Comments on: Hand Quilting Tips

By: Rose Marie

Rose Marie — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:50:16 +0000

I use a Fabricland brand called Low-loft poly (for summer quilts) as well as Micro-soft poly (slightly thicker and warmer for winter quilts) for hand quilting. Only once did I use a cotton brand and ripped out all the quilting before I got too far into the quilt.

By: Janet Gordon

Janet Gordon — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:49:54 +0000

One other thing about handquilting I forgot to mention – needles – I use a 9 or 10 between and have noticed a big difference from brand to brand in the thickness of the same sized needle – experiment – the very thinnest you can find is the most comfortable to use.
Janet

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:37:25 +0000

Handquilting without pain?? Never experienced that but will give this a try. Maybe I have been using the wrong batting. I know the cotton batting doesn’t work well for me when handquilting but does beautiful on machine quilting.

Thanks for the tip.

By: Mishka

Mishka — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:52:33 +0000

Thanks Janet, I’ll look for some at Nashville.

By: Janet Gordon

Janet Gordon — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:12:02 +0000

I only handquilt, and I prefer Quilters Dream 100% cotton in the Request weight which is the very thinnest they sell. Needles beautifully, seldom beards, and drapes very nicely. In addition, there is no creeping. I recently bought an assorted case, so that in itself is a recommendation – lol.
Janet

By: Denise Felton

Denise Felton — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:35:45 +0000

Wonderful! I can’t wait to share this with my readers. Thank you so much for this resource.

Denise
http://needlework.craftgossip.com

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