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I noticed today there is only one post. So here is my work. Fun little blocks.
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Please inform if there are any instructions for the outer border . It uses the template B from the Centre block, but what...
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Your color choices are great, and your quilting is beautifully done.
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Beautiful work Helen!
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This is absolutely beautiful! Congrats on a wonderful job!
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Finished quilting yesterday! This was my first time to use spray baste. I sprayed each layer outside and then assembled...
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Hi Barbara, I’m just wondering if the running stitch around the appliqué flowers stitched prior to quilting or is it...
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Hi I have bought a handsewn vintage quilt top from the USA and have just decided that I might give it a go at handquilting it myself (probably regret it). I was wondering if you could please help me by letting me know what the best thread to use is. Its all vintage cotton fabrics but I'm actually going to use a fine flannel for the backing. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Erica.Tags: None
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Erica, when I did hand quilting I always bought the thread made for hand quilting. It was waxed and went through the layers very easily. I have not hand quilted in several years, so I don't know what others use. Maybe Alex mentioned what she uses on one of the shows. I would try to search that. Good luck with your quilt.
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I recently tried hand quilting as well (a very small lap quilt). I used Liuxin Newman's quilting thread (you can find it at www.thimblelady.com). It's pre-waxed and threads like a dream. I did try some "hand quilting" thread I purchased at a big box store - it was labeled as hand quilting thread, but it kept fraying and I got frustrated. Mabey it would have worked better had I conditioned it, but I got the other thread as a birthday gift and tried it first. Good luck!
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Hi Jen, thanks for your reply. Just wondering have you had the starters kit that they are offering on www.thimblelady.com? It seems quite expensive but wondering if it is worth getting and learning the technique they mention on that site as I have three quilts to handquilt and need to learn a good technique.
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I do have the starter's kit. The method I've been tinkering with for hand quilting is a combination of Liuxin's instructions and the more traditional motion - I do feel for the needle, but at the edge of my finger rather than on the finger pad...over time I think I will improve on this as well. If I really worked at it my stitches probably would get finer but I'm happy with the 7-9 stiches per inch I'm averaging now - much better than the 6 or less per inch that actually made it to the back of the quilt with my first attempt at hand quilting! The hoop is nice, but if I hadn't received it as a gift I don't know that I would have purchased it myself. A nice wide hoop from any local supplier would be more than sufficient. I did like trying out quilting on a sample of "good" cotton/batting and being able to know for sure how it was supposed to feel as I quilted - I think that it will save me some trial and error in the future as I will stop if I have more trouble with a certain type of batting when compared to what I used before. Really - the thimble, needles, and thread were the best part of the kit - and I do plan on re-ordering the thread and needles when I run out.
You can see video of Liuxin's technique on you-tube - it was a Simply Quilts episode with Alex many years ago. She also did an episode on TQS as well - but if you are not a star member you won't be able to view it.
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I noticed today there is only one post. So here is my work. Fun little blocks.
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Please inform if there are any instructions for the outer border . It uses the template B from the Centre block, but what...
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Your color choices are great, and your quilting is beautifully done.
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Beautiful work Helen!
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This is absolutely beautiful! Congrats on a wonderful job!
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Finished quilting yesterday! This was my first time to use spray baste. I sprayed each layer outside and then assembled...
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So Sorry! I accidentally deleted my last post trying to edit and re-add a smaller photo so it would show up, which also...
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Hi Barbara, I’m just wondering if the running stitch around the appliqué flowers stitched prior to quilting or is it...
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I think because 80% of the pattern was revealed in the first 4 months these last months feel like they are very slow. Agreed...
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Done for now
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Photo is too big. There is a post at the top of the 2024 BOM forum with help for posting photos
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I tried to attach a picture under show your progress and it showed that I attached it but didn’t show up in my post only...
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I finished my top by looking at the photo of the quilt and since there are no quilt police it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t...
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