Inspiring Quilters, Stitch by Stitch
Started by Suzanne Crockett Oct 18, 2018. 0 Replies 0 Likes
I want to use a 100% cotton batting for my quilt. Some are sold with scrim to hold them together and reduce shrinking. Can I hand quilt thru that? Thx!Continue
Started by Suzanne Crockett. Last reply by Suzanne Crockett Oct 18, 2018. 4 Replies 0 Likes
I’ve returned to quilting after a 30 year break, making a crib quilt for my newborn grandson. I realize there are things I’ve forgotten how to do - can y’all please recommend some hand quilting…Continue
Started by Janie Robertson. Last reply by Suzanne Crockett Oct 18, 2018. 35 Replies 0 Likes
I too am really glad to find a group of people who hand quilt. I quilt almost every day, and it is hilarious to me that most people don't get it what I am doing. I tell them I am hand quilting a…Continue
Started by Janie Robertson. Last reply by Angela Pausini May 29, 2018. 26 Replies 1 Like
Since I am new to this group, I don't know if you have discussed batting before. I wondered what you have found to be your favorite type of batting. I recently used the Bamboo batting and found it…Continue
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She pays pretty well I'd say. What a nice way to "buy" more fabric, doing something you love to do. That's a win, win in my book.
Great job Riana, it looks beautiful. Shopping in someone else's stash sounds like great fun to me. I have finished a few for people and also look for old tops to be quilted. I love finishing old tops or blocks found at yard sales or flea markets. I fell like who ever started the project meant for it to be finished and I'm doing it for her as well as myself.
It is lovely Riana! And the "pay" sounds wonderful and fun too!!
A lady l golf with had this project going for many years , got the center quilted, then got bogged down. So l finished hand quilting the triangle outer units and the borders, then did the binding ( also hand sewn down). In exchange, l'm " shopping" in her wonderful stash of batiks and other exotic fabrics.
So yet another question. (Can you tell how happy I am to find a group of hand-quilters who have already been where I dare to go?)
Does the tape used to join batting pieces work and is it of a texture than can be hand-quilted? I have so much batting and I could sure use those storage drawers for more fabric. Or should I just cut it all in 10" squares to have on hand for rag quilts?
I, too, mark as I go since I find that I handle the quilt so much when hand-quilting that I rub off some of the marking. I think someone said they've used the Pounce pad - I've wanted to try it but wanted to be sure it would be worth the investment. Any feedback? I'm currently quilting a large block quilt of both blacks and whites and the black is giving me fits. The white marker I've used on other dark fabrics just isn't cutting it.
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