Chickens in the Road - Topic: I started a quilt! Tips on hand quilting?

I started a quilt! Tips on hand quilting? by bonita

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:16:27 -0500

Yowza! That's a great quilt...hard to believe it's your first. Great going, mamjoseph

I started a quilt! Tips on hand quilting? by CindyP

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:39:59 -0500

That turned out beautiful! Great job on your first quilt

I started a quilt! Tips on hand quilting? by Squeegees Mom

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:56:25 -0500

Your quilt turned out wonderful! Your Grandchild will love it!

I started a quilt! Tips on hand quilting? by mamajoseph

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:40:42 -0500

Thanks!

If you click on the photo, you should be able to read the poem embroidered on it. "I see the moon..."

I started a quilt! Tips on hand quilting? by mamajhk

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:23:51 -0500

It is really pretty. Thanks for sharing.

I started a quilt! Tips on hand quilting? by justdeborah2002

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:02:05 -0500

that is sooo beautiful Mamajoseph

I started a quilt! Tips on hand quilting? by mamajoseph

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:58:19 -0500

Finished! I really enjoyed making this first quilt and plan on doing more. So glad I finally did try my hand at this old craft. It really made me feel connected to my grandmother who was a pro at all the homesteading skills.

Here is a pic of the whole thing and a close-up of the bottom right corner. Thanks for all your tips and encouragement.

I started a quilt! Tips on hand quilting? by JeannieB

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:15:25 -0500

I am not an expert, but please be careful with buttons and bows on a baby quilt, little ones are sneaky and can chew them. If the quilt is not going to be used, buttons and bows are beautiful, but dangerous for little ones! Congrats on the grandchild.

I started a quilt! Tips on hand quilting? by BuckeyeGirl

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:54:28 -0500

It sounds very nice! I second the motion about pictures too BTW!

I started a quilt! Tips on hand quilting? by mamajhk

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:34:00 -0500

When you get it done we want to see pictures. Please.

I started a quilt! Tips on hand quilting? by mamajoseph

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:02:11 -0500

I started the actual quilting today and am pleased to report that I'm able to do it without benefit of hoop, frame or even a thimble (which seems to have become lost...). I completed all the embroidery (a poem, a tree and a moon) this morning so now I have all weekend to focus on the quilting. It's a strip quilt and I'm just quilting horizontal lines, along the seams, so it doesn't interfere with the embroidery. Thanks for all the encouragement. This is fun.

I started a quilt! Tips on hand quilting? by Miss Judy

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:34:23 -0500

mamajoseph...I hope your grandchild loves this quilt as much as the grandchildren in the "quilt stories" mentioned above.

I started a quilt! Tips on hand quilting? by mamajoseph

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:33:20 -0500

Lattelady, those are beautiful quilts.

Great quilt stories, and thanks for all the tips.

I started a quilt! Tips on hand quilting? by jamitysmom

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:49:18 -0500

Great stories! And Lattelady - what gorgeous quilts! I especially like the appliqued one, that's always been a challenge to me - when I was quilting. On to other hobbies now but I've always loved handmade quilts. I was taught the handpiecing method first and then took a few classes in quicker quiltmaking. Amazing the fabrics they have now! Anyway, congratulations mamajoseph on your new grandchild! I have three grandchildren now - they are such a gift!

Jan

I started a quilt! Tips on hand quilting? by justdeborah2002

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 07:40:56 -0500

My Nana made quilts, but nothing fancy, just pieced squares of leftovers that she tied instead of quilted. But she also made stuffed quilts. I don't know what they are called, but it's where each square was a little pouf of material, she stuffed each with an old stocking. Not pantyhose mind you, because they weren't invented yet. (My Nana was born in 1900) When she would have a pair of stockings, and one would get a run, she would save it to stuff into a quilt.

Anyhoo...I recently downsized, and in sorting through my linen closet, I found the last of her stuffed quilts at the very back. It was in such terrible shape, moldy and most of the squares were ripped off and the stockings missing. So I did the deed, I got rid of it. But I did save just one of the ripped stockings...it still smelled of my Nana. She died in 2004 (at 104), so it was nice to have an extra bit of her back.

Sorry, off topic, but this so came to me reading this tread.