How to Improve Your Quilting Stitch

How to Improve Your Quilting Stitch

This little blue book has taught more than 100,000 quilters how to hold their hands and make the perfect quilting stitch. Clear, concise line drawings show exact hand positions for both right- and left-handed quilters. If you're serious about hand quilting, you'll want this book.

"As handy and helpful a guide to the craft of hand quilting as you're apt to find, this book covers every conceivable aspect of the subject from strategic planning and environmental concerns to techniques and problem solving. Experienced quilters eager to refine their technique should find it helpful, but it will be especially valuable to beginners working without benefit of a teacher."

Quilter 's Newsletter Magazine

from page 33....

"Begin by grasping the needle between the first finger and thumb of the top hand, palm down, point down, with the eye of the needle firmly anchored in the dimples of the top of the thimble.

Needle held between first finger and thumb, point down, with needle eye balanced in thimble top.

SET the point of the needle on the top of the quilt and remove the first finger and thumb from the sides of the needle. EXERT ONLY ENOUGH PRESSURE TO KEEP THE NEEDLE BALANCED ON TOP OF THE QUILT IN A STRAIGHT, VERTICAL POSITION. Rest the thumb on the surface of the quilt.

The thimble alone holds the needle vertical."

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