HI Dot,
*** Quoting Dorothy Ferris to All dated 07-28-97 ***
> I was wondering if anyone still hand-stitches quilts and quilt blocks? 
> Being a hand-stitcher I am curious to know how many people actually 
> hand-stitch these days.
Though the majority of my quilting is done by machine... I have just finished 
hand quilting at scrappy mini-9-patch of 1930 reproduction fabrics... it was 
definitly a challenge. I am also working on a wall hanging that I started 
just before I moved to my new home... it is taking so much longer than I had 
hoped only because of getting things settled. ... but I am not that far 
from being done with it... 
  I do my blocks by machine routinely as I want that tight stitch and my hand 
stitching is just not that good any longer.
  I know i prefer to machine stitch my quilts as well as machine quilt them 
for the speed in which I can complete a project... now that I have a pretty 
good idea though of what I am doing, I am not working on improving my skills 
at machine quilting... and I expect I will be spending a great deal of time 
doing that in the months to come... 
  Right now I have a bunch of XMAS blocks for a sampler that I want to get 
done before the holiday season begins so that will be my next quilting 
project to complete... 
Julia
--- He Lives! 
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