Steady Stiching

Beautiful! What is meant by "needlemarked"

mymsmess

Wow the effort and work you have put in this!

wandatn

That is beautiful-I got me a kingsize wholecloth-I haven't started on it yet-I am going to try to handquilt it myself-do you have any suggestions on getting started? I am going to put it on my quilting frame-that way when the grandkids come I can lock my sewing room door.LOL I am really excited about getting started on it-I figure sooner or later we will get winter here in Kingsport and I will have something to do. How long does one take you to handstitch? What kind of thread and needle do you use and how much thread-I know its alot.

Shirlrh

You are amazing and this quilt is to die for!!!

Genny

That is so beautiful. U are a truly wonderfull talented quilter.

OKLAHOMA PEACH

Beautiful!

Borntohandquilt

You can see it here:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...ng-t89527.html

Needlemarking is a very traditional method of marking the patterns without pencils, chalk or other things. I found a description in a British book of 1954, tried it and it worked perfect for me!

Borntohandquilt

Well, I think the best suggestion I can give you is: just start with it and give it a try! Furthermore I always look for battings that are easy to handquilt. Of course this is a matter of personal choice and every quilter has his/her own preferences.You can find many threads here on the board regarding battings.

In general I need 3-4 months (6-8 hours per day) to hand quilt a wholecloth like the one on the pictures. It depends a lot of the patterns you use, the more intricate they are, the more time and thread you need. For this quilt I needed about 1000 yards of YLI hand quilting thread, this is one of my favourites. I use John James Betweens #11 for hand quilting.

gmabcaa1

Love this!

labug

Love it! Great job!