hand sew or machine???
The postage stamp quilt. Is it better to hand sew like the English paper technique or do you machine piece the:rolleyes: squares. Has anyone made one and what do you prefer?
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If you are talking about sewing individual squares together, then I would probably opt for hand piecing. However, I definitely would not use the English paper technique for this; I would simply use a running stitch to sew the squares together.
It would be considerably faster to machine sew strips together first, then cut and machine sew together some more. I started one several decades ago before I knew much of anything about quilting, hand sewing squares together. I started in one corner. Not quite sure what I did wrong, but when it got larger I realized that it was no longer square. Still have that huge wonky triangle stored somewhere in the house......... |
Thanks, they are precut squares been receiving from the swap exchanges on here they measure 1.5 before sewn. I started machine peicing them so far turning out well, but was unsure if hand would go faster lol.
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I guess that depends on how skilled YOU are. I would be faster and happier with machine piecing, but that's just me. It might be a fun take-along project to do by hand for you.
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Can't help you on this one since I ONLY hand piece.
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I only machine piece.If you are comfortable and doing good at the machine then I would continue .
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I think that machine piecing holds up better.
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makes my aged fingers hurt just thinking of all that handsewing
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I hand piece. My DH machine pieces. He has done 4 postage stamp quilts. I have only done 1/2 of one. But, those small pieces are hard for me to hold onto. It would be a good project to carry with you. You could make blocks and then put them all together when you got enough done. Good luck on your project!
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