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I still hand quilt, on occasion - mostly in winter...

2008-07-02T11:34:00.000-05:00

I still hand quilt, on occasion - mostly in winter, when I can curl up under that quilt, keeping warm. So cozy! And I am attending the State convention class given by Ami Simms, teaching "Improving your Hand Quilting" Actually, I think I do OK, but wanted to be 'with' other hand quilters!

You tube? I like the video with the 4 year old machine quilting with a stitch regulator. Hey, if a 4 year old can do it, anyone can.

Hand quilting is the best!!! That's my preferred w...

2008-07-01T19:51:00.000-05:00

Hand quilting is the best!!! That's my preferred way to do it!

I wish I were more "liberated" in my approach to h...

2008-07-01T11:24:00.000-05:00

I wish I were more "liberated" in my approach to handquilting, but I am too anal retentive I guess. Will try to lighten up in the future. Sounds like it would be fun to just let the quilting go where it wanted. I love how yours is looking. I have made a hand quilted quilt for each of my four kids, and one for each of the four grandkids. Also one for my husband and one for myself. I recently started to machine quilt, but don't enjoy it like I do hand quilting. TTFN...Lilly

I love handquilting. My handquilted quilts are my...

2008-07-01T09:03:00.000-05:00

I love handquilting. My handquilted quilts are my favorites. I did some liberated once in sashings before I knew about liberated. Gonna check out that video. Thanks for sharing the link, Finn :)

I confess I do both machine and hand quilting. For...

2008-07-01T07:25:00.000-05:00

I confess I do both machine and hand quilting. For the summer I save up a bunch of projects to handquilt as I don't have a/c in my sewing room and do little sewing up there. I've been handquilting along with Margaret's vlogs and find it very relaxing and inspiring!

I'm happy you blogged about hand quilting today. I...

2008-07-01T06:03:00.000-05:00

I'm happy you blogged about hand quilting today. I started quilting last year and I hand quilt all my quilts and little wall hangings. I know Tonya quilts by hand but sometimes it feels I'm the only one who doesn't use the machine for quilting.

This is a good free post! To hell with rules etc. ...

2008-07-01T04:54:00.000-05:00

This is a good free post! To hell with rules etc. We all need to do as we wish, which is what quilting used to be about! I love freedom!!
HugsXX

I hear ya. there will still be hand quilters aroun...

2008-07-01T00:23:00.000-05:00

I hear ya. there will still be hand quilters around, just not nearly as many of them as there should be.

Ahhhh - hand quilting s It relaxes me and I jus...

2008-06-30T20:21:00.000-05:00

Ahhhh - hand quilting *s* It relaxes me and I just love the look. Sadly I don't feel like I have time to make all the quilts I NEED and hand quilt each of them. So I choose the special ones and set my thimbled finger to them. They make me smile even more!

Oh I meant to say I WOULD NOT be entering it anywh...

2008-06-30T16:20:00.000-05:00

Oh I meant to say I WOULD NOT be entering it anywhere.

I quilt to please myself...Like Norma I am going t...

2008-06-30T16:19:00.000-05:00

I quilt to please myself...Like Norma I am going to make a piece of fabric art, enter it in a contest or what ever. Yes I hand quilt and find lots of satisfaction in that. From what I read about in other blogs about machine quilting they sure do have a lot of trouble...that is not anything I want at this age.

Question, you mentioned quilting with perle cotton...I have heard of it, but never used it...does it work as well as regular hand quilting thread?

Have fun...stay out of trouble.lol

Amelia

I am so liberated I am not sure what I do is even ...

2008-06-30T12:42:00.000-05:00

I am so liberated I am not sure what I do is even considered "quilting" by the so called experts. I want something to put on a bed.........period. I will never be in a quilt show and I would give the quilt police fits but hey, as we have said before, makes me happy! Thank goodness there are ones like you, Lazy Gal and Bonnie that encourage us to do our own "imperfect" thing.

My friend and I tried to machinequilt a few simple...

2008-06-30T12:31:00.000-05:00

My friend and I tried to machinequilt a few simple circles yesterday: we both had hot flashes, became very stressed and had NO fun at all. On top of it all: the quilting looked terrible.
So....hi!: we're 2 surviving dinosaurs *lol*

I think it looks great!! Don't worry, I'm young an...

2008-06-30T12:27:00.000-05:00

I think it looks great!! Don't worry, I'm young and don't get the point of YouTube either!