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Quilt top vs quilting joy?

Old 11-11-2009, 03:48 PM
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I never thought of doing both machine & hand quilting. makes sense. I enjoy having hand sewing when relaxing with the TV. I have never hand quilted, will be interesting
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Old 11-11-2009, 07:36 PM
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Ok I admit, I'm not very good at machine quilting and gave up hand sewing a long time ago! I recently used my embroidery machine to stitch a quilting pattern on a small table top quilt. I liked it so much that I will use the same technique to "quilt" a Halloween top that has been sitting around for a year.

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Old 11-12-2009, 05:29 AM
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Beautiful!!! Very pretty way to finish a quilt. I like it lots. My "dream" machine is many years down the road....this kind of posts will definitely keep the dream alive. :D Thanks for sharing.

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Old 11-12-2009, 11:16 AM
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I did quilted curtains this way. My sewing room is in the basement. And I had 2 windows to cover. So using an old bolt of fabric and some scraps I made curtains. I had just gotten my emb machine and I had many redwork designs I wanted to try so that's how I quilted my curtains. I will try to get a pic to post. It was fun and quick!
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Old 11-12-2009, 06:45 PM
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MOLLIESUE.........

I also enjoy the hand work of the binding

.........and I also thank that they shoud rename Lifetime and Hallmark ...
the "hand quiting" channels.......

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Old 11-15-2009, 12:26 PM
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I'm the same. I love making tops but hate the quilting part, don't mind
the binding part. I'm a hand quilter and I like doing that. I'm still
trying to learn machine quilting. I bought a Janome embroider machine
and use that instead of quilting by machine, its fast and so pretty. I
especially like it on table runners.
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Old 11-15-2009, 12:37 PM
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You should team up with someone who likes the quilting part. You would be great together.
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Old 11-21-2009, 04:04 AM
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This has been an excellent thread to keep reading!! I personally have enjoyed each and every response to this. We are all in the same boat and it makes me smile to realize we aren't alone in this thought:). It's a sad shame that too many quilting systems are what I call beyond any practicality in pricing to purchase and drag home...otherwise each and every one of us would have one and we would be whine over not having enough to quilt or something;)LOL I do wish that maybe we can start another thread for all of us that have learned the 'how to' or 'not to' on our own sewing machines to quilt...to help others and learn ourselves too from others. I am one who will not send mine off...I'd rather leave them in a pile then to pay the prices (not that they are worth it-so don't go there w/me longarmers!)I am just one who watches money...and, enjoys the making and to have each and every one quilted by someone else...would end my ability to keep making them:)So, I am one that quilts her own too...when I do, I pin baste 3 at a time to do in a row...:)One very helpful hint from a gal is not to cut off your excess off the outside of your quilt/batting until after you sew on your binding...it keeps everything from moving on you. Makes sense and I am going to try it next:)Thanks for sharing and being honest!! Skeat
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Old 11-21-2009, 04:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Loretta
Skeat, I agree that having them done is expensive and many people simply cannot do it. Why not have a long arm person sandwich and baste your quilts (the hated part) and hand quilt them when you have time? You would be shocked how much hand quilting you can get done in one evening of watching movies!
I do that too:)My prob is arthur in my younger self:)If I work hard and hand quilt...the next day I so pay for it...but, love doing it. Right now my prob is time to hand quilt too....I do my hand work at night:) Binding, piecing, basting edges for applique...and, oh, applique!LOL
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I love the process of choosing fabric, pattern, piecing, and seeing it all come together.

I have not machine quilted anything yet other than SITD, but that leaves alot to be desired. My machine quilting comes out with too many 90 degrees, 45, degrees, you get the picture. So I will keep working on that part.

I am not good at machine stitching the finished binding so I have been hand stitching. Quite hard when arthur is visiting but I like the results.

As far as quilting, I find it absolutely beautiful and creative and so not my style. Unlike my DG who did nothing but hand quilting. Can't afford a LAQ so that leaves a few UFO's.

I still have much to learn and unfortunately the ones here who receive my doll quilts are finding that out. :roll: :-o Great learning process, though.
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