My first hand quilted square!

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09-04-2010, 07:23 PM

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thelondonzoo

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I like the primitive look....It will get better with practice :D

The primitive look! :lol: That's awesome and I will be using that to describing my quilting from now on. ;-)

09-04-2010, 07:24 PM

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Good for you!! What are you working on? I've been practicing handstitching on a practice piece, but I"m getting bored with that. I think I need a project and I'll just have to be happy with whatever I can do!

I'm hand quilting a wall hanging. It's about 5 feet by 5 feet.

09-04-2010, 07:29 PM

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You're off to a great start! :)

09-05-2010, 07:18 AM

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[/quote] try one (1) Sun bonnet sue it gives the large curves and then the small valleys, just do one. then proceed to a smaller curves and deeper valley and then try a point. Do forget to clip your valley just a little. (Scant 1/3").[/quote]

Thank you for the suggestion! What does "clip your valley" mean?

09-05-2010, 07:25 AM

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I'm hand quilting a wall hanging. It's about 5 feet by 5 feet.

That is wonderful! I'm planning to make my Gran a table runner for Christmas, and I think I'm going to machine piece it (for time--I'm still very slow) but try some handquilting. She will love it. Gran learned handquilting when she married my grandfather and her new MIL and aunts plunked her in a chair at a quilting bee. She was given a needle and thread and her only instructions were "try to make your stitches a little smaller, honey"!