I spent pretty much the whole day yesterday doing some hand quilting. I worked on quilting the Spinning Stars Quilt, and I started quilting this little number.
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I’m working on quilting this baby quilt as a surprise for a mutual friend of many girls in the online sewing community. We all contributed blocks, and I volunteered to quilt the baby quilt. I just love all the colors! I’m spicing up each white block with a different color, and then I’ll be going around in colored block with white to really make each of these kissing fish pop.
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Hopefully I’ll be able to finish up the quilting tonight while watching the big finale of the Voice. What’s on your plate this week? Any exciting projects?
-Meredith
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It looks so great Meredith! Love the way you quilted it!
Hi Meredith. This looks great! I am quilting the large version; however I am wondering how you hand quilt. Do you use a frame? If so what kind? I am working on a quilt and think it would look great hand quilted but I do not know the slightest about hand quilting… Help?
I’d love to give you some tips! I do not use a frame of any sort, I just make sure to pin really well when I baste. I hate putting a quilt in a hoop, then taking it out, and repeating. My way may not be the “right” way, but I always have some handquilting project, and it works well for me. Do be sure to use a sharp needle with an eye large enough for whatever thread you are using (I always use Perle 5’s so I need to use a needle with a big eye). Other than that, I just try to do my stitches slowly (never more than one at a time), so that they look great on both sides. I like following the seam allowance under the finished fabric. For the baby quilt, I was able to see the white seam allowance underneath the blocks, and I made my stitches along those lines. I’m not sure if I answered all of your questions, but I’m happy to answer any more! Ask way!
Thank you so much. I have a circle of geese quilt I want to quilt. It is actually quite big so I was thinking that I might need a frame. But I do not really want to use one. I am going on several long road trips this summer so I thought it would be fun to hand quilt them. I think I I am going to try and pray for the best!