If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Hand sewn or sewing machine?
I am a beginner in quilting and I haven't really got to far in making
one, just have my blocks cut out. Before I start putting my blocks together which is better on making a quilt, hand sewn or a sewing machine? |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
sbeep wrote:
Before I start putting my blocks together which is better on making a quilt, hand sewn or a sewing machine? Definitely the one you enjoy more is the better one! -- Kathy Applebaum (Woodland, CA) Longarm Machine Quilting, Queen of Fabric Tramps (remove the obvious to reply) |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
If you know how to hand sew very, very well, I'd say do whichever you
feel like. But if you are new to hand sewing, you should probably practice on something else if for no other reason than to get the tension right (not too loose, not too tight). Handsewing incorrectly can cause the quilt to fall apart and be less durable (or one of those things that you are forever putting back together). Ronnie In article , sbeep wrote: I am a beginner in quilting and I haven't really got to far in making one, just have my blocks cut out. Before I start putting my blocks together which is better on making a quilt, hand sewn or a sewing machine? |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
depends on why you're quilting.
If you want a take with you hobby, then hand sewing is the way to go. If you hand sew your blocks, you can take them travelling, waiting in dr's offices, etc. If you are taking up quilting for a relaxing, slow thing to do, again, hand piecing is your way to go. If you want to complete your quilts at a more rapid pace, you'll have to opt for machine sewing. Using your machine, you can complete a top very quickly. Personally, I machine sew my tops and hand quilt them but I do have a hand piecing project ( a very, very long term project) to take places. HTH, Marijke, in Montreal. "sbeep" wrote in message om... I am a beginner in quilting and I haven't really got to far in making one, just have my blocks cut out. Before I start putting my blocks together which is better on making a quilt, hand sewn or a sewing machine? |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Im going to say that neither is better than the other. Each has qualitys
that make it better for you than the other one. A hand pieced project is a more portable project...but slower. A machine pieced project is not the one you want to take the the Doctors office to work on while you wait, but it will be made up a bit faster. ( ya, I know there are those of you who can hand piece as fast as a machine. More power to ya!) These are just some of the things you consider when deciding whether to hand or machine piece. HTH, Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "sbeep" wrote in message om... I am a beginner in quilting and I haven't really got to far in making one, just have my blocks cut out. Before I start putting my blocks together which is better on making a quilt, hand sewn or a sewing machine? |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
depends...quilt in a day....machine. quilt for a lifetime....with
meaning....hand. quilt in a hurry with that hand touch...machine piece--hand quilt. I have done all of these. mostly I like my hand stitching better...as it is better for me...its my 'de-stressor' and its small and portable until you do your completion. Current project must be done in a month from now....machine piecing..hand tying, and a minimal of quilting is the way I am going to go, cuz its my daughters 'college-going' gift....something to remind her that when college is done...home awaits. she is going to school 4 hours away....that's kinda my way of saying don't go a few states away, but if you do....remember the love this thing took to make. which is why at least some of it has to be done by hand. I also made her some hand knit socks in a pattern she didn't even know she was picking out for herself...she said 'ooooooooo who's lucky enough to get those?' I said 'what you kidding....I'm not making for you, it will take forever' (which it did....but that's part of the surprise) and 56 cents. (penny for her thoughts, quarters for a call, and all of her mommy's love) so it depends. if you are making it for love....hand it somewhere. for utilitarian purposes, ex: keeping very warm, cold winter, and low budget....machine the thing. peepla "sbeep" wrote in message om... I am a beginner in quilting and I haven't really got to far in making one, just have my blocks cut out. Before I start putting my blocks together which is better on making a quilt, hand sewn or a sewing machine? |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
sbeep wrote:
I am a beginner in quilting and I haven't really got to far in making one, just have my blocks cut out. Before I start putting my blocks together which is better on making a quilt, hand sewn or a sewing machine? Neither - they are just different! Some people machine piece (put the blocks together) and hand quilt (the lines of stitching that hold the layers together). Some people do as much as possible by machine (like me!). This is the way to go if you are a speed freak! Some people do the whole thing by hand. There are some who machine quilt some bits and hand quilt others on the same quilt... Each to their own! -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
sbeep wrote:
I am a beginner in quilting and I haven't really got to far in making one, just have my blocks cut out. Before I start putting my blocks together which is better on making a quilt, hand sewn or a sewing machine? Whatever satisfies you more. *YOU* will be making it. Not me. It's absolutely none of my business to judge how you sew it. My mother always does her quilts entirely by hand. She'd make one a year- piece all summer, quilt all winter. I like to machine piece everything but the curves or applique, and then quilt by hand. I've seen entirely machine done quilts that I've admired a great deal. Skill is always appreciated, regardless of the method. -georg |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Piggybacking here. I used to hand sew all my quilts before I got an old
machine, now I am machine piecing and hand quilting, or hand piecing and hand quiliting. Love goes in however we make the quilt. Except for my DH's quilt - it's hate going in there! Well maybe a bit of love. Just a bit. -- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Qof DU) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/index.html Member of the Houston 2004 Party Animals "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Everyone gets to put love into a quilt whether they put any hand work into it or not. I understand you were speaking about this is how *you* make the distinction between a quilt that is made and given for love. Im not taking you to task here. It's your right to put the love into a quilt annnnny which way you feel works. For me, the way to put love into a quilt is to put special thought into the design, and quilting motifs. The grad quilt got tiny paw prints and stars machine quilted into it as they would mean many things to the recipient. Maybe the bottom line is that we here all make our quilts for love no matter whether we do them all by hand or all by machine or some combination of the two. The love comes from the heart of the maker. Diana :-) -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Lakaya M. Peeples" wrote in message ... depends...quilt in a day....machine. quilt for a lifetime....with meaning....hand. quilt in a hurry with that hand touch...machine piece--hand quilt. I have done all of these. mostly I like my hand stitching better...as it is better for me...its my 'de-stressor' and its small and portable until you do your completion. Current project must be done in a month from now....machine piecing..hand tying, and a minimal of quilting is the way I am going to go, cuz its my daughters 'college-going' gift....something to remind her that when college is done...home awaits. she is going to school 4 hours away....that's kinda my way of saying don't go a few states away, but if you do....remember the love this thing took to make. which is why at least some of it has to be done by hand. I also made her some hand knit socks in a pattern she didn't even know she was picking out for herself...she said 'ooooooooo who's lucky enough to get those?' I said 'what you kidding....I'm not making for you, it will take forever' (which it did....but that's part of the surprise) and 56 cents. (penny for her thoughts, quarters for a call, and all of her mommy's love) so it depends. if you are making it for love....hand it somewhere. for utilitarian purposes, ex: keeping very warm, cold winter, and low budget....machine the thing. peepla "sbeep" wrote in message om... I am a beginner in quilting and I haven't really got to far in making one, just have my blocks cut out. Before I start putting my blocks together which is better on making a quilt, hand sewn or a sewing machine? |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
If you don't own a machine, then hand sewn is probably better at least until
you buy one. If you have a machine, try both ways and see which you like better for your project. I usually have several projects going, including one hand-piecing so there's something to take along on the train, to doctor appointments etc. If the block has lots of short fiddly seams (and no deadline), it's a good candidate for hand piecing. Blocks with big pieces that can be strip pieced and chain sewn are just begging to go through the machine. Roberta in D "sbeep" wrote in message om... I am a beginner in quilting and I haven't really got to far in making one, just have my blocks cut out. Before I start putting my blocks together which is better on making a quilt, hand sewn or a sewing machine? |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
HOW RUBBER STAMPS ARE MADE & how i made $$$ - I AM SELLING MY MACHINE AND METAL SHEETS | Nintendo DS 4 Sale | Rubberstamps | 3 | November 28th 04 12:28 PM |
Sewing machine feet for trade, Singer and others. | Dr. Landerstein | Marketplace | 0 | March 21st 04 04:52 PM |
Old Sewing Machine Advice | Diana Curtis | Beads | 9 | August 22nd 03 06:01 AM |