Originally Posted by
SallyS
Gorgeous quilting! What was your learning process?
Thank you! I learned by watching YouTube, a few classes and trial & error...
When I first started quilting, I sent out a couple of quilts to some very highly-recommended longarmers. The first one took 11 months and the second (a 31" x 31" wall hanging) still wasn't back after 17 months. I told the second one I wanted it back finished or not. She asked for one more week and finished it. I didn't even like the quilting that they put on it, and I redid some of it on my domestic machine.
I decided to learn how to do the quilting myself. I eventually bought a sitdown machine with a 16" harp. That helped alot. I've been at it for about ten years. I actually hate the quilting part, but I'm getting better every year.