Thank you once again for a beautiful tutorial. I'm nearly 90, and hand quilting has always been one of my favorite things to do. I think hand quilting and knitting are the most relaxing of all activities, and your pairing of the quilting with Pachelbel made for lovely and tranquil watching. I'm still learning, and I am so grateful for your patient, detailed instruction.
I've been a hand-sticher for 40+ years. Love so sew the entire quilt by hand. This however is an amazing inspiration for quilting myself. Long-arm is beautiful but a hoop too hard. I just like your method of holding the quilt and your stiching is fabulous. Big thank you.
I'm relearning quilting (learned as a girl and quilted with mom til I left for college) 50 years later I want to take it up again and finish some of the quilt tops mom left. You did a great job of reminding me good techniques. Thank you very much.
Thank God I am not the only one doing this. I have found that stitching with a hoop is frustrating and I just do not have room for a frame. You have answered a lot of questions. thank you!!!
A friend who does lovely hand stitching recommended I find your hand stitching tutorials. I'm so thankful for these close up/clear instructions. I have read a couple of books and watched other hand quilting videos but have never seen knots buried the way you do it. So interesting and smart. Thank you!
RU-vid really is an amazing answer to so many dreams. Sharon, thank you for such patient, clear explanation with the camera zoomed in close enough to follow you precisely. Fabulous!
Sharon Schamber, I LOVE YOU. thanks for all your wonderful, patient and informative instructions. You are so inspiring. I have picked up many of your wonderful habits for preparing the quilt. It has improved my skill. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!! ~a
This has really helped me (a beginner quilter) understand the "sandwiching", basting and hand quilting part. It was hard finding a video to learn how to hand quilt without a hoop. Thanks for this informative video!
I watched this video a while ago and found it very helpful. I make quilted wall hangings. I use this method to hand quilt them. Came back to watch it again to refresh about double stitching. Thanks so much for posting this video.
Thankyou so much for showing us your talent and easy steps I am quite new to quilting and I want to make a quilt for my granddaughter and I want to quilt it by hand thankyou for all your help kim
sharon, this was so interesting & shown so clear. thank you, you have inspired me to take on a bigger wall hanger. Im very new at quilting by hand. excellent!
I love this tutorial! I watched it years ago, and I'm watching it again now just for the relaxation of seeing it. I learned so much from you, Sharon! I use these techniques whenever I hand-sew!
I really like how much care you take with your stitches..they're so small and even. It looks lovely, job well done, madam! You do beautiful work. I think the small stitches look so much nicer than the large ones.
Thankyou for your wonderful video. I am just starting to quilt the first quilt I’ve made in many years, without a hoop. I hope I can refine my stitches to be more like yours. I will attempt the feathers too. Kind Regards Cheryl.
Such beautiful stitching! And wonderful tips. I just received my husband's great grandmother's quilt top. She pieced it all by hand. So I would like to finish it by hand quilting it. Hopefully I can stitch fairly well on it. She stitches are all nice and even.
Lovely soothing voice, thank you for sharing. I, too, like to quilt without a hoop ... I usually just baste in a grid pattern, about 3 inches apart, but I can see for more detailed quilt patterns, I’d probably have to readjust. Again, thank you for sharing. I’m off to,see what else you have ❤️
Thank you so much for this very useful video. At about 16.50 you talk about scrunching up the 'sandwich of batting and fabric so you can get your hand over so you can 'rock' the needle. How do you manage this when you are further into the centre of the fabric?.. when there's too much fabric to scrunch?
Sharon, thank you so much for sharing this excellent quality video, you make it seem so easy that i will take back my table runner. I am a beginner quilter and now I have understood how and where to tie and hide the knot. My project is kept in the sewing drawer for a long time, because when I tried with the hoop I found difficult not know what to do with the finger under the sandwich, was injured all the time!!!! hahahaha Hugs from Mexico City
Thank you - new to quilting and started with the hoop - with the centre done, and damaged fingers and thumb, now your method looks likes helping me finish the quilt for my Gran for Christmas xox
Thank you for sharing. I remember watching this video of yours at least 10 years ago I think maybe more. I’m thinking it’s probably closer to 20 years or so. But I had already started learning to master the hoop. Which I’m very glad I did and now I’m trying to make the effort of learning how to master quilting with no hoop. So I’m very excited about this. I’m also wanting to learn how to do the big stitch that people talk about. oddly enough that seems to be a bit of a challenge for me. But that’s OK. I enjoy the challenge. And I know I will enjoy doing quilting without a hoop as well. I really do like your stitches. They are a beautiful, stitch and consistent as you make them in size.
I have sewn the last few inches of a quilt around the edges in the way you describe here and it works very well,but all that basting would drive me bananas and take forever.(Usually I baste 4 inch squares using one very long thread and starting in the middle to the edge alternatively lengthways and across,using 2 needles and a very cheap machine cone thread.This is a very quick way of basting if there is two of you--one to pick up the basting thread from the middle and baste towards themself,as you are doing the other side).The great thing abut perfecting your frameless method is that you don't have an awkward frame or hoop to carry around.But without the elaborate basting you do,I'd be afraid of creating ridges or creases underneath.
This is how I quilt too. I've never tried it on a bed sized quilt, but I've done more than one large wall hanging using this method. One was a pretty elaborate all white, whole cloth quilt. I started it with a hoop and ended in my lap. You can not tell the difference in the quality of the stitches although the in the lap stitches might be a bit better.
Thank you so much for showing your method. I have tried for so long with a hoop and spent hours trying the rocking finger/ thumb method and couldn’t master it. Kept feeling it must be me at fault. Now a happy bunny who can do this. 😊 Andrea from U.K🎉
I've done a little hand quilting, hoopless. It was good to know it could be done before trying it. No one is meant to push the point of the needle with their finger - impossible. We are meant only to feel the point of the needle has come through the fabric - pain-free! Love your tuition, thank you, I love hand quilting.
Loved this! I have tried so many times to get the rocking stitch down and I just can't get it right. I can't wait to try this technique. Thank you so much!
I've stsrted doing hooples hand quilting (big stitch) on my grandson's toddler quilt about 9 yrs ago.(wow, time flies!) Hoops and frames just don't work for me. I prefer to quilt at my higher craft table, or sometimes in my lap. There is no going back to other methods for me. I'm almost 68, have several quilt tops to get quilted, enough fabric scraps to make more, and I plan to finish them. Comfortably.😊
Looks so much harder than quilting with a hoop...but I've always been curious about how this technique was managed. Most of the Gee's Bend quilters quilt this way..Thanks for the informative video.
Love your tutorial! My question is whem doing a large quilt how do you hold quilt when you're in the center of the quilt? You're working near the edge so its easier, not much bulk in hand. Is there a tip for that situation? Thanks again.
thank you so much my hand quilting looks much better now :) I use silk batting for my hand quilting. cotton batting for machine quilting.. never tried wool is it easier than silk? Thank you again, your tutorial is really very nice..
Hi Marie. To answer no 2, you can add sew two or more pieces of batting together. It is recommended to only join same batting types together (as adding different types is likely to be noticed). Wide zig zag sitch.
Did you have any suggestions for scrunching the fabric in your hand and manipulating it for stitching when it's too big to hold in you hand. I do pretty well if i can reach clear too the working area but my detail/precision suffers when it's bigger. Thank you!
I have the same question as Gina...are you actually putting those stitches on the BACK of the quilt...or when you say to the back...BETWEEN the back and the batting?
I have 2 questions. One, what size needle do you use for the floss? Two, what is the name of the music on this video? I've been looking for it and was pleasantly surprised when it started playing on this video. Thanks for the tips. I'll be hiding my knots and basting from now on, i hate hoops & poking my fingers. This is a really helpful, informative video.
. I'm a beginner in quilting. I love and appreciate hand quilting. I also love this techniques. Question: When this stitches are done it shows in the back of the quilt or just on one side? Thank you so much for this tutorial.
Sharon, thanks for the video, you showed me how to hand stitch! I was wondering, what are you suggestions for hoopless hand quilting a large, king-sized quilt? It's hard to bunch up that much fabric in my hand...any suggestions?
Can this method be used to quilt a larger quilt, such as a bed quilt? If so, how do you hold all that extra fabric with your left hand if you are quilting with your right hand?
Love this! Can't wait to give it a try! One question. When you say your anchoring your stitch to the back, do you mean your actually stitching into the backing or just taking your thread between the batting and the backing?
Tables... lots of tables to take the weight of the quilt (folding tables are good). You only hand-quilt and hold the section you are quilting, and the tables take the bulky weight so your shoulders and arms don't suffer.
I did a quilt now I want to" around the edges how do I go about doing that just crinkle the whole thing up or just Pailette get the signs think I tried every which way and I can't figure out how to do it can you help me
This is really helpful- I'm just teaching myself to quilt. Two questions: 1. What is the difference between the quilt stitch and simply sewing a line? I learned by hand over 30 years ago & my sewing stitches are often straighter than a machine. Is it just a matter of time spent? 2. What can you suggest (or anyone reading this) for solving the issue of the batting being smaller than the quilt? Can I add batting by sewing two pieces together? Thanks!
