Sunday, February 8, 2015

Hand Quilting

It is Sunday again and  linking up with Kathy's Quilts  http://kathysquilts.blogspot.com. Time flies when you are having fun and not cooped up with snow!

Here are the supplies I use. I am using a big stitch with 4 stitches on the needle instead of 8 tiny ones. It will take 10 hours to go around all 4 sides instead of 25 hours with tiny stitches. Both needle pkgs are size 10. The Bohins are not as strong as the Jean S. Lyle needles. With the Bohin needles I snapped them in half but have yet to break a Lye needle. Jean has retired so I have no idea where to buy them. The thimble is Roxanne and very comfortable along with the metal disc for under quilt. For marking I use a #5 mechanical pencil and the Pentel Erasers. I take a turkey baster, add some beads then poke the eraser on so you can not lose it. A 12 inch square hoop made in Germany and I am ready to hand quilt.


 
 
 
 
 

8 comments:

The Cozy Quilter said...

This project is coming along nicely. I love blue and white quilts. Those butterflies remind me that it won't be cold and snowy forever...

Quilter Kathy said...

Loved your blog post, and enjoyed seeing your project and your tools :)

Art by Rhoda Forbes said...

Beautiful quilting, I have been doing some big stitching using Valdani perle cotton and really enjoy the process and the outcome. Yours is just lovely. And such a pretty quilt.

Deb A said...

Love seeing your tools for hand quilting. such pretty blues you get to work with.

Carla A Few Of My Favorite Things said...

I love to big stitch too! And two color quilts are my favorite. Thanks for sharing the tools you use. I agree about needles some are way better than others.

Stephie said...

Blue and white is such a classic combination - and this is going to be a beauty! Love your quilting - the square hoop's unusual!

Jennie in GA said...

Lovely quilt and nice mini tutorial.

Wendy said...

Such a pretty quilt. It is good to see wonderful projects like this progressing. I love your big stitch quilting. Just wonderful.