![]() ![]() I used a polyester thread for the hand piecing, maybe that was not a good idea….I was using up thread I already had. Reviewing The Hand PiecingĮven though I believed my hand piecing to be okay for the English Paper Piecing and I did do locking stitches very regularly for every seam, I was disappointed that some of the seams were a bit weak when I put the quilt into the hoop for quilting, not all the time, but occasionally this has been exposed. I chose a linen colour to give it a bit of depth and dimensionality. I bought this thread because there was actually not many to choose from due to supply chain issues from Covid. I bought some Gutterman Hand Quilting thread. I am using a quilting hoop which I bought second hand at a quilting market. I left the papers in the hexies all around the perimeter to give it stability until I get to the edges. I put plenty of pins into the top which was good is some respects as it is easy to remove them at each spot and then readjust the smoothing of the backing fabric if necessary.Īlso, I bought some bulldog type clips, which I used to fold the backing edges to the front of the quilt to keep it organised and protect the edges of the quilt, until it is completed. I found myself explaining that I wanted to do more than one quilt, some machine quilting and some hand quilting so eventually I purchased a big bag of them. Actually it was quite funny, when I was trying to buy lots of pins, the lady seemed not to want to sell them to me, she said you can only quilt one quilt at a time. Rightly or wrongly, I decided to baste the quilt with safety pins. ![]() ![]() Lessons In Preparation For Hand Quilting Grandmother’s Flower Garden Quilt Like Grandma Used to MakeĪnyhow these are the lessons I have learned so far.Īll In Hand – Lessons In Hand Quilting. In this instance because this top was hand pieced, I wanted to hand quilt it. If the top is prepared with backing and batting and basted or pinned then it is much easier to do a little at more regular intervals. When something is cut out and ready to piece it is easy to pick it up and go anytime. I think sometimes more time is wasted procrastinating about how to do it, than it actually takes to do it. The first is making the decision to do it. I do believe there are two tricks to this idea. I have discussed a similar thing about hand piecing previously in While We Wait So there is the thing….it creates an efficiency from that time which I would have been sitting down anyway. I think that actually isn’t too bad considering I may have just been watching TV or relaxing. I calculated that if I did several hexies each day, it might be done in six months. I decided to quilt this of an evening when I might be sitting down and relaxing. I have 687 hexies to quilt, so that should be some good practice. I am able to get more stitches to the inch and that probably counts. My stitches are not perfect, however, I think there is some improvement. It’s a quilt.įurthermore, finished is better than perfect. After all, we are not talking sheep stations here. I thought, the only way to get better at it is by ”giving it a go”. I thought about that and it struck me that if one never practiced then how could one make perfect stitches? I had already commenced hand quilting this quilt a couple of months ago and I am glad that I decided to take the challenge. My interest in writing this post was peaked recently when I read a comment from a lady who was hand quilting a family quilt, that she only quilted it at times when she could make “perfect stitches”. I do think it evokes a more traditional and romantic feel both in touch and appearance. The look of hand quilting is unique and quite different to machine quilting. This is only the third quilt which I have hand quilted but by far the biggest. Whilst that may seem like an extreme contradiction, when it comes to hand quilting, I will explain my thoughts on why this idea could be challenged.īefore beginning, I would like to say that I am not an expert in hand quilting and my experience is limited. Hello Dear Friends and Readers, although I do love machine quilting, I am all about efficiency too. ![]()
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