thanks so much for taking the time to educate/illustrate !!

someday i'll get the nerve up to handquilt. i think its a wonderful tradition!!

How terrific of you to show this! I am a hand quilter (so far) and have always quilted in a hoop. Someone gave me an antique quilting frame, and though I have no idea how to set it up, I am anxious to try it. Thanks for sharing!

When I was a young woman and went to the quilting bee at church, all they let me do was thread needles. I would thread needles constantly and give it to the women to quilt with, they knew I could not do the quilting on the frame. I tried once and it was too hard. Your quilt looks great, thanks for the tute.

Beautiful quilting. My stitches are not as small as yours. I haven't gotten that good at handquilting,

It is going to be beautiful when you get it finished. Please show pictures when you are done.

THANK YOU so very much for taking the time to post this Ninnie. You are such an inspiration!

Your hand work is stunning. I tried to hand quilt once, but with the MS, I don't have the control or strength. Can't wait to see the finished quilt.

thank you for posting, and congratulations on your weight loss!

Thanks for this great tutorial. I have been wanting to try hand quilting and you have made it look like I might actually be able to do it.

quiltingstencils .com is an awesome site :thumbup: I've come to the conclusion that I am no free hand quilter. Not even meandering! I have decided to use stencils for EVERYTHING - and finally accomplish something that looks half way near decent. I'm so disgusted today, I shouldn't even be online :thumbdown: So I'll get off.