Emma, I just love your videos. I have quilt frames and all of that but have been unsuccessful at quilting tiny perfect stitches. I LOVE seeing the stitches and I want to hold it in my hand when I quilt. You make everything so relaxed and non judgmental - no stress and no quilt police. I love your style. Please don't ever let any criticism bother you. You have an audience who loves what you're doing and that's what's important. You are helping people.
@@nancy-katharynmcgraw2669 I'm often doing English paper piecing when I watch Emma's videos. I love it! Interestingly, I have found that watching videos from women who stitch from the U.K. has taught me so many wonderful traditional ways of quilting and paper piecing that I have not found in the U.S.
I love watching your videos and your voice is so soothing. I find it so relaxing to watch you stitch and talk. I have pan pieced blocks by hand, so you have gave me the inspiration to try handstitching them even if I do not do small stitches. Thank you so much. It is a pleasure to watch a young person do this. I am 69.
Emma I have just come across your videos although I have only watched a few at the moment, they are so beautiful your voice is so soothing and relaxed....just what I need at the moment . Due to personal loss I havent touched any sewing for quite a number of months but watching your videos you have inspired me to start hand stitching hexagons again. Thank you Emma. 😊
I love to hand quilt. It's addicting. I have hexes done, hundreds of grandmother flower garden hexes. I also have hand made cathedral windows. I haven't finished either one but I just turned 70 years old so I need to get with it and finish my projects. I love your videos.
I so love and enjoy your channel. I get so excited when I see a new feed. You really mean a lot to me. Sharing all you do has helped my aniexity. I have so many projects on the go...you help me focus, be in the moment, relax, and enjoy. Thank you for being here for all of us
I apologize for the late response to your email. The weather here in Sault Ste. Marie, On. We have a lot of snow and cold. Right now the weather has been warming up and the snow is melting.
What a lovely quilt! Thank you for walking us through hand quilting. I also hand quilted a much smaller quilt than yours with big stitch hand quilting. I really enjoyed it. I loved your wavy lines in the border. So pretty! Love love love your videos! They are so calming & you're such an inspiration! ❤
Oh, your quilting designs are beautiful, Emma - that central panel is stunning! And what a brilliant way to create a curving line in your border - thanks for showing us that as well as the use of paper shapes. Your stitches are just lovely😍 I agree that it's tricky getting a thimble that is just right - I'm still searching (ouch!) 😅
Perfect timing, I was wanting to hand quilt around some star blocks on a quilt I’m making and I had no idea where to start and what I needed, thank you Emma 🌸 😊
@@emmajonesvintagesewingbox I’ve completed one block, my stitches are not even at all Lolol. I was getting better at it though towards the end of it 😊. Have a great day 😊
The bigger the quilt you hand quilt, the warmer you are. My daughters always got made when I fell asleep hand quilting a quilt for the. I told them I was testing out if it worked, hehe.
Thank you for sharing this with us. I have just got into slow stitching and accepting that it doesn’t matter how big stitches are or the fabric puckering, because the end result is beautiful and natural just as it used to be. 😊❤
So glad you liked the video. It took me a while to accept those things too but they are the things that make it such a beautiful technique with a lovely, homespun result 🌸
Oh sweetheart!! What an absolutely, stunning quilt! This is just so beautiful to look at. It's just a fine, hand made thing of exquisite beauty! It is rather intimidating for a beginner like myself. You seem to speak the quilting language, making all the lovely pieces of fabric come together and behave, forming such a fine thing as this quilt. Did you see this in your mind beforehand or did it take on a mind of its own? I am mindblown as I love your choice of fabrics and the fluidness of your central panel and the surrounding hexes is everything I imagine a quilt to be. Thank you for this video. I'll be back, your admirer Lisa
Love your quilt and colours. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge. Enjoying the calm you bring and it helps me to relax...life is not easy at the moment. x Blessings x Mariana UK xx
And I thought you were just super good at spacing stitches 😂. Can’t tell you how much I appreciate this tutorial. I am sure it will help me improve my hand quilting. ‘ pulling thru knots!! Why did I ‘knot’ know this. 🤷🏻♀️. Thank you lovely
Dear Emma, another fantastic video! I do hand quilting when finishing my quilts. I must use a hoop or the back of my quilt stitches look comical. Yours look beautiful . Peace to you, lovely person.
After a busy morning shopping, calmness washed over me as I watched your lovely video. The echo quilting around the flowers is so pretty, as is the whole quilt. Thimbles, threads and needles are a minefield ,😳it's taken me ages to find a thimble that fits my finger comfortably, and I'm sure I'm not alone in having numerous packets of needles of all shapes and sizes lol. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and love of quilting with us.
I can't thank you enough for this video. !! I've long put off quilting , other than straight lines, as I've no idea how to get those lovely shapes on the quilts. The close up views in your video are perfect. !! You are such a delight. Please post more on the finishing steps for your quilt.
Thanks Emma I’m going to have a try at my first hand quilted project thanks to you but on a much smaller scale 😂 maybe a wall hanging love your videos take care xx
Great information and very beautiful quilt. It looks very accessible and approachable to a beginner. The first hand quilted project that I did was basically just straight stitching patterns around a patch quilt in different ways, like in circles, or swirled or lines, or whatever, and I love that but I wanted to know kind of more of a actual proper quilting way . to do it because I was just winging it. I have only done a few projects and only a couple of them involves anything like real quilting, and nothing like this that was well thought out. I did love my most recent one though, because the hand stitching was a lot more enjoyable than I had expected it would be and it was definitely a big stitch style so I would like to refine that a bit and this was a great guide. I gave that quilt to somebody and I don’t remember who and I am still so sad that I cannot remember who I gave it to and I only have one picture of it and I just loved it.
Hand quilting anything bigger than A4 size is never going to happen for me, because I like seriously dense quilting. I think it is because I love the way the fabric puckers up and looks well-used after two or three washes. Your quilt has a beautiful design. ❤️
Emma you're doing a great job on your quilt. I've only used quilting frames, I think I'll have to give this a try. Love the vintage vibe of your quilt!
I have being a patch work and quilter for over 30 years hand quilting has always being hard for me to get even, what a clever idea with coloured collar on the needle to keep it even and your thread looks very interesting to try. Also again a simple idea using your paper templates to create designs. I think I have always made things to complicated. Watching you work makes look so much more simple and beautiful. Thank you
Thank you Jan, that means a lot. Hand quilting is hard to get even so any little things that make it easier is definitely worth trying. Thanks so much for watching
hello i have just found your tutorial thank you . I have always wanted to do this but didnt know where to start. You have explained it very well and made it so easy to take all the information in without fuss and stress Best wishes Lynda
☕️ Oh Emma! Thank you so much for the beautiful video editing. . . , I didn’t realise that I needed to calm down and relax 🧵 THIS episode makes me so happy. I feel inspired and confident because of YOU 💋💋🪴
Like other people have also said, you are so nice to listen to, and I love watching your videos and how you explain things to us. Thank you Emma love your hair colour
thank you this was a awsom video very helpful because its true this has been very intimidating to say the least but you have made me feel like i can do the finishing on a quilt thank you i loved it
Thanks for showing the use of the marked needles. I was a little unsure of how they work. I'm glad you can get packages of different needles, which have different lengths of markings. Because I learned to hand quilt in the 1980s. The stitch standard was much different than it is today. I was never able to get stitches that small. But what I was able to manage is still much smaller than what is done today. With an assorted pack, I should find something that will please me. My problem is that I can't find those needles here in the US at present. Are you able to ship to the US? I have always believed in trying new things. I want to start your style of quilt as you go this year. First I want to finish some wips. I've made a list of up 9 wips to rotate through. It is helping not get bored and pushing on one at a time. After I finish one, I will put a ufo into that number in the rotation. After I finish 2, I will allow starting a new project. But from that point, I will only start a new project after completing 4 wips or ufos.
Sounds like you have a good plan for your projects this year. Yes I ship to the US but postage costs are really expensive unfortunately so you would have to consider if it was worth it in relation to what you would like to buy.🌸
Thank you, great tutorial, the needles are a super help. I have tried and found my stitches on the back were not straight like the front, I can only laugh. As always beautiful work a pleasure to see.
Thank you so much for another wonderful video. The explanation of your notions and then how you picked the design for the stitching were very helpful. And your quilt is just beautiful! 💖 19:38
thank you for this beautiful video. at the moment I only do big stitch quilting (I'm using a sashiko tread) But I bought myself a wholecloth panel to learn the small quilting stitches technique , baby size ;-)
Thank you so much for this. This is exactly what I needed. For thimbles, what I have found when sewing, is that using micropore tape is great. I cover my finger with a strip of paper ( toilet paper or tissue paper) and then roll the tape around my finger a few times. This fits my finger perfectly, and because of the paper inside it's reusable for quite some time. Hope this makes sense and may be useful for someone else too.
Emma you are a precious old soul all the mothers of old would be so very proud of you. You have inspired me to make the quilt as you go hexagram quilts for my son and daughter I love your videos please keep them coming
I absolutely love this video. My sewing machine broke a few years ago and I can't afford to get a new one just yet. I really wanted to make a quilt to take to university with me for two reasons. One, because they look gorgeous and it would be a nice, sustainable item to take with me. And two, quilts, much like university, are very daunting when you first start. I was worried my project would never get off the ground because I no longer have a machine, and I wasn't sure if this would work with handsewing, but thanks to this video I'm now so close to finishing this thing. I am eternely grateful.
Such lovely work Emma, your quilt looks so squishy and cosy! I love all the colours that you use, thank you for sharing all that you do xx if you fancy trying traditional small hand quilting, you can buy fabric with some designs printed on them. They are called whole cloth designs, and you can buy small samples that are 16”, I’ve brought some from the cotton patch and intend to make a table centre piece as some practice as I love the look of this type of quilting.
Ohhhhhh Emma you’ve given us a whole book of knowledge in just this episode; Thank You I’m really interested in EEP and hand quilting. So I’m enjoying learning from you!!! Of course I don’t know when I’ll even start the first project, but I’m getting ideas… ❤️😀
That is such a beautiful quilt, Emma. I've tried a bit of very simple straight line big stitch quilting, but had no idea that you could find hand quilting patterns! Your videos are such a help to those of us who are just beginning to learn these skills 😊
Thank you for showing just the basics of hand quilting. I am motivated to try it now I know the thread to use. I just love all your videos and always feel I don't need to stress about sewing but take my time and enjoy the process. ❤🪡🧵
You have a wonderful voice! ☺️. Thank you for your encouragement and for the great recommendations. I can’t wait to order needles with colors that would really help stitches as even as possible. I appreciate you. 👏🏼🤗🌷
Oh my goodness, I absolutely love watching you. I learn so much from you. You make everything seem doable. Your voice is so deliciously calming that I could have you on all day as background noise. Your choice of fabrics is beautiful and very pleasing to my eyes. Thank you so very much for sharing yourself.
Well done, Emma, another gentle and so peaceful video, and so packed with great information! I have been lap quilting for years, and I make a lot of my own templates. You don't need to spend loads of money to quilt, but as another lady said, there are so many videos that suggest you need all this expensive equipment when you can achieve lovely results without it. Anyone short of funds could have a look in charity shops for men's shirts, 100% cotton is easiest to sew through, and there is a lot of material there once it is cut down. Best wishes, you are doing a great job!!! Xxx
Thank you Loraine. I totally agree, great results can be achieved without spending a fortune. I really want people to see that so they will give it a go too. Thanks ever so much for watching 🌸
That is such a sweet quilt! I didn't know there were needles with measuring marks on them. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and beautiful creations!
As usual, a beautiful and relaxing video for us all to watch,thank you Emma. Like others, I look forward to your videos very much, they help me improve all my stitching projects and inspire me to try other projects. Bless you. 🇳🇿😀
Oh Emma what a beautiful quilt ! I love the fabric, patterns & thread that you've used. Thanks for the tips as I've just started practising hand quilting on small project. My stitches don't always go through to the back & I think this may be for several reasons: my stitches are too small using 12wt thread, I glue basted with diluted Elmers's glue (new RUclips fad that I shouldn't have followed for hand sewing !!!) & I doubled polyester batting to add depth. Bad idea !!!!! I'm going to try your way with bigger stitches, cotton batting, a fine leather thimble & those handy dandy needles with marks on them (you can never have too many needles or thimbles !!!). Merci beaucoup for your help. Bisous from the French Pyrenees. xxxxx
@@paniAlla_ ох, це ганьба, тому що це на моєму. Я вмикаю субтитри, потім натискаю піктограму гвинтика, потім клацаю автоматичний переклад, і тут має бути ваша мова. дуже шкода, якщо це не так.
Hi Emma. Your quilting is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing your beautiful design’s with us. I had never heard of EPP until I see one of your tutorials when I was on holiday a couple of years ago, Thanks to you My daughter and I have both enjoyed working together. It has really helped us get through some difficult times, thank you for this. 😊 xxx
Thank you for sharing that with me Sharon. I’m sorry you have both experienced some difficult times, I’m glad some stitching helped you through. Take care
Thanks so much for the information about those really cool needles! I’ve always worked hard on keeping my stitches even size length and these needles will be a joy to use as I love to hand quilt🤗
Thank you for this video and your thoughtful encouragement and guidance. I love all the wisdom and personal preference you share. It's very helpful. I look forward to beginning (again) my hand quilting/sewing journey.
Thank you, Emma for such an informative and inspiring video. I haven’t tried hand quilting yet but I’m definitely wanting to try it. Your quilt is so beautiful and your hand quilting looks so great!! Those needles with the color showing the distance of the stitches seem like such a great idea!! See you soon!❤️
You are such a good instructor, and an extraordinary quilter. Your quilting reminds me of the Amish quilter's skill-set. I loved the explanation of the tools, I learned so much. I wrap my fingers in electrical tape as I have not yet found a suitable thimble (ha, ha) - it works! Beautiful quilt!!
@@emmajonesvintagesewingbox Really?? I think your quilting skills are really strong. I just finished your "Organizing My Works in Progress.." video and I think you may be at a crossroads of creativity. I think the more you do the Boho stitching, your work will take on a whole new look, direction and statement. If you never called yourself a quilter, simply call yourself an artist. You truly are gifted. I look forward to seeing more of what you do in the future.
@@PostView24I agree with you - Emma is both a quilter and an artist. It takes an artist's eye to place the shapes and choose the colours and create the designs.... I enjoyed the WIP video too - Emma seemed lit up and I felt inspired and excited just hearing her think through everything. @Emma - I have returned to this video again as I remember loving it when you did it first😍 I'm still loving it😂
Emma, I just love your videos. I have quilt frames and all of that but have been unsuccessful at quilting tiny perfect stitches. I LOVE seeing the stitches and I want to hold it in my hand when I quilt. You make everything so relaxed and non judgmental - no stress and no quilt police. I love your style. Please don't ever let any criticism bother you. You have an audience who loves what you're doing and that's what's important. You are helping people.
Stitching in hand, or Quilting in hand, or Hand Quilting is what it's called, when quilting without a frame or hoop.
I gave up hoops and frames many years ago. It is much more comfortable to hold it in my hand.
What an absolutely lovely thing to say Cherie, thank you, you are so kind 🤗
@@nancy-katharynmcgraw2669 I'm often doing English paper piecing when I watch Emma's videos. I love it! Interestingly, I have found that watching videos from women who stitch from the U.K. has taught me so many wonderful traditional ways of quilting and paper piecing that I have not found in the U.S.
@@Anne5440_ I was worried that it would slip and get all bunched up, but I like the way Emma's quilts look.
I love watching your videos and your voice is so soothing. I find it so relaxing to watch you stitch and talk. I have pan pieced blocks by hand, so you have gave me the inspiration to try handstitching them even if I do not do small stitches. Thank you so much. It is a pleasure to watch a young person do this. I am 69.
Oh thank you! That’s lovely, and means a lot to me 🤗
Emma I have just come across your videos although I have only watched a few at the moment, they are so beautiful your voice is so soothing and relaxed....just what I need at the moment . Due to personal loss I havent touched any sewing for quite a number of months but watching your videos you have inspired me to start hand stitching hexagons again. Thank you Emma. 😊
Thank you so much Irene, sorry to hear you’ve been going through a difficult time, I hope some stitching can give you some comfort. Take care
I love to hand quilt. It's addicting. I have hexes done, hundreds of grandmother flower garden hexes. I also have hand made cathedral windows. I haven't finished either one but I just turned 70 years old so I need to get with it and finish my projects. I love your videos.
Thank you! Sounds like you have some lovely projects in the works. Happy stitching 🧵
Love how your flowers puffed up! 💖 Your calm voice makes hand quilting even better .
I thought at first they had batting in them, but now I see they were appliquéd on.
Yes but they are made with hexiform which is left in and that helps them to puff up!😊🌸
Thank you! That’s so kind 🌸
@@emmajonesvintagesewingbox oh I hadn't heard of this will have to investigate if we can get it here in Canada 🍁 ty
Where can we get hexi forms that can be left in Emma?
Great video, super useful as usual….love this, thank you 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Emma, really useful beginners guide. I love your quilt, so very pretty
Thank you Bev, I’m so glad it was helpful
Absolutely beautiful!!! Love your tutorials!
Thank you so much!
I so love and enjoy your channel. I get so excited when I see a new feed. You really mean a lot to me. Sharing all you do has helped my aniexity. I have so many projects on the go...you help me focus, be in the moment, relax, and enjoy. Thank you for being here for all of us
Oh thank you Kelly! That’s such a lovely thing to say and really means a lot to me 🤗
Great work on your quilting designs.
I love your video.
Thank you so much!
I apologize for the late response to your email.
The weather here in Sault Ste. Marie, On. We have a lot of snow and cold.
Right now the weather has been warming up and the snow is melting.
What a lovely quilt! Thank you for walking us through hand quilting. I also hand quilted a much smaller quilt than yours with big stitch hand quilting. I really enjoyed it. I loved your wavy lines in the border. So pretty! Love love love your videos! They are so calming & you're such an inspiration! ❤
Aww thank you Brandy! That makes me so happy 😊🌸
Just love your qulit, it's very beautiful, you are such a joy to watch.
That’s so kind, thank you Mary 🌸
Beautiful, just beautiful.....🥰
Thank you! 😊
Oh, your quilting designs are beautiful, Emma - that central panel is stunning! And what a brilliant way to create a curving line in your border - thanks for showing us that as well as the use of paper shapes. Your stitches are just lovely😍 I agree that it's tricky getting a thimble that is just right - I'm still searching (ouch!) 😅
So glad you liked the ideas in this video. I’m still in search of the perfect one as I go through those leather ones far too quickly 😊
Hi Emma! Great to see you and what you are doing! M gonna watch
Thank you Sandra
Perfect timing, I was wanting to hand quilt around some star blocks on a quilt I’m making and I had no idea where to start and what I needed, thank you Emma 🌸 😊
I’m so happy it was helpful, have fun working on it Vikkie 🌸
@@emmajonesvintagesewingbox I’ve completed one block, my stitches are not even at all Lolol. I was getting better at it though towards the end of it 😊. Have a great day 😊
Stunning as always Emma👏👏😘
Thank you Ann!🤗🌸
Beautiful and very informative, Thank you so much .
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching 🌸
The quilt is stunning
Thanks ever so much
Love your ideas, in a few months when warmer I take out my paper piecing things. Now in winter I knit to stay warm.
The bigger the quilt you hand quilt, the warmer you are. My daughters always got made when I fell asleep hand quilting a quilt for the. I told them I was testing out if it worked, hehe.
Thanks so much for watching. Stay warm and cosy!😊🌸
❤ absolutely beautiful
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this with us. I have just got into slow stitching and accepting that it doesn’t matter how big stitches are or the fabric puckering, because the end result is beautiful and natural just as it used to be. 😊❤
So glad you liked the video. It took me a while to accept those things too but they are the things that make it such a beautiful technique with a lovely, homespun result 🌸
Oh sweetheart!! What an absolutely, stunning quilt! This is just so beautiful to look at. It's just a fine, hand made thing of exquisite beauty! It is rather intimidating for a beginner like myself. You seem to speak the quilting language, making all the lovely pieces of fabric come together and behave, forming such a fine thing as this quilt. Did you see this in your mind beforehand or did it take on a mind of its own? I am mindblown as I love your choice of fabrics and the fluidness of your central panel and the surrounding hexes is everything I imagine a quilt to be. Thank you for this video. I'll be back, your admirer Lisa
oh what a lovely comment! thank you so much. I had an idea of how I wanted it to look beforehand but it evolved as I went too
Thank you so much for this beautiful tutorial and I just love how the flowers have a little puff to them. ❤
Thanks so much 😊
Simply beautiful, the video your tone of your voice. Your should a joy . Thank you
Wow, thank you! That means a lot 🤗
Beautiful! Look like vintage quilts my grandma made. Thanks so much for taking the time to show us.
What a compliment, thank you so much!
I look forward to your videos to much! You are so calm and encouraging 🖤
That honestly means so much to me 🤗
Beautiful quilt. I am new to quilting. I have done machine quilting, but I want to begin more hand quilting.
thank you Mel, I find hand quilting so soothing
Dear Emma, your quilt is absolutely gorgeous. I love it so much. I know it will bring you great joy for years to come. Happy quilting…………………..
Aww thank you Pam! That really means a lot to me 🤗
subscribed one minute in due to your incredibly kind-sounding and calming voice. oh yeah, and also because I am about to start hand-quilting 😊
oh thank you! That means a lot. Have fun hand quilting
Thanks so much for this Emma! This was another inspiring video. I was quilting "with" you, here in snowy Canada!
Oh how lovely! Hope you are keeping warm whilst stitching 🧵
Love your quilt and colours. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge. Enjoying the calm you bring and it helps me to relax...life is not easy at the moment. x Blessings x Mariana UK xx
Oh I am sorry to hear things are difficult Mariana, take good care of yourself. Sending hugs x
And I thought you were just super good at spacing stitches 😂. Can’t tell you how much I appreciate this tutorial. I am sure it will help me improve my hand quilting. ‘ pulling thru knots!! Why did I ‘knot’ know this. 🤷🏻♀️. Thank you lovely
Haha! I think any little tools or gadgets we can use to make things easier is definitely a good thing. Thanks so much for watching 🌸
As always, your work is beautiful. Wonderful tips!
Thank you so much!
💖 beautiful hand quilting 🌹
Thank you! 😊🌸
Thank you for the video. It is so helpful and you explain everything simply. When I'm ready to do my quilt I will be following your instructions.
I’m so glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching 🌸
Dear Emma, another fantastic video! I do hand quilting when finishing my quilts. I must use a hoop or the back of my quilt stitches look comical. Yours look beautiful . Peace to you, lovely person.
Aww thank you! I appreciate you watching, take care 🌸
After a busy morning shopping, calmness washed over me as I watched your lovely video. The echo quilting around the flowers is so pretty, as is the whole quilt. Thimbles, threads and needles are a minefield ,😳it's taken me ages to find a thimble that fits my finger comfortably, and I'm sure I'm not alone in having numerous packets of needles of all shapes and sizes lol. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and love of quilting with us.
thank you for watching Linda. I hope to find the right thimble one day!
Perfect video. Perfect timing for me. I love that you made this detailed video. Thank you so much!!
I’m so glad you liked it 😊
The hand quilting on this quilt reminds me of Japanese sashiko stitching. It is a beautiful quilt.
💖💕❤
Yes it is like that, I love doing that too. Thanks for watching 😊🌸
Beautiful work ❤ the quilt looks cozy and yummy
Thank you! 😊
I can't thank you enough for this video. !! I've long put off quilting , other than straight lines, as I've no idea how to get those lovely shapes on the quilts. The close up views in your video are perfect. !! You are such a delight. Please post more on the finishing steps for your quilt.
I’m so glad you liked the video. I will definitely share the final stage next time. Thanks for watching
Outstanding, so pretty!!!! I wish I could find the pony needles here in the states. I will continue to look.
I hope you can! Thanks for watching Melanie 🌸
Thanks Emma I’m going to have a try at my first hand quilted project thanks to you but on a much smaller scale 😂 maybe a wall hanging love your videos take care xx
that sounds lovely, have fun!
Great information and very beautiful quilt. It looks very accessible and approachable to a beginner. The first hand quilted project that I did was basically just straight stitching patterns around a patch quilt in different ways, like in circles, or swirled or lines, or whatever, and I love that but I wanted to know kind of more of a actual proper quilting way . to do it because I was just winging it. I have only done a few projects and only a couple of them involves anything like real quilting, and nothing like this that was well thought out. I did love my most recent one though, because the hand stitching was a lot more enjoyable than I had expected it would be and it was definitely a big stitch style so I would like to refine that a bit and this was a great guide. I gave that quilt to somebody and I don’t remember who and I am still so sad that I cannot remember who I gave it to and I only have one picture of it and I just loved it.
Hand quilting anything bigger than A4 size is never going to happen for me, because I like seriously dense quilting. I think it is because I love the way the fabric puckers up and looks well-used after two or three washes.
Your quilt has a beautiful design. ❤️
Thank you June. I love the look of that type of quilting too so that’s definitely on my list for the future 😊🌸
Thank you Emma you explained it so well. I can't wait to try it. Your stitching is beautiful. I am inspired by you
Thank you Nora. Im so glad you are going to give it a try too 😊
Emma you're doing a great job on your quilt. I've only used quilting frames, I think I'll have to give this a try.
Love the vintage vibe of your quilt!
Thank you Shirley! I think if I was doing more sense quilting I would try a frame. I tried a hoop but it didn’t work for me 🌸
Love your video, great tip with the needles.
thank you Debra, the needles are really great
I have being a patch work and quilter for over 30 years hand quilting has always being hard for me to get even, what a clever idea with coloured collar on the needle to keep it even and your thread looks very interesting to try. Also again a simple idea using your paper templates to create designs. I think I have always made things to complicated. Watching you work makes look so much more simple and beautiful. Thank you
Thank you Jan, that means a lot. Hand quilting is hard to get even so any little things that make it easier is definitely worth trying. Thanks so much for watching
hello i have just found your tutorial thank you .
I have always wanted to do this but didnt know where to start.
You have explained it very well and made it so easy to take all the information in without fuss and stress
Best wishes
Lynda
thank you Lynda, I am so glad it was useful
☕️ Oh Emma!
Thank you so much for the beautiful video editing. . . , I didn’t realise that I needed to calm down and relax 🧵
THIS episode makes me so happy.
I feel inspired and confident because of YOU 💋💋🪴
What a lovely thing to say, thank you Lindsey 🌸
Like other people have also said, you are so nice to listen to, and I love watching your videos and how you explain things to us. Thank you Emma love your hair colour
aww thanks so much Karen, that honestly means so so much to me
thank you this was a awsom video very helpful because its true this has been very intimidating to say the least but you have made me feel like i can do the finishing on a quilt thank you i loved it
Glad it was helpful!
Lovely video. Thank you.
Thanks for showing the use of the marked needles. I was a little unsure of how they work. I'm glad you can get packages of different needles, which have different lengths of markings. Because I learned to hand quilt in the 1980s. The stitch standard was much different than it is today. I was never able to get stitches that small. But what I was able to manage is still much smaller than what is done today. With an assorted pack, I should find something that will please me. My problem is that I can't find those needles here in the US at present. Are you able to ship to the US? I have always believed in trying new things. I want to start your style of quilt as you go this year. First I want to finish some wips. I've made a list of up 9 wips to rotate through. It is helping not get bored and pushing on one at a time. After I finish one, I will put a ufo into that number in the rotation. After I finish 2, I will allow starting a new project. But from that point, I will only start a new project after completing 4 wips or ufos.
Sounds like you have a good plan for your projects this year. Yes I ship to the US but postage costs are really expensive unfortunately so you would have to consider if it was worth it in relation to what you would like to buy.🌸
You are so non-judgmental and accepting! Thank you for all you do!
Thank you so much!
Love love love this video, I have learnt so much and when I get round to quilting my first huge quilt I will certainly have more confidence ❤
oh I am so glad to hear that! thanks for watching
Thank you, great tutorial, the needles are a super help. I have tried and found my stitches on the back were not straight like the front, I can only laugh. As always beautiful work a pleasure to see.
None of my stitches are perfect either, I tell myself the main thing is enjoying the process, nobody will look at the back will they!😊🌸
Thank you so much for another wonderful video. The explanation of your notions and then how you picked the design for the stitching were very helpful. And your quilt is just beautiful! 💖 19:38
Thank you Margaret! I’m so glad you enjoyed it 😊🌸
Thank you Emma, I have just got to the point of quilting and your video has helped greatly..
You’re welcome 😊 happy quilting!
thank you for this beautiful video. at the moment I only do big stitch quilting (I'm using a sashiko tread) But I bought myself a wholecloth panel to learn the small quilting stitches technique , baby size ;-)
sounds lovely Emilie, I want to try the small stitches too
Thank you so much for this. This is exactly what I needed. For thimbles, what I have found when sewing, is that using micropore tape is great. I cover my finger with a strip of paper ( toilet paper or tissue paper) and then roll the tape around my finger a few times. This fits my finger perfectly, and because of the paper inside it's reusable for quite some time. Hope this makes sense and may be useful for someone else too.
great tip, thank you!
Emma you are a precious old soul all the mothers of old would be so very proud of you. You have inspired me to make the quilt as you go hexagram quilts for my son and daughter I love your videos please keep them coming
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you will be making the quilt as you go quilts for your children
Vôtre travail est magnifique , j'adore 👍👍🪡🧵
Merci!
I am about to hand quilt my first quilt!
I absolutely love this video. My sewing machine broke a few years ago and I can't afford to get a new one just yet. I really wanted to make a quilt to take to university with me for two reasons. One, because they look gorgeous and it would be a nice, sustainable item to take with me. And two, quilts, much like university, are very daunting when you first start. I was worried my project would never get off the ground because I no longer have a machine, and I wasn't sure if this would work with handsewing, but thanks to this video I'm now so close to finishing this thing. I am eternely grateful.
I’m so glad you found this useful. Wishing you all the best for university, I remember how daunting it is but I’m sure you’ll settle in no time 🌸
Thank you Emma for the advice
You're so welcome! 😊
Thank you for the tip on the Pony needles. I didn't know they existed before this, but they are now my "go to" needle for spaced hand sewing.
You are so welcome! Glad you enjoy them
Such lovely work Emma, your quilt looks so squishy and cosy! I love all the colours that you use, thank you for sharing all that you do xx if you fancy trying traditional small hand quilting, you can buy fabric with some designs printed on them. They are called whole cloth designs, and you can buy small samples that are 16”, I’ve brought some from the cotton patch and intend to make a table centre piece as some practice as I love the look of this type of quilting.
Thank you so much Rachel, that's a great suggestion and I am heading to the cotton patch website right away!
Love the fabrics you use in your creations Emma, they're so pretty and dainty and just yummy. Thank you for your encouragement, and inspiration.
Thank you so much!
Beautiful quilting...love watching quilting videos learn something new from each one! Thank you for sharing your videos!
You are so welcome! Thank you for watching
The big stitch way of hand quilting is less intimidating and relieves the pressure of the small stitching technique. Thank you for sharing your video.
Thanks so much for watching Rebecca
@@emmajonesvintagesewingbox you're welcome. ☺️
Emma your quilt is beautiful 🦋 thank you for this tutorial 🫠🌺
Ohhhhhh Emma you’ve given us a whole book of knowledge in just this episode; Thank You
I’m really interested in EEP and hand quilting. So I’m enjoying learning from you!!! Of course I don’t know when I’ll even start the first project, but I’m getting ideas… ❤️😀
Thank you Rachel! It’s lovely to hear the video was useful. I hope you get started soon. Take care
Nice video. Thank you
That is such a beautiful quilt, Emma. I've tried a bit of very simple straight line big stitch quilting, but had no idea that you could find hand quilting patterns! Your videos are such a help to those of us who are just beginning to learn these skills 😊
I’m so glad it was helpful! I really enjoyed creating the quilting pattern and now want to do more, it’s addictive!
Thank you for showing just the basics of hand quilting. I am motivated to try it now I know the thread to use. I just love all your videos and always feel I don't need to stress about sewing but take my time and enjoy the process. ❤🪡🧵
Aww thank you Jacqueline, I hope you love it when you give it a try 🧵🤗
Your quilting is the loveliest I've seen. 💖👍👍
Wow, thank you!
Thank you......very inspiring ....going to have a go.....xx
I'm so glad you are going to try it!
Lovely video, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it Hattie
You have a wonderful voice! ☺️. Thank you for your encouragement and for the great recommendations. I can’t wait to order needles with colors that would really help stitches as even as possible. I appreciate you. 👏🏼🤗🌷
Thank you so much!
Oh my goodness, I absolutely love watching you. I learn so much from you. You make everything seem doable. Your voice is so deliciously calming that I could have you on all day as background noise. Your choice of fabrics is beautiful and very pleasing to my eyes. Thank you so very much for sharing yourself.
oh thank you Cynthia! Extremely kind words, thank you so much
@@emmajonesvintagesewingbox you are so very welcome.
Well done, Emma, another gentle and so peaceful video, and so packed with great information! I have been lap quilting for years, and I make a lot of my own templates. You don't need to spend loads of money to quilt, but as another lady said, there are so many videos that suggest you need all this expensive equipment when you can achieve lovely results without it. Anyone short of funds could have a look in charity shops for men's shirts, 100% cotton is easiest to sew through, and there is a lot of material there once it is cut down. Best wishes, you are doing a great job!!! Xxx
Thank you Loraine. I totally agree, great results can be achieved without spending a fortune. I really want people to see that so they will give it a go too. Thanks ever so much for watching 🌸
Thank you Emma! I really do love watching your tutorials 💖
Thank you ever so much Carol, that is so so kind of you and is so appreciated 🤗🌸❤️
You are so talented. Thank you for sharing.
Your work is so lovely, Emma! Thank you for sharing.
thank you!
That is such a sweet quilt! I didn't know there were needles with measuring marks on them. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and beautiful creations!
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching
Such a beautiful video! Perfect to have on in the background as I begin my first hand quilting project 🧵🪡
As usual, a beautiful and relaxing video for us all to watch,thank you Emma. Like others, I look forward to your videos very much, they help me improve all my stitching projects and inspire me to try other projects. Bless you. 🇳🇿😀
Oh that is so lovely to hear, happy stitching Carolyn 🧵
Thank you Emma for sharing your tips and your videos are so inspiring.x
Thank you for your continued support Irene
Oh Emma what a beautiful quilt ! I love the fabric, patterns & thread that you've used. Thanks for the tips as I've just started practising hand quilting on small project. My stitches don't always go through to the back & I think this may be for several reasons: my stitches are too small using 12wt thread, I glue basted with diluted Elmers's glue (new RUclips fad that I shouldn't have followed for hand sewing !!!) & I doubled polyester batting to add depth. Bad idea !!!!! I'm going to try your way with bigger stitches, cotton batting, a fine leather thimble & those handy dandy needles with marks on them (you can never have too many needles or thimbles !!!). Merci beaucoup for your help. Bisous from the French Pyrenees. xxxxx
I hope you've had more success, I'm sure with those changes it will work perfectly. take care and thanks so much for watching x
На жаль мову не розумію, але дуже люблю ваш канал, дивлюся ваші роботи, вони неймовірні!!!
Дуже дякую. якщо ви ввімкнете субтитри, ви можете змінити їх мову на свою мову в налаштуваннях. дякую за перегляд, для мене це дуже важливо
@@emmajonesvintagesewingbox на жаль ні...у налаштуваннях її нема
@@paniAlla_ ох, це ганьба, тому що це на моєму. Я вмикаю субтитри, потім натискаю піктограму гвинтика, потім клацаю автоматичний переклад, і тут має бути ваша мова. дуже шкода, якщо це не так.
I love your projects, Thankyou for your videos!
Hi Emma. Your quilting is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing your beautiful design’s with us. I had never heard of EPP until I see one of your tutorials when I was on holiday a couple of years ago, Thanks to you My daughter and I have both enjoyed working together. It has really helped us get through some difficult times, thank you for this. 😊 xxx
Thank you for sharing that with me Sharon. I’m sorry you have both experienced some difficult times, I’m glad some stitching helped you through. Take care
Thanks so much for the information about those really cool needles! I’ve always worked hard on keeping my stitches even size length and these needles will be a joy to use as I love to hand quilt🤗
I am so glad it was useful Cheryl, happy stitching
Thank you for this video and your thoughtful encouragement and guidance. I love all the wisdom and personal preference you share. It's very helpful. I look forward to beginning (again) my hand quilting/sewing journey.
You are so welcome, thank you for watching and for your kind words. Happy stitching
Thank you, Emma for such an informative and inspiring video. I haven’t tried hand quilting yet but I’m definitely wanting to try it. Your quilt is so beautiful and your hand quilting looks so great!! Those needles with the color showing the distance of the stitches seem like such a great idea!! See you soon!❤️
Thank you so much Cathy, I find hand quilting very relaxing, I am sure you would too
Emma, a. Very wonderful quilting design and lesson 💖the colors and flowers 🌺 are beautiful,and your instructions sound so easy thank you.
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked it
You are such a good instructor, and an extraordinary quilter. Your quilting reminds me of the Amish quilter's skill-set. I loved the explanation of the tools, I learned so much. I wrap my fingers in electrical tape as I have not yet found a suitable thimble (ha, ha) - it works! Beautiful quilt!!
Thank you so much! Your comment really means a lot to me as I never really call myself a quilter, but maybe I am now 😊
@@emmajonesvintagesewingbox Really?? I think your quilting skills are really strong. I just finished your "Organizing My Works in Progress.." video and I think you may be at a crossroads of creativity. I think the more you do the Boho stitching, your work will take on a whole new look, direction and statement. If you never called yourself a quilter, simply call yourself an artist. You truly are gifted. I look forward to seeing more of what you do in the future.
@@PostView24I agree with you - Emma is both a quilter and an artist. It takes an artist's eye to place the shapes and choose the colours and create the designs....
I enjoyed the WIP video too - Emma seemed lit up and I felt inspired and excited just hearing her think through everything.
@Emma - I have returned to this video again as I remember loving it when you did it first😍 I'm still loving it😂