Machine Quilt?

It's your quilt. There are no quilt police. Do what you want with it. No one has a problem with hand quilting a machine pieced quilt; why should they question machine quilting a hand pieced quilt?

Julia > Hi Everyone. I finally got a few minutes of quiet to pop in and check on

No problem at all in my opinion! I have done it with English Paper piecing, and nobody jumped out of the woodwork at me! . In message , Mika writes

I machine quilt hand piecing all the time! Why ever not? Life's too short etc. Just call it mixed media. You'd see nothing wrong with hand quilting a machine-pieced top, right? Roberta in D

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My royal opinion is - it's your quilt, you call the shots. : )

Karen, Queen of Squishies

I do it all the time for people, and it comes out great.

Since you asked, it would be good to get the thing finished. Any quilt I went to the trouble to hand piece I would probably want to go ahead and hand quilt. I just keep a quit in a floor hoop going all the time. No, that quilt doesn't change much since I am slow but usually it is vintage or special. If you just no way would get around to finishing it by hand go ahead and machine quilt. Better done that not. If you are going to pay someone to quilt it I would try to find a hand quilter. I hope the MQ'er won't stone me for that. I just think there probably is a place for all kinds of quilting. All hand done is a rare quilt these days. WHatever you do will be fine though. It is your quilt. Taria

Mika wrote:

I can't see any problem at all with what you propose to do, Mika! It's your quilt, after all, and you get to decide how to do it. :) Just remember: finished is *good*! ;)

I'm going to quilt it myself. I guess my thoughts in asking was kind of like this. I'm not very good with the stitching yet. My stitches are often uneven and vary in the number per inch. Yes I am very much a beginner in hand piecing. I was wondering about the durability of machine quilting vs hand quilting since I'm not really very good with the piecing yet. I tried to hand quilt on a frame and just could not get the hang of it. I'm left-handed and it was so uncomfortable. I haven't tried with a hoop so that may be an option for handquilting and may be a great way to learn. Who knows. :-)

Hugs, Mika Queen of PaperPiece Klutzdom

Mika, I'm left-handed, too. I've hand quilted a couple of times on a frame, and I agree that it's tricky at first; I never did get the hang of quilting in directions that weren't "normal" for me! However, quilting in a hoop eliminates all of that, since you can turn the hoop in order to stitch in a comfortable direction (i.e., top left to bottom right, etc.).

Pat, I wasn't very clear, as I also don't see that there's a difference when quilting on a frame -- either right-handed or left-handed will need some experience/practice. Like you, I prefer my swiveling hoop!

I'm inclined to agree with Julia in MN. It's your quilt. You could also machine a lot of it then add a little hand quilting if you feel like it. The main thing is to enjoy whatever you're going to do. Otherwise what's the point in doing it. There's enough in life you have to do with out doing things you don't. .. Elly