Hand Quilting
#241
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You are truly an artist and many of us are inspired by your work. Hand quilting classes are hard to find as are hand quilters willing to pass on their skills to the novice quilters. Books can only get you so far. I do believe hand quilted quilts should be judged separately from machine quilted quilts - they are just worlds apart in skill and techniques - but both are an artistic expression of quilting.
#242
I cannot hand quilt very much now, due to the onset of Arthritis. I now use my machine much more than I ever did, which means that I can still make quilts, and still enjoy sewing.
I have recently taken up knitting again to help keep my hands supple and moving - bit painful to start with, but I am perservering.
I love your work: I live in County Durham, UK where wholecloth quilting has its home - some of the work of the Durham quilters is exhibited locally and is truly exquisite. As long as there are hand quilters producing such beautiful work as you, then there will be other quilters to appreciate it!
I have recently taken up knitting again to help keep my hands supple and moving - bit painful to start with, but I am perservering.
I love your work: I live in County Durham, UK where wholecloth quilting has its home - some of the work of the Durham quilters is exhibited locally and is truly exquisite. As long as there are hand quilters producing such beautiful work as you, then there will be other quilters to appreciate it!
#244
Originally Posted by Candace
Although I can appreciate hand quilting, I don't care for the "look" of it and really prefer the artistry of good machine quilting. I decorated modern and don't care for antiques, country decor etc. I think it's important that if you hand quilters want to keep your art going, that you don't put down machine quilters and make comments like "it makes me sick" etc. It's definitely a put-off IMHO when people make disparaging comments about other people's art forms and preferences. Like I mentioned, I don't care for hand quilting, but I'd never make snarky comments about it.
#245
I guess a few machine quilters out there are mad at me. I am sorry. I didn't mean that machine quilting is bad. I meant that when you take an antique quilt top or hand pieced work of are and stick it on a machine and do random loops all over it, it seems to me to ruin it. If you make a machine quilt and do some nice quilt work on it with a machine it comes out beautiful. I certainly think its a wonderful thing that machines are out there to do their work too. I just feel bad to take a hand pieced work and get the quilting over with by setting it in a machine and walking away. Sorry for the artist out there that took me the wrong way. I love the intriquet work that some machine quilters do and the hard work they put into it. You aren't the ones I am referring to.
#246
I love the hand quilted heirloom quilts. And I love the machine quilted art pieces. It seems to me that with so many of us in the work force, that the machine quilting is an art of its own for those will less time to devote to the hand work. doesn't that mean that each is its own category? There is much beauty in well done art no matter which form it is done in. I hope that hand quilting is not a fading art, but the new advances in machine work is just awesome as well.
#247
Originally Posted by brookemarie19
I'm so confused on doing this in strips. I am starting the Farmer's Wife Sampler and decided to do this by hand from start to finish as that is what was done in the 1920's, but I have no clue how you would be able to do this in strips without it being obvious or really noticable. Thanks for any input you could give me for this.
#248
Your work is absolutely beautiful! I'd like to see some of it in person! Bring it to a show and tell get together at 2 Doods on Sept 18th. PM her for the address and details! She is just west of Beaverton!
#249
Originally Posted by Lori L
What beautiful work you do! Can you tell me about your hand quilting.....do you have a large floor frame you put the quilt into or do you quilt with it on your lap? I have only just begun quilting but have already taught myself how to hand quilt and just finished a table runner. Wasn't perfect but I think I did a pretty good job keeping my stitches even and in the neighborhood of 8-10 per inch. I find hand quilting to be very relaxing and loved having the project to work on while watching tv or something to take with me when I was away from home. I hope someday I can put together some work that is as beautiful as yours :)
#250
Stunning handwork!!!! I wish I had the patience to do it, but I just don't. Being ADHD I have a hard enough time concentrating on what I do now. I can't imagine trying to sit still long enough to do an entire quilt by hand. Keep up the great work. I don't think it's a lost art.
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