Originally Posted by Celeste
Originally Posted by sewjoyce
Just to throw another opinion in the mix -- I don't use a hoop when I hand quilt. I do, however, spray baste the heck out of it :lol: and then start in the middle and work out...
I'd love to know how you do that!! I learned to hand quilt on little projects like a pillow or other small things. Can't seem to translate that to bigger projects. I had my left hand fingers close to the quilting on the top and bottom. (scrunched it in my hand, does that make sense?) I'm not having much fun with a hoop. Though I suppose I just need to practice more. . .
Yes it does make sense to me -- the scrunching of the edge of the project in your left hand...on a larger object where scrunching isn't possible, I pin the quilt with safety pins out of the way where I'm working. You can still "scrunch" the quilt but just not all of it...does that make sense?