Hand Quilting
Hand quilting joins the quilt top, batting and backing layers. Both tiny stitches and big stitches are okay! By hand quilting, the quilt has a softer feel. It is the traditional method for making sure that the batting or filling to a quilt didn’t shift inside the top and the backing.
Some quilters enjoy a hand quilting project, saying that the repetitive stitching is meditative. There is a zen like quality to the rhythm of the stitching.
Browse through these projects to be inspired to pick up your needle and thread and start a hand quilting project!
More Hand Quilting
Spotlight: Bill Volckening, Quilt Collector and Blogger
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Spotlight: Helen Remick, Quilt Artist
Quilting has been a passion for Helen Remick since 1995. A life long fiber maker, Helen knits, crochets, needlepoints, embroiders and sews, but quilting is now her joy. Her mathematical…
Spotlight: Jen Kingwell, Quilt and Fabric Designer & Shop Owner
Jen Kingwell started quilting with EPP (English Paper Piecing) when she was in nursing school, and hasn't stopped. She got into designing quilt patterns to show her customers what to…
Spotlight: MJ Kinman, Textile Artist
Diamonds are a girl's best friend, especially for MJ Kinman who has mastered expressing the beautiful colors and facets of diamonds in fabric. She now hand paints her fabrics to…
Spotlight: Christina Fairley Erickson, Fiber Artist
Finding inspiration close to home and in far corners of the world, Christina Fairley Erickson creates art quilts and embroideries that expand her journeys and share them with us. With…
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