I love your avatar!!!!

I love to hand quilt. I do on special projects. I have 3 I'm working on now. The quilts are queen size. Some quilts just call out hand quilt. It is relaxing for me also.

I love hand quilting but since I put a hole through my favorite thimble I haven't done any. Because my hands are starting to complain I have started to just do hand quilting on special quilts. I am going to machine quilt the rest . I have a few that are going to be tied it just seems thats what the tops ask for.

I have not mastered hand quilting. I have tried but no luck. Guess I should try again.

I hope to! I have such a terrible time machine quilting that I have decided the only way for me to get the quilt to look the way I want is to hand quilt it :-) I have been quilting the current quilt hoopless (Sharon Schamblys way), but I've also ordered a hoop with a stand and some different thimbles. So when they arrive I will using them. I just love the way handquilting looks, but I am pretty slow right now.

I'm just learning how to hand piece and I have to admit that it is great. I like projects that I can take with me so it is great for that as well. Now I have my hand applique and now my piecing to take along with me.

I just started hand quilting a couple of months ago, but I already love it. I'm making a sampler quilt and I was going to machine quilt it because it didn't seem special enough for hand quilting. Then I realized that if I really want to practice my hand quilting what better way to improve than working on a bed size quilt to which I am not too attached.

i am a very new quilter and not sure i know what 'old school' quilting is...is it the same as hand quilting? thanks....gina

Do you use a hoop and if so is there a style you prefer?

I love hand quilting but only use it for special small quilts like for grand babies. I don't have the room to stretch a large quilt on a frame, and I just can't handle it on my lap in a small hoop for that long.