tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post8681813585255756700..comments2024-03-28T09:30:48.747-04:00Comments on Quiltville's Quips & Snips!!: Callous Control!Bonnie K. Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377635115790685301noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-35065291780925572872011-07-21T00:03:27.244-04:002011-07-21T00:03:27.244-04:00I loved your post, today! I also am a hand-quilte...I loved your post, today! I also am a hand-quilter and totally understand wanting to keep a callous. I just built mine up again after several weeks of appliqueing and piecing. I have to feel the needle with my bare fingers, too. I also move from one to another as they become sore. I read your fan tutorial with much interest. I have been doing straight diagonals and am getting a bit bored with those, so will try the fans on the next quilt in line to be quilted. Thanks for taking the time to explain how you quilt. LOVED it!<br />Linda<br />homesweetquiltinghome.blogspot.comLinda Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376005238398666520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-58072009569492653592011-07-20T21:53:02.972-04:002011-07-20T21:53:02.972-04:00I have had the book since it came out, have gather...I have had the book since it came out, have gathered fabrics and have not started. Why?....yes you caught me....all the reason you stated. I will start......soon :0)<br /><br />Happy SewingKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430521425239584348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-30830797321671910642011-07-20T20:12:54.619-04:002011-07-20T20:12:54.619-04:00I like my bottom finger to be uncovered too. Right...I like my bottom finger to be uncovered too. Right now I have little holes in my finger. I do what Barbara does, I move from my middle finger to my index finger to my ring finger. I don't hand quilt as much as you do.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10091568315821485891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-79817037922712893022011-07-20T19:22:25.684-04:002011-07-20T19:22:25.684-04:00You can't believe how happy I am reading this ...You can't believe how happy I am reading this post! As a quilter who does everything by hand I have had the feeling I was going out with the stone age. I also use a chalk or blue pen and spritz as I go and my rule is, "If it works for you, it is the right way!"<br />I will have a happy time connecting up with all these hand quilters in your comments section. Thanks SO MUCH!Julie Fukudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704374750710761269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-40454141351736789432011-07-20T16:53:40.209-04:002011-07-20T16:53:40.209-04:00Oh Amy!! I tried to reply to you but there is no e...Oh Amy!! I tried to reply to you but there is no email address! I'm looking forward to meeting you too....I'm hoping it doesn't rain too much tomorrow with my travel...((quilts going in plastic tonight!))<br /><br />See you soon!<br />BonnieBonnie K. Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16377635115790685301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-76358059539044844452011-07-20T16:52:07.826-04:002011-07-20T16:52:07.826-04:00Hey Bonnie~I, too, am packing and getting ready fo...Hey Bonnie~I, too, am packing and getting ready for Storm Lake today! Can't wait to finally meet you...I think it is good that you got to sit down and do some hand quilting last night. I haven't picked up that particular skill yet, but do hand embroidery instead!<br /><br />See you in IA!Amy Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01782922313232822692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-76916366234307241022011-07-20T16:28:24.496-04:002011-07-20T16:28:24.496-04:00We are thinking of starting a hand quilting busine...We are thinking of starting a hand quilting business, how much do you charge for hand quilting<br />a quilt and how do you figure it?? Waiting your<br />reply,<br />FrancesHiggins<br />fhiggins@wk.netFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02707477249691546488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-59485005116884033832011-07-20T15:50:31.799-04:002011-07-20T15:50:31.799-04:00I can only handquilt to the standard I want by fee...I can only handquilt to the standard I want by feeling the needle on my fingertip. There is always someone with a new suggestion for something to protect it but everything makes me feel like I'm wearing an oven mitt. Does anyone else do what I end up doing? I start using my forefinger, then if that gets sore after a while I go to the middle finger - if I really want to keep going for hours I have been known to go to the ring finger. I haven't tried the pinkie but I suppose there might come a time when I'm desperate!Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15198119176772158393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-77027900615532202532011-07-20T14:30:56.154-04:002011-07-20T14:30:56.154-04:00I'm another callous quilter! I don't usual...I'm another callous quilter! I don't usually have to hit my finger very hard and don't usually get sore after a while of not hand quilting...at least not too much. But I don't usually do 4 hours straight of quilting...I'm lucky to get 1 on most days!Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08563154977078187669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-60302663212926495362011-07-20T14:27:00.044-04:002011-07-20T14:27:00.044-04:00hee hee, i'm a criminal minds junkie too! one...hee hee, i'm a criminal minds junkie too! one of my favorite episodes was on last night, but it was late for me and i wasn't sewing at the time, just watching, laying in bed. and i wonder why i have nightmares sometimes! haha! your quilts are beautiful, as i'm sure you have heard before. keep up the good work - you are inspiring me to do more.bunbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18000120935505368764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-12647237222005706472011-07-20T13:46:15.599-04:002011-07-20T13:46:15.599-04:00Do we need to compare Quilting callouses? I have ...Do we need to compare Quilting callouses? I have a bump on the end of my finger, It just showed up one day. I call it my Pokey finger. I didn't get it hand quilting, I think it was my English paper piecing, applique and lack of using a thimble that put it there. I like the pink variation and would love to go see the original DJ. Another place on my getting longer list of 'quilty places to visit' someday...Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06156858742587928699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-70014015223899522662011-07-20T13:33:48.344-04:002011-07-20T13:33:48.344-04:00I'm not a callous gal but I did just purchase ...I'm not a callous gal but I did just purchase my copy of Dear Jane, I hope that it will just be a coffee table book- but am afraid I will end up making the quilt too. so far I have resisted the urge to start piling fabric for it- lolCheryl Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381571396901353377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-45904771111208025092011-07-20T12:10:46.560-04:002011-07-20T12:10:46.560-04:00I too am a callous girl. I get my best stitch with...I too am a callous girl. I get my best stitch with a bare fingertip underneath. I also saw the previous post with this quilt and it inspired me to bind my piece that I was hand quilting with B.Fans. It just makes sense! I also baste on my longarm, but I tried the meander and it didn't work for me, so I"m back to grid basting. Thanks for the update on this beautiful quilt.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12037415376456508137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-25493768726929631142011-07-20T11:49:47.647-04:002011-07-20T11:49:47.647-04:00I have lost my callous too - now I am in the mood ...I have lost my callous too - now I am in the mood to hand quilt. And to get back to my DJ - I got frustrated with the applique - I need to forget about wanting them all to be PERFECT! I really love your pink and brown DJ - it is amazing!Me and My Stitcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16470153447120413738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-33232429084468067682011-07-20T11:30:56.062-04:002011-07-20T11:30:56.062-04:00Wow!! That's beautiful Bonnie!! I started my o...Wow!! That's beautiful Bonnie!! I started my own dear Jane, of course I put it down. Your post makes me want to pick it up again. I'm making mine in batiks. Have a great day !!! SandieSandra Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862340805868433223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-19704183228051716202011-07-20T10:48:26.327-04:002011-07-20T10:48:26.327-04:00I'm a callous girl. I just have to feel that n...I'm a callous girl. I just have to feel that needle. Thanks for elaborating on your methods. You've given me some food for thought and some motivation to jump start some idle projects. What am I waiting for?Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025145629363726615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-20535726007147354032011-07-20T10:47:48.954-04:002011-07-20T10:47:48.954-04:00I agree the bare finger and a callous is the way t...I agree the bare finger and a callous is the way to go. It looks like you have bound your quilt before doing the quilting. Am I mistaken? Do you do that often? Thanks for sharing all the great information that you do.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08077159253803811580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-67671109718663711712011-07-20T10:38:32.533-04:002011-07-20T10:38:32.533-04:00I have a DJ started...I call it my lifetime achiev...I have a DJ started...I call it my lifetime achievement quilt, as it will take at least that long to get it finished! Yours are gorgeous...but a question, do you bind your quilt before quilting it...it looks like it but hard to tell from picture.<br />I have also tried all those thingamajigs for hand quilting...and I also go with the callous!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897033866548225766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-89108418053417573352011-07-20T10:25:49.781-04:002011-07-20T10:25:49.781-04:00I do a lot of hand quilting and I too need to feel...I do a lot of hand quilting and I too need to feel the needle to get a good stitch. I am glad that you "Break all the rules" of quilting and go with whatever works. I love that! I have always been a bit of a rebel when it comes to creativity and am glad that you are so influential about it for so many. You are a constant source of joy.Butterfly Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04281302328993987168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-39179565925923809622011-07-20T10:14:57.394-04:002011-07-20T10:14:57.394-04:00Lol! You're making me want to learn how to ha...Lol! You're making me want to learn how to hand quilt!<br /><br />I definitely agree with your quilting mentality: Whether it's hand or machine pieced, the decision to hand or machine quilt is really just a matter of preference.<br /><br />As for marking - do you not soak your quilts after they are finished? I use the Fine Line blue water soluble pens, but only when I know the quilt will be totally submerged in a bathtub of water for about 30 minutes after it's all over.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />LeahLeahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03674869334249298532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-47967558553987633252011-07-20T10:12:45.285-04:002011-07-20T10:12:45.285-04:00I, too, belong to the "callous only" clu...I, too, belong to the "callous only" club. And I haven't hand quilted for a year now. I'm in trouble when I finish the quilt I am currently piecing for hand quilting. And I've been known to take two years+ to finish hand quilting something.<br />Bonnie, you have given me motivation to "just do it" on the "Dear Jane" quilt. I've had the book for years! It will be another "no deadline WIP" but I like having a bunch of those. I can work on whatever the mood dictates.Janet O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05083607398709252597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-10919109229451290772011-07-20T10:07:39.021-04:002011-07-20T10:07:39.021-04:00GOSH those are stunning. . I mean wow. just wow....GOSH those are stunning. . I mean wow. just wow.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02839013868513125880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-48147219899009313642011-07-20T10:02:47.339-04:002011-07-20T10:02:47.339-04:00I've tried all the finger gadgets too and just...I've tried all the finger gadgets too and just a plain ole naked finger works the best!!Browndirtcottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259939643695340109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-169453580764632742011-07-20T09:53:17.329-04:002011-07-20T09:53:17.329-04:00A callous works best for me too. It has been seve...A callous works best for me too. It has been several months since I did any hand quilting, but last week I picked up an old antique quilt top that belonged to my great grandmother and as bad as I hate to say it, I have been quilting on it for a couple of years. :( It is the only thing that my mom has that belonged to her grandmother so I should really get it finished for her. Anyway...as I was quilting it, I really missed my callous! LOL!<br />KristieKristiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06928146431909761723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-82882796371388673662011-07-20T09:50:35.957-04:002011-07-20T09:50:35.957-04:00My grandmother machine pieced most of her quilts a...My grandmother machine pieced most of her quilts and hand quilted all of them. She even hand quilted many wool comforters instead of just tying them. Sarahsosarahsewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07709668733325677018noreply@blogger.com