Questions:
When hand quilting with a hoop, do you loosen or remove the hoop from the quilt when you are finished for the day and then re-hoop when you begin again? Does hooping the quilt stretch the batting? Never hand quilted before but I know you pin and baste and then start from the center, so I was just wondering on the placement of the hoops! |
I know it's an inconvenience to remove the hoop each time you set the work aside, but it DOES HELP! I've only used a hoop on wall hangings, but leaving it on until that section is done leaves curved bumps in the quilt!
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I'm lazy, I never unhoop until I need to quilt a new area or am finished and I've never had a problem with creases. I also never pin baste a quilt I'm going to hand quilt (the thread will get tangled in the pins--pins are usually only used in machine quilting). If you look up Sharon Schambers video on hand quilting she has a basting technique that allows you to start quilting anywhere you want to--you don't have to start from the middle.
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I am like Bernie, I don't move the hoop until I am ready to start quilting a new area. With poly batting it rarely leaves bumps or imprints and when it does they go away after a day or so. With cotton, because cotton "remembers" I have had hoop marks but they also went away after a while, just takes longer time. Once I was handquilting a cotton bat and I thought I had permanently dented the batting but it was completely nonexistant after washing. I wouldn't recommend leaving the hoop in for really long periods of times though (like more than a week in one spot).
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Originally Posted by virtualbernie
I'm lazy, I never unhoop until I need to quilt a new area or am finished and I've never had a problem with creases. I also never pin baste a quilt I'm going to hand quilt (the thread will get tangled in the pins--pins are usually only used in machine quilting). If you look up Sharon Schambers video on hand quilting she has a basting technique that allows you to start quilting anywhere you want to--you don't have to start from the middle.
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Originally Posted by sueisallaboutquilts
Originally Posted by virtualbernie
I'm lazy, I never unhoop until I need to quilt a new area or am finished and I've never had a problem with creases. I also never pin baste a quilt I'm going to hand quilt (the thread will get tangled in the pins--pins are usually only used in machine quilting). If you look up Sharon Schambers video on hand quilting she has a basting technique that allows you to start quilting anywhere you want to--you don't have to start from the middle.
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Thanks, virtualbernie!!!! :D
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I just watched the video and it's great! Makes a lot of sense.
I've basted the other way for years and I like this one a lot better. I'm getting ready to baste a wall quilt and the timing for this video is perfect! Thanks a lot :) |
Originally Posted by sueisallaboutquilts
I just watched the video and it's great! Makes a lot of sense.
I've basted the other way for years and I like this one a lot better. I'm getting ready to baste a wall quilt and the timing for this video is perfect! Thanks a lot :) |
Originally Posted by virtualbernie
I'm lazy, I never unhoop until I need to quilt a new area or am finished and I've never had a problem with creases. I also never pin baste a quilt I'm going to hand quilt (the thread will get tangled in the pins--pins are usually only used in machine quilting). If you look up Sharon Schambers video on hand quilting she has a basting technique that allows you to start quilting anywhere you want to--you don't have to start from the middle.
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