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Put Some Love in it: Hand Quilting

For hundreds of years, women have been creating masterpieces of fabric and thread ( embroidery thread ) . They have sat for hours carefully stitching piece after beloved piece of fabric. These women invented something beautiful and timeless,they have invented handmade quilts.

History by Hand

Modern day women prefer to buy comforters at a linen store and skip the tedious task of making something themselves. This wasn’t an option for historical 18th and 19th century women. Women from those times had to hand make everything; soap, clothes, food, bed linens, quilts, everything. Sometimes she even must make the material by herself.

Hand Quilting was not only something that could make history for women to be. It was a competence that was taught,from mother to daughter. It was passed down from generation to generation, very similar to the quilts themselves.

Quilts serve, and still serve as timeless history books squeezed with family heritage and conventions. Hand Quilting was not just a way to pass time, or keep warm. It was a method to tell a story as well.

Hand Quilting 101

Your hand quilting stitch will improve with the more hand quilting you do. Practice makes ideal is the perfect method to look at hand quilting. You should keep in mind that practice makes perfect.

Making even, consistent stitches is more significant than having a special number of stitches per inch. Most hand quilting is done by using a hoop, much like embroidery ( embroidery thread ) . Here is something you can do to practice your hand quilting stitch.

Cut a square of fabric and a cotton ball is big enough to fit into a rubber. After cutting out the fabric ( embroidery threads ) and batting, draw 5 lines (as straight as possible) across the top of the fabric. Put the fabric into the hoop, and then tighten the hoop using the tension control. The fabric should be tight, there shouldn’t be any give when you push down on the middle of the fabric.

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