Hand Quilting
09-23-2010, 03:13 AM
#272
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I LOVE your quilts! And YAY for hand quilting! I am also a hand quilter... and I am disappointed when I go to a large quilt show and only find two quilts that have been hand quilted! I am especially disappointed to find that most quilters have someone else do their machine quilting for them. To me, that just reflects our emphasis on speed rather than on process. Your work is beautiful. Keep it up! Do you have a blog?
"Bars With Stars" Hand Quilted
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09-23-2010, 04:34 AM
#273
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Originally Posted by rhueluna
What is happening to handwork? All we see now at quilt shows is machine work. I am keeping up the best I can to show handwork as the way to go. But I know the big machine makers are pushing for machine work to sell their goods. I love the intricate designs they make on the heavily machine quilted quilts and think its a real work of art. But to take a hand pieced old fabric quilt top and hit it with a bunch of loops on a machine breaks my heart. Each way has its own field. I wished someone would put handwork areas of the quilt shows to show off the hard work we hand quilters do. Here are a few of my hand quilted items I hope you like. I wonder what others have to say about it. I know when I talk to other hand quilters, they feel the same way and we are not noticed for the hard work. Keep up the good work all you hand quilters. And keep up the great art of the small machine designs that are so beautiful. But the whip em out big loops don't do a thing for me. I wonder what you all think.
09-23-2010, 05:58 AM
#277
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Location: Horseheads, NY 14845
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I would love to do this but I am so chicken.......The thought of hand quilting is just overwhelming to me. I have the hoop, the needles, the thread.....chicken, chicken, chicken. Scaredy cat chicken.
09-23-2010, 07:10 AM
#278
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
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bob1414, it's good to see your face again. Any more bali batiks , etc.?
Back to the subject, I cannot believe these are hand-quilted. How long does it take to quilt one? Just fantastic to look at. Thanks for sharing.
Back to the subject, I cannot believe these are hand-quilted. How long does it take to quilt one? Just fantastic to look at. Thanks for sharing.
09-23-2010, 07:41 AM
#279
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Port Townsend, Washington
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Wanted to share this hand quilted one I did for my daughter's wedding. I enjoyed making it and managed to get it done in one and a half years; only 6 months after the wedding. She said she was able to enjoy it more then as she didn't have as much going on!
Baltimore Album Quilt
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09-23-2010, 07:49 AM
#280
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Location: Madison Heights, VA
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Originally Posted by rhueluna
What is happening to handwork? All we see now at quilt shows is machine work. I am keeping up the best I can to show handwork as the way to go. But I know the big machine makers are pushing for machine work to sell their goods. I love the intricate designs they make on the heavily machine quilted quilts and think its a real work of art. But to take a hand pieced old fabric quilt top and hit it with a bunch of loops on a machine breaks my heart. Each way has its own field. I wished someone would put handwork areas of the quilt shows to show off the hard work we hand quilters do. Here are a few of my hand quilted items I hope you like. I wonder what others have to say about it. I know when I talk to other hand quilters, they feel the same way and we are not noticed for the hard work. Keep up the good work all you hand quilters. And keep up the great art of the small machine designs that are so beautiful. But the whip em out big loops don't do a thing for me. I wonder what you all think.
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