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Hand Quilting

Category: <span>Hand Quilting</span>

Whether old-fashioned (ahem, classic) or modern, hand quilting designs add the mark of the maker to textiles. You might want to try big stitch quilting or different types of hand quilting stitches. Choose to quilt with or without a hoop and try different hand quilting threads; hey can make simple hand quilting patterns for beginners look special. If you start with small hand-stitched projects, you’ll soon know how to hand quilt a large quilt!

Browse through these projects for inspiration to pick up your needle and thread and start a hand quilting project!

Featured Hand Quilters

Working entirely by hand, Heidi Parkes can complete a limited number of quilts in a year, so she makes each one of them count. There is much planning behind her...

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More Hand Quilting

Big stitch quilting close up

Big Stitch Quilting

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big stitch knot on back of quilt

Quilter’s Knot

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Spotlight: Heidi Parkes, Fiber Artist

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Clover Wedge Iron

Best Sewing and Quilting Supplies

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