This morning I decided to sit out on the patio with a cup of coffee and start hand quilting the front of a pillow cover.
I have not hand quilted in a very long time and thought I would like to try using perle cotton. It is a much more forgiving method of quilting. Living in this area, good quilters strive for a minimum of 8 stitches per inch when hand quilting. I am NOT a good hand quilter. I think I will enjoy this process and I know I am enjoying the new patio!
Lovely colors! The only thing I have ever hand quilted was a flannel sampler quilt, and I did perle cotton and BIG stitches. I don't know if I am up for anything smaller. Patio quilting sounds divine though!
ReplyDeleteDon't worry about what the 'good' quilters are doing... who decided they are the 'good' quilters anyway....
ReplyDeleteDo what the Suzan-quilter does :o)
Love the colors...
Enjoy the process Suzan.I've put off hand quilting because I'm afraid I wont be good at it, but the time is fast approaching where I think Im going to bust out and give it a crack. Darn what anyone else thinks. Im never going to get any better if I dont try it -right?
ReplyDeleteLove those fabrics and cottons. Pretty!
Very pretty!
ReplyDeletePlease show us the pillow after the quilting. I've done some quilting with bigger threads -- love the look but yikes... hard to pull the needle through! That pink pearl cotton looks fabulous on top of the pieced bit.
ReplyDeleteIs there a quilting police that comes after you?....lol This is lovely - I don't think you have anything to worry about : )
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