A question for hand quilters
#51
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Location: Utah
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What do you mean...spray baste and how do you do it?
Originally Posted by clipper35
I'm so glad to see I'm not the only one that does not use a hoop, I have never been able to use one, and I do all my quilts by hand. I have tried useing one but it just dosen't work for me. I spray baste my quilts first so they don't come apart while I'm quilting.
#52
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: UT
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I put my quilts on a frame to baste them together and then I use a hoop to hand quilt. The important thing is to make sure the top and bottom fabrics are the same tention so you don't end up with "bubbles" or puckers of extra fabric where you don't want them.
#54
I have been doing hand quilting. Just started the last few months. I tried the hoop but it was in the way.I have done several small quilts/wall hangings.
I have looked at quilts with tiny stitches and quilts with bigger stitches.I like the bigger stitches.I think it is because I do red work. I like seeing the thread color outlining the blocks. I put about 5 stitches per inch.j
I have looked at quilts with tiny stitches and quilts with bigger stitches.I like the bigger stitches.I think it is because I do red work. I like seeing the thread color outlining the blocks. I put about 5 stitches per inch.j
#59
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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Originally Posted by spindreams
I never use a hoop. But I do "quilt as you go", for hand quilting, so I am never dealing with a huge piece of quilt at once.
J.
J.
#60
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: eastern Oklahoma
Posts: 1,873
I used a hoop until my DH built me a frame. I now have 3 different frames, a hoop. I use all of them. I pin mine before I put it in the hoop. It helps keep the lining nice and tight. When you take it our it will have that quilting showing just like it should. What ever pleases you and you feel comfortable just go for it.
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