do han work because I don't have the practice time to get things to look good, nor do I have someone to teach me how to properly do hand work.

be sure to add that 1/4 inch on to it. most hand quilting doesn't have it.

no for me. i am so glad there are faster precision techniques available today. i still have about 20 pairs of mundial shears from my clothes sewing days. i even found a my pair of pinking shears.:shock: i learned tailoring the hand stitching way. i for one never feel the need to go "old school". i was so glad the rotary cutter came on the scene and i am still not sure what hand stitching is.:D if it is something that can fit under my sewing machine, then that's where it's going.

but there is room at the quilting table for all styles: old school, new school, modern, traditional, machine quilting, hand quilting. thank goodness for choices.

well the update after beating clothes on a rock was the scrub boards and what about the hand turned wringer washers. you must've missed those laundry improvements.:D

I have a hand piecing project that I do when I travel. When the piecing is done I intend to hand quilt it. I am currently hand quilting an embroidered quilt started by my mom in the '70's. I finished the embroidery. Right now I am only working on it in cooler weather. It has traveled so much I am going to call it "The 35+ Years, 35,000+ Miles Quilt".
Sometimes a hand piecing, hand quilting project just "needs" to be done.

there are plenty of youtube videos available to teach you hand quilting or you can take an online class at quilt university or some other online source. there are so many online resources now you can learn just about anything you want about quilting.

here are a coupla links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgNuRW9ycK8&noredirect=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD0M7gE_dE0

I do handwork in the evenings and love to hand quilt. I worked out a long time ago, if I wanted to get through all the quilts on my "to do" list I would need to learn machine piecing and quilting. I'd be lost without my rotary cutter and mat....two of the quilters best friends:)

Haven't even thought about doing one "from scratch". My grandmother made all her quilts on the machine, but she cut the squares by hand(which is what I'm doing with the rotary cutter), and tied most of them. They lasted forever! No templates for me either!