template used for marking a quilting design
One of the things that makes a quilt special is the quilting – especially if it is hand quilted.
As much as we hear about machine quilting and it’s true that many quilters love to machine quilt for a variety of reasons, there are still a lot of quilters – beginners and experienced quilters alike – who like to hand quilt.
Here are some articles that may help you get started with your hand quilting, or may be helpful in giving you some techniques for improving your quilting:
Tools for hand quilting – information about needles, hoops, thread and more
Tying a Knot and Taking that First Stitch
The “rocking” motion of hand quilting
How close should your quilting stitches be?
How do you choose a quilting design?
Ever tried spoon quilting?
Quilting Frame or Quilting Hoop?
How do you choose a quilting design?
April 15, 2010 at 02:44
Just to say thank you for your letters and generosity in giving me/us all the great tips and explanations of how to do things re quilting.
April 15, 2010 at 02:52
Just a line to thank you very much for your most interesting letters and generous tips re all aspects of quilting. (I have given my one and only sample hand sewn quilt to my daughter) and now enjoy planning and making blocks. This site I found today “How to quilt” a beginners guide to quilting – it’s great. (You’ve probably gathered I can type but am not very computer literate).
April 18, 2010 at 09:20
Greetings –
Thanks for your kind words! There’s much to learn and have fun with!
Happy Quilting!
Penny
June 21, 2010 at 09:31
I am from Brasil, so my english is not very good,but I receive waiting for a special one and read all the articles you send,they are very interesting. but i want to learn something about how to sew patchwork by hand, where begin to sew the blocks together. do you know any book that teach hand patchwork? please help me
thank you very much for for your answer
Nair Portella
vovode5@hotmail.com
June 13, 2011 at 02:44
hi, i just came across your article for hand quilting, i am planning to make a quilt for my nephew’s 4th birthday which happens to be in the first week of august so just wanted to make something special for him. and this article really helped me, thanks alot for sharing it
would post a picture if it come out well..fingers crossed!!
February 26, 2012 at 16:46
Hello there!!! I have just come across this site for hand quilting. I made my first quilt on the machine, each block was quilted and then sewen to the other blocks, and then bound. It really turned out great!! Now I am working on two quilt tops and I know how to start the quilting job, but I do not know what to do when my thread runs out. Do I tack it on the underneath side, or do I very discreetly try to tack it on the top side. Crazy question, I know, but I really do not know. All my families quilts were quilted by hand by my grandmother, and sadly, she is no longer with us. Please help.
February 28, 2012 at 12:30
Greetings –
Excellent! The best way is to tie what is called a quilters’ knot and feed it back into the layers of the quilt.
Here’s a video that shows how it works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh5Fg_JqJ-A
Penny