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MadrasT

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3. It's more about the process than about getting quilts done fast.

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 11, 2013, 10:07 AM

Mar 2013

I like being able to do it without newfangled modern machinery. Just like people did 150 years ago.

Plus I have a black cloud hanging over me when it comes to Things Mechanical. (I have no fewer than 5 broken lawnmowers in the shed, and two broken sewing machines. I am just not good at machines.)

At the rate I am going it will take a year to finish one quilt, but that's OK.

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Anybody here do hand quilting? [View all] MadrasT Mar 2013 OP

Why not machine quilt? SheilaT Mar 2013 #1

It's more about the process than about getting quilts done fast. MadrasT Mar 2013 #3

Which is very much why I hand embroider. SheilaT Mar 2013 #5

I guess you're talking about the rocking motion of the stitch. It takes practice. sinkingfeeling Mar 2013 #2

Yup. Boy is it hard to learn! MadrasT Mar 2013 #4

Hand quilting dem in texas Apr 2013 #6