Quote Originally Posted by JaneE View Post
Irulan, that was an amazing story! What a wonderful legacy your m-i-l left for you (and your children).

Quilting that exquisite top would certainly be a grand undertaking. As a dedicated hand-quilter my hope is that a machine needle never touches it. Have you ever tried hand-quilting? As with everything in life, no one is born with perfect knowledge/skill and practice makes improvement.

Your m-i-l's quilt group (she was a guild member, no doubt?) certainly reads as a quilter's who's who!

And yes, you are a little unusual: one project at a time?? I could use a little of that discipline! I always have at least *mumble-mumble* projects in the works at all times...keeps me from getting bored (that's my story and I'm sticking to it! ).

jillm, I'd say you were off to a pretty darned good start! I'm in love with batiks!
I have hand quilted some small pieces of the portable variety. MIL had a hand stitch that was close to 12 per inch: unbelievably beautiful. I could never hope to duplicate it. Plus, that king size top is dauntingly huge. There's no way I'd put a king frame up in my house, there is just not enough room.

We have some incredibly talented long arm quilters in our area. I have had a few of my tops done by them. But this album quilt has to be done by hand. Or at least that is what I am thinking for now.