Ok so if you know ANYTHING about me, you know that I love hand quilting a really really lot. Like, better than everything. And what I love even more is teaching all of YOU to hand quilt and creating new hand quilters!! To that end, here's a little prezzie from my friends at Craftsy - a FREE hand quilting tutorial with me. If you like it, why not check out the rest of my Craftsy class?
thank you Sarah! I enjoyed the lesson.
Posted by: Jenny | Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 11:21 PM
Eeek! I wish I'd seen that before I hand quilted a king size quilt! I def learnt a thing or 2 from that tute, thanks (for next time of course!)
Posted by: bec | Monday, January 14, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Thanks so much, Sarah! I am taking your Craftsy class (and enjoying it very much). I am looking forward to hand quilting one of the projects!
Posted by: Holli | Monday, January 14, 2013 at 02:57 AM
Thanks for the video tutorial Sarah! When I first started making quilts I hand quilted everything I made ~ taught myself. Just up and down through the layers. This way is so much more quick and love the look of the thread.
Your class is on my wish list!
Posted by: elsa | Monday, January 14, 2013 at 04:15 AM
Thank you for such a great lesson. I love your quilts and you have def inspired me to keep practicing hand quilting until I can do a whole quilt. Machine quilting stresses me out :-), but the small things I have hand quilted always leave me much more relaxed. Hope to take your crafty class this year. Tanya :-)
Posted by: Tanya | Monday, January 14, 2013 at 06:35 AM
Thank you for this! After reading many books and tutorials, it finally makes sense to me and I'm ready to give it a try!
Posted by: Barbara | Monday, January 14, 2013 at 03:56 PM
Beautiful video! That is just tough to do, I haven't seen anyone do that in a while with such passion and creativity as you do. Thank you so much for the ideas and all the help.
Posted by: Fabric Printing Companies | Monday, January 14, 2013 at 04:41 PM
Thanks for that tutorial, Sarah. I'm a beginning hand quilter and have done 2 medium quilts and one baby quilt. Maybe someday I'll get good at it (I hope!). I love your accent!
Posted by: Nancy | Monday, January 14, 2013 at 05:23 PM
I am taking your class, which is brilliant! I have only just started quilting with Perle No 8, for 16 years I have hand quilted with waxed cotton. I love the effect the Perle has on the quilt.
Posted by: Anna Ryan | Monday, January 14, 2013 at 06:24 PM
Thank you so much Sarah, I loved your video.
I am taking your class, and am enjoying it very much.
I love quilting with the Perle cotton.
Posted by: jean | Monday, January 14, 2013 at 10:58 PM
I'm so excited you're trying to convert everyone to hand quilting! I love it and think it makes the quilts so much more beautiful and soft. Thank you Sarah!
Posted by: Susan | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 02:53 AM
Hi Sarah
What a WONDERFUL demonstration of hand quilting. I am just preparing my first quilt for hand quilting, and now can't wait to get stuck in, although I do have one problem and that is that I have to spend a lot of time laying down in bed due to a severe back complaint. Having watched your demo, would you say it was possible to do hand quilting while laying down, as I was rather hoping this might be something which I could fill those boring hours with?
I'd love to hear back from you.
Thanks
Judi
Posted by: JudeB | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 05:06 AM
Just like breast feeding! Awesome. Also, I learned something :)
Posted by: Dan | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 01:34 PM
Something about quilting or breast feeding Dan? :-D
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Posted by: sarahfielke | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 02:41 PM
Thank you for sharing such a lovely hand quilting tutorial. I'm now inspired to be brave and give hand quilting a try, your directions are quite clear and encouraging for viewers. I'd love to meet you at the Portland Spring Market 2013, dreaming of course. Wishing you continued quilting delights and inspiration!
Posted by: Nikki Pacheco Theard | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 03:14 PM
Hi Sarah,
Thank you so much for the hand quilting tutorial. I started my very first quilt inspired by the hand quilting in the book Material Obsession. I found hand quilting less fearful than machine quilting, and ever since then, I was hooked to the 'look' and 'feel' of a hand quilted quilt. I have thus hand quilted 2 baby (one of which is from the book titled Candy Shop), 1 double and 1 queen sized quilt, and currently hand quilting another queen size quilt.
I agreed with you on the 'feel' and 'look' of a hand stitched quilt as opposed to a machine quilted quilt.
I have never used a quilting hoop to do the hand stitching. Therefore, I am looking forward to try it on my next quilt and hope to improve the consistency of the stitch.
Posted by: Jacqueline | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 04:39 PM
Hi Sarah - I love hand quilting and I'm always sad when I hear someone say they won't try it. It really is therapeutic, as you said! Thank you for encouraging others to try!!!
Posted by: Kelley | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 04:30 AM
Great little tutorial. I am taking your class on Craftsy and love it. I started quilting with pearl cotton a few years ago after seeing it in your books. Love it. Thanks.
Posted by: Mary Jo | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 05:35 PM
Thank you Sarah! For the last 2 years I have watched so many you tube film on hand quilting and I never understood how to do it. But now I know and folowing your direction made a hudge diference. Yesterday I handquilted my first block and I loved it.
Dank je wel.
Posted by: Martine | Friday, January 18, 2013 at 07:47 PM
Thanks for the tutorial Sarah. I love hand quilting. So many times i make a quilt just to have something to stitch! I only hope my stitching will start to look like yours now!
Posted by: Saffron Craig Fabrics | Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 08:32 AM
Wonderful video! Will look up your class on craftsy. I have the intention of hand quilting a smallish wall hanging I recently made and with this video, feel much more confident about trying it! Thank you!
Posted by: Katie Beth | Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 11:10 AM
Thank you Sarah. I have hand quilted a couple of smallish quilts and will be better equipped for the another one day.
I am coming to the final stages of sewing my/your North by North East quilt top together. I noticed you had your quilt machine quilted. I'm not sure my domestic machine will handle a quilt this size, yet I'm not sure if or how I could hand quilt it either. Do you have any suggestions??? You can see some of the quilt in my post from yesterday (22 Jan).
Posted by: Pieces of Sunshine | Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 07:09 AM
I have been dying to try hand quilting with perle cotton. This is the best, clearest tutorial I have seen on it EVER! Thank you so much.
Posted by: Susan | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 08:56 PM
such an inspiration love the perle thread..so beautiful..yep i'll give it a go...
Posted by: margie | Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 04:38 PM
Hi Sarah, just wanted to let you know that I'm a convert after almost 4 years of making quilts. I have tried to hand quilt before but until now I wasn't happy with how it went. I recently just finished making Stars in Your Eyes after about 2 years in the too hard basket and I feel proud of myself I finally finished it. So I decided I was going to give hand quilting another go and now I love it! (Even if my style probably looks a little weird to anyone else it's getting the job done!)
Posted by: Suzanne | Saturday, March 02, 2013 at 02:23 PM