Wow that's some nice stitching!

You can also buy watercolor pencils at JoAnn's and Michaels.

Beautiful quilting! Such a talent!

Thank you for posting this tutorial.
Quilter68 who is now 70

So do these really wash out. I ask because I am working on one with a white on white back ground. I would hate for my line to stay in.

You do amazing work! Awesome :thumbup: :thumbup:

Just beautiful! Will you adopt me? :)
Linda

YOU ARE AMAZING!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR TECHNIQUE FOR ALL TO SEE. i REALLY ENJOY HAND QUILTING BUT MY STITCHES ARE NOT NEARLY AS BEAUTIFUL AND NEAT AS YOURS. I MIGHT TRY YOUR METHOD. DOING ONE STITCH AT A TIME WAS WHAT I DID ON MY VERY FIRST QUEEN QUILT. IT TURNED OUT OKAY BUT YOURS IS SO MUCH BETTER. THANKS AGAIN FOR SHARING.

Gorgeous work! Do you enter your creations in quilt shows? Do you sell your work?

Diannia (pronounced Diana)

I have a brochure from Quilters dream, Request is the thinnest loft.......Now I am soooooooo impressed. Your stitches are the beauty. The thinnest batting would not be so impressive with out your skilled stitches. Thank you I will domy best to locate this batting.

I just visited your website. What a feast for the eyes!!
http://www.quiltkunst.de Linda

Beautiful hand stitching, you were born to quilt!

I am a hand quilter and am simply amazed that you do one stitch at a time- in my quilting life I've only known one other person to do it that way.
Your talent is absolutely fantastic! :D

OH-thanks for the great photos. You have inspired me to try a wholecloth. They are so beautiful.

Always love seeing your work

You do lovely work and if a single stitch is what works for that is what you should do. I sometimes take single stitches but only when space makes me,or the fabric is thick near a seam. I'm not all that good doing it that way. Your way may take a long time but well worth the beauty you produce. Thanks for showing us.

I am here to tell you go to her website. OMG

Yes, I enter my quilts in shows. This year one of my quilts will be exhibited at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK (next weekend) and another one is entered in the World Quilt Show in Manchester, NH (August 18-21). I hope I can send quilts to more shows in the future, but the shipping overseas is so expensive (sigh....)
Normally I don't sell my work, but I have made several quilts in commission.

Beautiful work and thanks for all the information!

This is beautiful. I envy you. My hand sewing of anything leaves a lot to be desired.

I have watched the postings of your work with awe....I hand quilt but am in no way close to your work...thank you for the picture and the needle info...I am from Texas and go to Fla half of the time and hand quilting is my hobby, my favorite thing to do....much prefer to piecing the tops...do like to applique, but your work is amazing...thanks again...memepeggy

Sooooo, it is OK to make one stitch at a time!!! I can do that!! I just never could "load my needle" with more than 2-3. This makes me feel much better. Yours is just beautiful.

Are you ising your finger nail to push the needle?

Beautiful work how do you push the needle through? Do you use your fingernail?I get a hole in my finger every time i hand quilt.

Your work is amazing.

amazing work. I too also hand piece and hand quilt my pieces. To mark darker fabrics one can use Conte pencils in the art department of michaels or Aron brothers. these are soft pencils you can hand sharpen and come in a wide variety of colors. Like a pastel marker and easily brush off or dampen with a cloth.

Andrea, thank you for sharing your technique and your fabulous skills with us... You have inspired me (again) to keep on hand quilting. I am, like so many others, in absolute awe of your work. Mine will never look like that, but that's ok!! I LOVE handquilting and I can't imagine that you love it more than I do :-D ...
I'm fairly certain I speak for many of us when I ask you to keep posting pictures of your wonderful quilts!

ps.... I've only completed two (and a half) doll-size practice pieces and I'm getting a pretty decent callous on my "pushing" finger... not complaining mind you, just observing... Do I need to adjust my technique??

Awesome work. I love the way you seem to just flow with the stitches.

Wow, I would love to have that precise stitching talent you have. Amazing work. I do hand embroidery and I do find that very relaxing. Thanks for sharing these photos.

Wow, your work is beautiful.

Thank you so much. I will give it a try. And I definitely was interested. I printed out the pictures. Again thank you.

That is amazing, tried to handquilt one time, didn't work too well, plan on trying it again one day.

I love to hand quilt but I do have to have a thimble. Your quilting is so beautiful.

What fabulous work!!

Thank you, thank you for the tips. I'm just starting to handquilt and it is so helpful to hear what works for you. I'm another who struggles with even stitches -- especially on the top. Your work amazes me.

Beautiful!

Beautiful work. I too am a handquilter. But, I use a thimble and my fingernails! My fingers have enough holes poked in them!!

Try loosening the tension of your quilt in the frame; you don't have to be able to bounce a coin on the quilt. I allow enough ease to be able to push with my off hand underneath to create a dimple on top to put the stitches on the needle. I can usually do 4-6 on the needle at a time.

can we see what the other side looks like? THanks.

Your quilting is always so beautiful. Thanks for showing how you do it.

Andrea, your work is so fascinatingly beautiful. I don't know how you can quilt and not get a sore finger. I would love to learn, as thimbles never fit my fingers well. (any kind) I admire your work so much and I am so happy for you that you enjoy something you do so well. I am sure your entries will bring more recognition to you and your talent. Thank you for sharing and God bless you, my friend.

thank you for the pictures, I'm a visual person so I learn more from seeing. I'm not sure I have the patience to do single stitches, I've hand quilted for so long I would forget and do several stitches. I just sit and drool over your quilts.