Yooper32

I am glad someone else said it, 'cause I was just thinking the same thing, so went and got my magnifying glass, and sure enough, it is Abe.

AZ Jane

One other option I have used is the Coats (of Coats and Clark) Cotton Covered BOLD Hand Quilting. It is a aqua spool and available at Jo-Ann's if you want to look and feel it before you buy. It is heavy enough, I can thread it without a threader LOL, even these old eyes!

AZ Jane

Love you Jan, your "big" stitch is my best stitch!! BUT I love mine because, guess what, I did it!! Too many out there worry about comparing theirs against someone else. When the zombies come, I will be and have a valuable commodity!!

ghostrider

Plus the fact that Jefferson faces to the left, not the right, on the US quarter. We all know what Jan meant, just a slip of the fingers on her part.

madamekelly

Jan- 1. Which Dallas shop did you own? I lived in Dallas for a couple years and spent quite a bit of time visiting all of the quilt shops in Dallas. I thought your face was familiar...
2. Looks like inflation visited you too. lol! Your quarter has turned into a penny! Lol!

Jan in VA

Well, I'll be jiggered; I guess that coin was a penny although I'd have bet my life I had used a quarter when I took that picture several years ago! ('Course I'm more likely to own a penny than a quarter anyway! Hahaha!)

The stitch length I mentioned was NOT meant to criticize anyone else's quilting -- heaven forbid! -- but simply to make a point that, when we taught the class (at Silver Threads in Plano), we suggested students aim for 4-6 stitches as an average. In our regular handquilting classes we suggested an 8-10 stitch average.

I'm sure, as long as your stitches aren't nearly 1/2 an inch long, your quilting passes muster for "hand quilting" instead of "basting!! Gosh, my basting stitches are usually a bit over 1 - 1 1/2 inches long!

I do only big stitch quilting now because of the damage in my hands. Haven'tr done any since I had the carpal tunel on the left in December; the right hand will be done on January 28th, weather permitting the drive in. And when recovered I'll get back to trying my previous regular quilting of 9 stitches per inch. If I don't make it, who cares, right!!
Jan in VA

leighway

Jan, you are a LOVE!!!<3

Mdegenhart

Jan, do you know Sharon Wilhelm? She taught my classes and has been doing sewing/quilting things forever. She started out cutting kits at Suzy's, if anyone remembers them, many years ago.

My time

I have quilted many quilts this way. Sorry I can't post a picture because I no longer have them. Point is they looked great even if I say so myself. I used white #8 perle cotton.

misseva

I used the big stitch like Jan did on my granddaughters wedding quilt. I used black embroidery thread - all six strands. Looked pretty good IMHO. I just did straight line quilting on the diagonal. I've used crochet thread to tie quilts but it's kinda hard to quilt with it.