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Posted by laurieth (My Page) on Sun, Feb 7, 10 at 8:05
| Is there a dvd or a very good book that shows handquilting on a frame. I have always quilted in my lap and that is very different than on a frame. I am not sure what to do with the hand under the quilt.
Laurie |
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RE: hand quilting on a frame
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| When you say you've always quilted in your lap, do you mean without a hoop? |
RE: hand quilting on a frame
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| Yes without a hoop and you can hold the fabrid to put it on and off the needle, which I find I cannot do on a frame. I am not sure how to do it on the frame, I bought the frame mainly to give me a large area to baste my quilts but than hand the bright idea to actually quilt them on the frame but it is really frustrating me. Laurie |
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| Yup, go for Rodale's Flawless Hand Quilting. It's a nice little hardback book you can get used off Amazon for about 10.00 plua shipping. It has similiar pictures to the one's in That Perfect Stitch by Roxanne McElroy, plus it has other useful info and tips. Now I've not seen That Perfect Stitch DVD--if you like a live action real person moving demo you could go for that DVD. From what you say about your lap quilting off hoop, I bet you could aim for a very loose tension on your frame and try the Thimblelady's technique. You sound like you are using a Sashiko technique (in quilter's lingo) and that's quite different from the rocking stitch. Sashiko pushes the fabric onto the needle, rocking stitches push the needle through the fabric. For a rocking stitch you set the needle vertically until you feel the tip with your underfinger, then you drop the needle horizontally, make a 'hill' in the fabric by pushing down with your upper thumb just ahead of the needle tip and up with your underfinger just behind the needle tip. Then you use your thimble to push your stitch length, then you stop and use the thimble dimple to raise the needle back vertically and start over again. Most people stack 3-4 stitches and then pull through. I quilt the more traditional way using a short between and a rocking stitch with moderately tight quilt tension. I wouldn't have the control to make even stitches without some tension in the quilt sandwich. My hands are weak,and I really prefer thumb quilting away from myself. Anyway, your underfinger should be lightly brushing the backing, waiting to feel the needle tip--if you keep a brishing motion up, you'll feel the needle tip bounce along your fingerprint ridges before it actually pricks you. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Hand quilting video from The Thimblelady
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Thanks, I am printing it out and going to try different ways. I was checking out a video by Aunt Becky's protector and it looks interesting but cannot find it locally and am thinking I will be paying more for shipping it than it cost.
Laurie |
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| I bought the Aunt Becky at a quilt show and have yet to sit down and try it. The videos make it look so easy! When I hand quilt, I do the poke n pull that I first learned about from Bonica. It's not the fastest, tiniest stitches, but I was able to accomplish an even stitch the easiest. My Mother always quilted without a frame and that was the first way I learned. Rebecca (aka Aunt Becky :) |
RE: hand quilting on a frame
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I just found it at a place called connecting threads, it was the best price and best price on shipping also, I have picked up books there in the past.
My stitches are not the smallest that is for sure but I like sitting in front of a tv and doing the quilting and that for me is easiest without a hoop or frame. I originally bought the frame so I could have a way to baste my quilts but once I got it I wanted to try quilting. I live in TX and having a quilt hanging on my lap in the summer is just to warm. I have been experimenting today with a type of rocking stitch I guess you would call it and it is getting better, but either my finger tip is getting eaten up or lately I have been using my finger nail and I do not think it will ever be the same.
Next problem is where to put the frame where it is not in the middle of everything.
Laurie |
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| LOL! Poor fingers! I developed some callouses at first, but the callous stopped me from being able to feel the needle tip. That's a big trick, learning to feel the needle tip before it pricks you. One thing that helped me was practicing just holding the needle between my thimble and underfinger--no quilt involved at all--just sat and stared at it, did little figure eight ballet movements with it while I watching TV. It seems like that put a picture of my underhand in my head so that when it was actually under the quilt, I still had a sense of coordination between the two hands and some physical memory of how long that needle was going to be, and then how delicately I had to handle my needle at that point. As soon as I drop the needle horizontal, you see, I push my thumb down/underfinger up quite hard to make a very steep little hill for my stitch. If you stick with it and practice, you'll be surprised how fast you get better. |
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