Does anyone do embroidery by hand anymore?
05-13-2009, 10:11 AM
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They are just decorative. A friend from Savanah sent me a very small book mark that had this entire panel on it. I enlarged it to a size that I thought I wanted to embroidery and then created the blocks to fit the size of the panel.
05-13-2009, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by lass
They are just decorative. A friend from Savanah sent me a very small book mark that had this entire panel on it. I enlarged it to a size that I thought I wanted to embroidery and then created the blocks to fit the size of the panel.
05-13-2009, 10:23 AM
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Maureen - your SBS is beautiful. I love her in red- and bluework! That will be a lovely quilt when you finish. Please keep posting pictures.
I used to do a lot of crewel and needlepoint. Then I discovered quilting, and there was no turning back. For years, I was a handquilter. I have doublejointed thumbs, and when arthritis attacked them, it hurt too much to hand quilt, so now I'm learning to machine quilt. I bought an embroidery machine, so I could use outlines of embroideries as quilt designs. Also, I bought 4D Extra software, so I can design my own quilt designs. That's the closest I can come now to hand work. But I still love hand quilting by other people!
I used to do a lot of crewel and needlepoint. Then I discovered quilting, and there was no turning back. For years, I was a handquilter. I have doublejointed thumbs, and when arthritis attacked them, it hurt too much to hand quilt, so now I'm learning to machine quilt. I bought an embroidery machine, so I could use outlines of embroideries as quilt designs. Also, I bought 4D Extra software, so I can design my own quilt designs. That's the closest I can come now to hand work. But I still love hand quilting by other people!
05-13-2009, 10:24 AM
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Maureen - your SBS is beautiful. I love her in red- and bluework! That will be a lovely quilt when you finish. Please keep posting pictures.
I used to do a lot of crewel and needlepoint. Then I discovered quilting, and there was no turning back. For years, I was a handquilter. I have doublejointed thumbs, and when arthritis attacked them, it hurt too much to hand quilt, so now I'm learning to machine quilt. I bought an embroidery machine, so I could use outlines of embroideries as quilt designs. Also, I bought 4D Extra software, so I can design my own quilt designs. That's the closest I can come now to hand work. But I still love hand quilting by other people!
I used to do a lot of crewel and needlepoint. Then I discovered quilting, and there was no turning back. For years, I was a handquilter. I have doublejointed thumbs, and when arthritis attacked them, it hurt too much to hand quilt, so now I'm learning to machine quilt. I bought an embroidery machine, so I could use outlines of embroideries as quilt designs. Also, I bought 4D Extra software, so I can design my own quilt designs. That's the closest I can come now to hand work. But I still love hand quilting by other people!
05-13-2009, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by sewjoyce
Originally Posted by Skeat
Okay for all you handworkers espec in redwork...do you ever have a problem w/the dmc bleeding thru the white fabric......ever?! I'd so like to know!:)Skeat
Here is my "Lonestar Redwork":
http://www.quiltingboard.com/posts/list/15553.page
05-13-2009, 10:52 AM
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I do some hand embroidery. I especially like the Crabapple Hill patterns. They are great for hand embroidery. I don't even know if one could machine do these patterns. You can go to her web site at crapapplehillstudios.com, I think.
05-13-2009, 11:38 AM
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Hi Rhonda,
Yes, I do embroidery by hand. I don't own an embroidery machine and truthfully I don't want one. For me, there is nothing more beautiful than to see hand embroidery on any type of work. I belong to an organization named "Warm Hearts, Warm Babies" and I just finished embroidering several blocks to be made into a quilt.
Charlotte Stollsteimer
Yes, I do embroidery by hand. I don't own an embroidery machine and truthfully I don't want one. For me, there is nothing more beautiful than to see hand embroidery on any type of work. I belong to an organization named "Warm Hearts, Warm Babies" and I just finished embroidering several blocks to be made into a quilt.
Charlotte Stollsteimer
05-13-2009, 12:51 PM
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Yes I do embroidery by hand. In my quilt class, we actually do handwork project on the side inbetween our quilt projects. Last year I did "periwinkle" houses which are colored with crayons, heat set and then embroidered. This year I'm doing a redwork alphabet. I don't really like the look of machine embroidery.
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