turner0106

Amazing they really are a work of art. I have never seen anything like these. I am new to quilting and I am going to quilting by hand. I only hope that one day I will be a fraction as good as you are.

Any advise or guidance for a new quilter. Thanks for sharing.

Diane

Karenjane

What beautiful work you do. Your love of quilting really shows in your work. I've done hand piecing and hand quilting and I do both by machine too, so understand what you mean. I believe there is a place for both, one style should not diminish the other. A hand-quilted quilt is a real treasure to cherish and a machine made quilt can be too.

gramarraine

Your hand quilting is beautiful. Unfortunately some of us are not blessed with your talent. Because of the lack of your talent I am glad for my friend that does my machine quilting. Keep up the good work and show us more pictures.

Rubesgirl

You work is truly a show of talent and dedication to an art form. I am in absolute awe. Thank you for sharing the beauty of your quilts.

BrendaY

I admire handquilting so much. It's what I call "real quilting", altho I can't do it myself. Arthritis and numbness don't allow for that much use of my right hand, unfortunately. I came to making little quilts late in life, and after being forced to be more of a homebody. Making these little quilts has added much pleasure to my life, and I enjoy them very much. And with little quilts I don't have to wrestle with a lot of heavy fabric either... It's a joy to see your lovely quilts!

bizzyquilter

You do beautiful work. I have the same question as you. I only hand quilt and love it. Not everyone can do such an art and to me that is the beauty of quilting.

wolph33

hand work is beautiful.after 2 carpal tunnel operations I no longer do anything by hand-love my machines and way less pain.

Krisb

When I started I hand quilted. Even hand pieced. I thought that was the only authentic way to do it. My aunt died, and I got her sewing stuff. She was a remarkable seamstress. In the stuff was a half finished machine pieced quilt and a machine quilted top without binding. Said to myself, if it's good enough for her, I'll try it. Found out the truth--machine quilting (on a domestic machine, still refuse to get a long arm) is not easier than hand quilting. It is faster but unless you have done a lot of free motion, it is very difficult. Still, I love the look of hand quilting, especially with unwashed batting that crinkles. I love seeing densely machine quilted wall hangings, especially if the quilting designs are original. I agree that the two arts should be separately judged. And I will struggle, probably forever to get more than 8-10 stitches per inch on my hand quilting and even stitching on my free motion. But I will keep doing both. Good work is good work, no matter what the technique.

kristen0112

Love your quilts.

deeremom

I would love to do this beautiful hand work however; my hands have arthritis and they hurt after awhile and so I think for me I will just have to make do with the machine. You should be very proud of your work.