Originally Posted by charmpacksplus
About my perfect stitching.... Thanks for thinking so. I used to do a lot of counted cross stitch so I was used to pulling the thread up and down through the fabric with each stitch. These are not tiny stitches... only about 4 per inch. I don't use the rocking motion... it's stab and grab as I call it. Stick the needle down, pull, stick the needle up, pull, etc. And I use the 1/4 inch tape as a guide. Slow but pretty!
Thank you for sharing this----I love hand quilting but will never be able to reach the "gold standard" that I read about. But I like the look of longer stitches much better so it works for me. And I am slow as well but then I am not trying to win a race.