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Kristin in ME
10-01-2011 10:01 AM
Originally Posted by scraphq
A little FYI for beginning hand quilters: I have been handquilting for many years, but when I don't do it for a long time, sometimes months, I lose the feel for it and is a struggle to get started. Fortunately, I start all the quilting in the middle and the wonky first stitches aren't so noticable. Don't get discourage after just a few stitches, or even the first 100 stitches. Hang in there. Handquilting is not difficult.
True. I hadn't quilted for several years before I started quilting the one I'm on now. The difference between the stitches in the middle and where I am now is VERY noticable. :-/