I started big stitch quilting about 20 years ago when it wasn’t that popular. The quilt police did not approve of big stitch quilting back then and the quilting snobs really turned their nose up at it, but I still always like it. I think it makes your quilt more of a look to me. I just love it!
Love this series. I have always wanted to learn about hand quilting. and the way you are presenting is perfect. I am not feeling overwhelmed with a bunch of information at one time. Thank you!
Thank you so much Corey for teaching us more about hand quilting. I can’t wait to try this. I love your content and that you’re always so cheerful like breathe of fresh air. 🤗😃. Your fabric lines are beautiful! Thank you for all you do for us.
I hope quilt shops have all the varying tools (thread, needles, batting, marking devices) available for new hand quilters to try. Otherwise, they'd have to purchase them all to see what works best for them.
It is a bit of trial and error much like purchasing any quilting supply. Every quilter has their own rotary cuttery/ruler/pins etc. favorites and it can take a bit of time and trying things out to decide what's best for you. One of the nicest ways to try out different supplies is to take classes that your local quilt shop might be offering. Information provided by both the teacher as well as your classmates can lead to finding great products (or eliminating ones you've wondered about).
First, I love your videos! Thank you so much for the giving of your valuable time. I real gift! I'm so glad you mentioned how marks from Frixion pens can come back in the cold and worse, can leave white (bleached) lines on darker fabrics. Someone else I follow said that the lines on lighter fabric can be washed out but those white lines on darker fabrics are permanent! Unfortunately, I learned this the hard way! I switched back to using the water soluble pens! Love them! Will give the Hera marker a try though.
Frixion pens are so nice for a lot of things but not so great in all circumstances. =) I belong to a planner group on Facebook as well and they've been talking about Frixion pens for a different reason. They've been using them to write in their planners, and erasing things as they go (the heat from the eraser erases the ink) but now, as the weather is turning cold and they are leaving their planners in their vehicles at times, all of the things they wrote and erased have come back! =) Or on the flip side, they will make a to do list in their planner, take it with them in a hot vehicle and their to do list disappears! Those pens are really something! LOL!
@@CorianderQuilts LOL! I've heard of that too and the person it happened to put their paper in the freezer and their writing returned. I found out about Frixion lines returning the hard way. I used one to mark quilting lines on a hot water bottle cover, sent it to my friend in Alaska and she said the lines were all there! Eek! Fortunately, the lines came out in the wash. I cringe when I see people using a Frixion pen to mark somewhere that will show in their finished project.
Very interesting! My grandmother and great-grandmother quilted, but I didn’t live near them. I’m looking forward to learning how to hand quilt from your videos. I enjoyed hearing about your family of quilters. 😊
I love to use crochet cotton Mr 5 or nr 8. Crochet cotton is colorfast, cotton and many colours available. Have been doing big stitch for many years. I do the stab technique on my frame. I do free hand marking my quilts with a dressmaker pencil. Thanks for this great tube at last a quilting tube.
Yay Corey! I always look forward to your wonderful videos. Your cheerful teaching method makes it all sew fun to learn. I've hand quilted several table runners and enjoy the process. I always like to hear about supplies to see if there is something else I can try. Thank you for sharing.
Sew excited for this hand quilting series. I have always wanted to learn yet I haven’t ever actually known any local quilters to quilt with or learn from. Thank you for sharing your talent and skills. Much appreciated 💕
Thank you for another great video, Corey. Many years ago I took a hand Applique class, and we used a Hera marker to score a fold line when making stems etc. a Hera really makes a nice line to follow. I love your wooden one. It looks comfortable in your hand.
Thank you, Corey! I also love hand quilting since I took my first quilt class in 1996 in Ohio. Since then I haven't had the time, but mostly machine quilted. So inspired to get back to it. I also use the leather thimble when I hand quilt.
@@CorianderQuilts no, but saw a video you did for fat quarter shop and loved your hand quilting. I cross stitch and quilt - a beginner and am looking forward to learning. So thank you. Love your content.
@@caroline-brisbane8577 Thanks so much for following along Caroline!...if you enjoy cross stitching I bet you will also enjoy hand quilting! It's so nice to have a hand project to work on, isn't it!
I often wondered what type of needle would be best for big stitching, as you want the needle to have a big enough eye for easy threading but not that big that leaves holes on your fabric, so thank you for your suggestions, very helpful as always ♥️
Thank you for this series! I just tried hand quilting a small pillow top because I love the traditional look. I did try 12 weight Aurifil and will experiment with different needles. My stitch lines are a bit wobbly but think that is not due to my choice of notions and tools 😊😊. Will keep practicing because I enjoyed the process. Fun.
I'm so glad you are diving in!...yes, experiment with different supplies to see if something different might work a bit better! And I will say, those lines tend to straighten out a bit as you go. You'll notice if you haven't hand quilted for awhile that you might be a bit wobbly but after a half hour or an hour things start to get straighter.
If you look in the description box below this video, I've linked to the first one. I'm so glad you have a needle you like using!---there are so many to choose from. =)
Thank you, Corey! I appreciate you sharing the tools that make hand quilting a joy for you - I really want to try one of the Hera markers. I've been using Frixion but hold my breath every time wondering which fabrics will leave a bleach line. I'd like to eliminate that from my worries, so maybe the Hera marker will work for me, too! :) Have a nice weekend! Joni
I recently changed to the Hera marker from frixion pens because I really dislike how the color comes back when they’re in a cool area. I can iron the marks out at home in the wintertime and by the time I get to my destination because of the cold weather they’re back again. I have come to love the Hera marker
@@maureenkearns5376 Hi Maureen! Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with me. I'm glad to know you also like the Hera marker, and I'm really looking forward to trying it. :) I feel like I've tried everything (but clearly I hadn't) and nothing seemed to be quite right. I did a little experiment with my frixion pens a while back. I wrote on a fabric scrap, ironed it, and then placed it in the fridge. The lines didn't surface for me in that level of cold. I then placed it in the freezer. After a couple hours I could read what I wrote. I am unhappy with that, but chalk seemed problematic for other reasons, and I like a nice fine line. I'm really excited to try the Hera marker on the quilts I'm working on right now. I'd like to stop worrying about the lines showing up and like Corey mentioned, you never know when it will bleach out a line of color. I've had that happen to me in the past. I wonder what our grandmother's would have done - :)
Hi Cory, when I heard you say trail and error, I have one. Big mistake I use a clover yellow chalk marker on a white fabric, never again the time spend trying to remove three 4” lines took a lot of different products to remove. I do use the same blue marker as you, the chalk marker was thinking it would be better, totally wrong. I’m looking forward to work on hand stitching for a small project. Thank you so much for putting this out there. 👍❤️😊
Oh no!...chalk pencils do tend to be a nice option so I know why you tried one out. It really seems that people find the marking tool they like best and tend to stick with it. I really like my blue marker but I know not everyone does! It can be a little bit scary seeing that blue marker going down on the light fabrics but I've never had trouble with it...I use it for hand quilting lines, embroidery lines, as well as applique placement lines (even ironing over it---although I probably shouldn't admit that!).
The binding on your sew together bag is very neat and I'm wondering if you used a #3 zipper, and if you cut your binding more narrow? Thanks Corey, I'm making my bag using Buttercup and Slate.
It's been awhile since I made my bag...I do remember doing the binding differently than the pattern called for. If I had to say, I would think I used the same technique that I use for my machine binding (I have a video on that) which would be cut at 2". As far as the zipper, I most likely used whatever the pattern called for.
I have always wanted to try big stitch quilting....I am currently finishing up my quilt top that I want to try it with....my question is can you use embroidery thread that is I think used for cross stitching?
You can...but it's not as nice. Embroidery thread typically has 6 strands (you'd use all 6 at once) and it doesn't lay the same on your quilt top or pull through the fabric as nicely as a heavier weight single thread.
Hi Corey! I love the big stitch hand quilting! It adds such a wonderful design element to the design of projects. Love, love, love!!!! I was also wondering if you sell the pattern for that cute little bag that holds the quilting gadgets or where could I get that pattern. Thank you!
Thanks for the video! Question: I always thought you needed a frame for hand quilting. Is that true? I am wondering how you hand quilt without one-or maybe I misunderstood (?).
You don't need one for small projects..I have never used one for any of the projects I've hand quilted (up to about 48x60 is what I've done without). Now, if you are doing a larger quilt you might want one although I know that some people opt not to use one for even large quilts. And some will use a hoop rather than a frame for larger quilts. My mom has a hand quilting frame so we put in larger quilts. There are a lot of different ways to approach hand quilting.
I'd like to find an option other than frixion pens too, I have not had any problems but reading about them more and more makes me nervous/wonder. I tried the blue marker you suggest one time on a medium sized quilt and I hated getting it wet enough everywhere to remove all the marks. Do hera markers weaken the fabric where you mark the line?
They do have to be very wet to remove completely....a good saturation or the first time you wash it takes care of the marks. I don't believe that the Hera marker would weaken the fabric--it's a pretty gentle crease.
@@CorianderQuilts Thank you for your response. Do you just wash the quilt to get the marks out or just a plain water cycle (and then wash) if you go that route? I was worried about ironing where I'd drawn lines with the mark b gone marker when binding the quilt, maybe next time I can try just removing the marks near the edges. Thank you again for all the lovely videos you create, I look forward to watching them.
I don't prefer to use embroidery thread as the multiple threads do not lay as nicely as they do with just one strand of thicker thread....so, only in a pinch and use all 6 strands. Finer weight threads will not show up the same on your project as a heavier weight thread does.
And I should have mentioned that you can see more of the quilt and all of the other projects in the book if you watch the Oh, Happy Day! trunk show video from a few weeks back. =)
Please can you tell me about your books where your patterns are.... I'm 76 and trying my best at this age... Usually sent the quilts to longarm, but its getting expensive after the pandemia... everything changed.
I'm not sure if this is the info you are interested in but, this is my Etsy shop where I sell my quilt patterns and books: www.etsy.com/shop/CorianderQuilts
You're so welcome! Aren't those boxes so cute! They were released with my Sunnyside Up fabric collection and feature my artwork on them. They come in a set of 3. If you google "sunnyside up pencil boxes" there are a few options that come up with shops that still have them in stock.
@@CorianderQuilts I want to thank you for telling me about them still being online. I just received a set today and absolutely love them! I hope you have something similar sometime in the future. 😊💛
I have learned so much, I used a harem marker on my latest quilt, and the friction peeled off the ink from the fabric. I switched over to a 0.9 soft leaded pencil for marking. What is it called when you stitch smaller that big stitch?
Oh wow!...I've never heard of that happening. My mom and grandma both use pencils to mark their lines--I really like that I can still see some of those marked pencil lines--I think that makes them extra special! I would call that hand quilting. "Big Stitch" just refers to the size of the stitches as opposed to smaller stitching.
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I started big stitch quilting about 20 years ago when it wasn’t that popular. The quilt police did not approve of big stitch quilting back then and the quilting snobs really turned their nose up at it, but I still always like it. I think it makes your quilt more of a look to me. I just love it!
It's so pretty, isn't it!
I just pieced together a quilt top for my dog. It will be perfect to practice hand quilting on since he won’t care what it looks like.
That's a great idea!
My first quilt was a quilt for my doggie as well.
Just found your channel. I’m anxious to try hand quilting.
I hope you enjoy trying it out!
Perfect timing! I've got a vintage quilt top that I'll be basting & hand quilting this fall. 🧵🍂🍁
Perfect!
I love the list of tools. Thank you
You are so welcome!
Thank you for this video - so much good information! Also, that quilt to your left is so adorable!!! The quilt work really takes it to the next level.
You are so welcome!...thank you so much!
Love this series. I have always wanted to learn about hand quilting. and the way you are presenting is perfect. I am not feeling overwhelmed with a bunch of information at one time. Thank you!
Oh good!--I am so happy to hear that! I've found that people can be intimidated by hand quilting and it doesn't need to be tricky!
Thank you for sharing. I've been admiring your Big Stitch quilting for a while now and I'm delighted to be able to learn from you. Can't wait!
Thank you so much for watching along!
Thanks again Corey! I really appreciate the supply list. Thanks for your simple, well-explained videos!!
You're so welcome Renee!
Hi Corey. The little quilt in the video is so cute with the miniature trees and houses.
Thanks so much!
Thanks Corey!
You're so welcome Diane!
I love your quilting journey and how in a round about way you stayed away, but then dug in..and you are so talented,, waiting on sunwashed..lol
I so appreciate that my mom never pushed me into sewing and quilting. I think it really allowed me to come into it on my own!
This is exciting. I haven't hand quilted yet. Looking forward to it. Thanks Corey🤎
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much Corey for teaching us more about hand quilting. I can’t wait to try this. I love your content and that you’re always so cheerful like breathe of fresh air. 🤗😃. Your fabric lines are beautiful! Thank you for all you do for us.
Thank you so much for your kind comments!...that's so nice of you to say!
Thanks, Corey! I find hand work so relaxing. Can't wait to see the project.
You and me both!...it's so nice to have a little hand project. =)
💟 Thank You , excited to hear more about hand quilting 😃
You're so welcome!...I think hand quilting is such fun. =)
Getting my supplies together to hand quilt my pillow……. Need to make one of those sew together bags. I love it.
You'll have that pillow done in no time! And yes you need one of those bags!
I hope quilt shops have all the varying tools (thread, needles, batting, marking devices) available for new hand quilters to try. Otherwise, they'd have to purchase them all to see what works best for them.
It is a bit of trial and error much like purchasing any quilting supply. Every quilter has their own rotary cuttery/ruler/pins etc. favorites and it can take a bit of time and trying things out to decide what's best for you. One of the nicest ways to try out different supplies is to take classes that your local quilt shop might be offering. Information provided by both the teacher as well as your classmates can lead to finding great products (or eliminating ones you've wondered about).
First, I love your videos! Thank you so much for the giving of your valuable time. I real gift! I'm so glad you mentioned how marks from Frixion pens can come back in the cold and worse, can leave white (bleached) lines on darker fabrics. Someone else I follow said that the lines on lighter fabric can be washed out but those white lines on darker fabrics are permanent! Unfortunately, I learned this the hard way! I switched back to using the water soluble pens! Love them! Will give the Hera marker a try though.
Frixion pens are so nice for a lot of things but not so great in all circumstances. =) I belong to a planner group on Facebook as well and they've been talking about Frixion pens for a different reason. They've been using them to write in their planners, and erasing things as they go (the heat from the eraser erases the ink) but now, as the weather is turning cold and they are leaving their planners in their vehicles at times, all of the things they wrote and erased have come back! =) Or on the flip side, they will make a to do list in their planner, take it with them in a hot vehicle and their to do list disappears! Those pens are really something! LOL!
@@CorianderQuilts LOL! I've heard of that too and the person it happened to put their paper in the freezer and their writing returned. I found out about Frixion lines returning the hard way. I used one to mark quilting lines on a hot water bottle cover, sent it to my friend in Alaska and she said the lines were all there! Eek! Fortunately, the lines came out in the wash. I cringe when I see people using a Frixion pen to mark somewhere that will show in their finished project.
Very interesting! My grandmother and great-grandmother quilted, but I didn’t live near them. I’m looking forward to learning how to hand quilt from your videos. I enjoyed hearing about your family of quilters. 😊
You have a history of quilting in your background too...what fun!
Thank you for all the tips on hand quilting
Thank you for watching!
Thank you 🙏 for sharing all your knowledge corey. I love everything thing you do !❤
That is so nice of you to say Neva!...thank you so much. =) I really enjoy chatting about quilting and fabric!
Great video!! Thank you
You're so welcome!...thank you!
Thanks for sharing these wonderful tips. I know I don’t have the patience for hand quilting but I do admire it. 😊😊
You might be surprised and take it up yet! =)
Thank you so much.
You're welcome!
I love to use crochet cotton Mr 5 or nr 8. Crochet cotton is colorfast, cotton and many colours available. Have been doing big stitch for many years. I do the stab technique on my frame. I do free hand marking my quilts with a dressmaker pencil. Thanks for this great tube at last a quilting tube.
I'm so glad you have tools and techniques you like to use! I think it's so important to find the right combo that works well for each of us!
I always want o try hand quilting and those videos will help me a lot
I hope so!
Yay Corey! I always look forward to your wonderful videos. Your cheerful teaching method makes it all sew fun to learn. I've hand quilted several table runners and enjoy the process. I always like to hear about supplies to see if there is something else I can try. Thank you for sharing.
You are so welcome!--thank you so much for your kind comments!
I’ve only hand quilted a couple of pillow tops following your Fat Quarter Shop tutorial. I had so much fun with it though. 💜
I'm so glad!
Sew excited for this hand quilting series. I have always wanted to learn yet I haven’t ever actually known any local quilters to quilt with or learn from. Thank you for sharing your talent and skills. Much appreciated 💕
I'm so glad you are enjoying it!
Great video! So grateful for this series.
Thank you for watching!
I having been looking forward to the next part of this series! Thank you! Have a great weekend, Corey!
You too Amanda!
I have so been looking forward to this and it didn’t disappoint. Great video, very clear and helpful. Really excited for parts 3 and 4.
I'm so glad!--thank you!
Thanks so much for this hand quilting series! Love that sew together bag! ❤️
You are so welcome! Sew Together bags are a great little project to hand quilt and then use to store your hand quilting supplies!
Thank you for another great video, Corey. Many years ago I took a hand Applique class, and we used a Hera marker to score a fold line when making stems etc. a Hera really makes a nice line to follow. I love your wooden one. It looks comfortable in your hand.
You're so welcome Sandi!...the Hera marker is such a nice option to have!
Thank you, Corey! I also love hand quilting since I took my first quilt class in 1996 in Ohio. Since then I haven't had the time, but mostly machine quilted. So inspired to get back to it. I also use the leather thimble when I hand quilt.
Hand quilting is such a fun technique to employ when we'd like to!
Thanks for the video .
You are welcome!
Great. Thanks.
You're welcome!
Yes. Thank you. Hand quilting.
You’re welcome! 😊 Are you a hand quilter?
@@CorianderQuilts no, but saw a video you did for fat quarter shop and loved your hand quilting. I cross stitch and quilt - a beginner and am looking forward to learning. So thank you. Love your content.
@@caroline-brisbane8577 Thanks so much for following along Caroline!...if you enjoy cross stitching I bet you will also enjoy hand quilting! It's so nice to have a hand project to work on, isn't it!
I often wondered what type of needle would be best for big stitching, as you want the needle to have a big enough eye for easy threading but not that big that leaves holes on your fabric, so thank you for your suggestions, very helpful as always ♥️
As you heard, there are so many to choose from!...I really do like a size 7 embroidery needle but other options will work just as well. =)
Thank you for this series! I just tried hand quilting a small pillow top because I love the traditional look. I did try 12 weight Aurifil and will experiment with different needles. My stitch lines are a bit wobbly but think that is not due to my choice of notions and tools 😊😊. Will keep practicing because I enjoyed the process. Fun.
I'm so glad you are diving in!...yes, experiment with different supplies to see if something different might work a bit better! And I will say, those lines tend to straighten out a bit as you go. You'll notice if you haven't hand quilted for awhile that you might be a bit wobbly but after a half hour or an hour things start to get straighter.
I have not been able to find your 1st video on hand quilting on YT and I am subscribed. I enjoyed this video. I use the PG binding needle.
If you look in the description box below this video, I've linked to the first one. I'm so glad you have a needle you like using!---there are so many to choose from. =)
Thank you for this information. I wish you would show the back of quilt, so I can visualize how it looks. Thanks, Corey!
I'll need to do that when I show the technique video! It will look similar to the front but usually the stitches aren't quite as even.
Thank you, Corey! I appreciate you sharing the tools that make hand quilting a joy for you - I really want to try one of the Hera markers. I've been using Frixion but hold my breath every time wondering which fabrics will leave a bleach line. I'd like to eliminate that from my worries, so maybe the Hera marker will work for me, too! :) Have a nice weekend! Joni
You're so welcome! The Hera markers are such a nice option!...you might also like a chalk pencil in lieu of a marker too--they are a friendly option.
I recently changed to the Hera marker from frixion pens because I really dislike how the color comes back when they’re in a cool area. I can iron the marks out at home in the wintertime and by the time I get to my destination because of the cold weather they’re back again. I have come to love the Hera marker
@@maureenkearns5376 Hi Maureen! Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with me. I'm glad to know you also like the Hera marker, and I'm really looking forward to trying it. :) I feel like I've tried everything (but clearly I hadn't) and nothing seemed to be quite right. I did a little experiment with my frixion pens a while back. I wrote on a fabric scrap, ironed it, and then placed it in the fridge. The lines didn't surface for me in that level of cold. I then placed it in the freezer. After a couple hours I could read what I wrote. I am unhappy with that, but chalk seemed problematic for other reasons, and I like a nice fine line. I'm really excited to try the Hera marker on the quilts I'm working on right now. I'd like to stop worrying about the lines showing up and like Corey mentioned, you never know when it will bleach out a line of color. I've had that happen to me in the past. I wonder what our grandmother's would have done - :)
Hi Cory, when I heard you say trail and error, I have one. Big mistake I use a clover yellow chalk marker on a white fabric, never again the time spend trying to remove three 4” lines took a lot of different products to remove. I do use the same blue marker as you, the chalk marker was thinking it would be better, totally wrong. I’m looking forward to work on hand stitching for a small project.
Thank you so much for putting this out there. 👍❤️😊
Oh no!...chalk pencils do tend to be a nice option so I know why you tried one out. It really seems that people find the marking tool they like best and tend to stick with it. I really like my blue marker but I know not everyone does! It can be a little bit scary seeing that blue marker going down on the light fabrics but I've never had trouble with it...I use it for hand quilting lines, embroidery lines, as well as applique placement lines (even ironing over it---although I probably shouldn't admit that!).
I will go to that
Do you find that the 505 gums up your needle? I love big stitch quilting.
No--that's one of the reasons I find it so nice!...some of the other spray adhesives are so sticky!
The binding on your sew together bag is very neat and I'm wondering if you used a #3 zipper, and if you cut your binding more narrow? Thanks Corey, I'm making my bag using Buttercup and Slate.
It's been awhile since I made my bag...I do remember doing the binding differently than the pattern called for. If I had to say, I would think I used the same technique that I use for my machine binding (I have a video on that) which would be cut at 2". As far as the zipper, I most likely used whatever the pattern called for.
so what isyour favorite mat..is itthe riley blake, the olfa has been the only mat ive baught over the last 35-40 yrs....
I have always wanted to try big stitch quilting....I am currently finishing up my quilt top that I want to try it with....my question is can you use embroidery thread that is I think used for cross stitching?
You can...but it's not as nice. Embroidery thread typically has 6 strands (you'd use all 6 at once) and it doesn't lay the same on your quilt top or pull through the fabric as nicely as a heavier weight single thread.
Hi Corey! I love the big stitch hand quilting! It adds such a wonderful design element to the design of projects. Love, love, love!!!! I was also wondering if you sell the pattern for that cute little bag that holds the quilting gadgets or where could I get that pattern. Thank you!
I don't sell that pattern. It's called the Sew Together Bag. If you google that, you will find lots of options of where to purchase it. =)
@@CorianderQuilts Thank you!!
Cory you left out what kind of needles are your Moms favorites? Does she have small hands?
Was it the needles she uses for big stitch or little stitch hand quilting you were wondering about? I would say her hand size is very similar to mine.
Thanks for the video! Question: I always thought you needed a frame for hand quilting. Is that true? I am wondering how you hand quilt without one-or maybe I misunderstood (?).
You don't need one for small projects..I have never used one for any of the projects I've hand quilted (up to about 48x60 is what I've done without). Now, if you are doing a larger quilt you might want one although I know that some people opt not to use one for even large quilts. And some will use a hoop rather than a frame for larger quilts. My mom has a hand quilting frame so we put in larger quilts. There are a lot of different ways to approach hand quilting.
I love your wooden hera marker! Do you have a source for that?
Yes! I linked to it in the description box below the video.
Oh my goodness! I looked there first and completely missed it! I see it now 😉 Thank you!
@@eljay5623 Oh good!...sometimes when there's so much written down there it's easy to overlook what you're looking for!
I'd like to find an option other than frixion pens too, I have not had any problems but reading about them more and more makes me nervous/wonder. I tried the blue marker you suggest one time on a medium sized quilt and I hated getting it wet enough everywhere to remove all the marks. Do hera markers weaken the fabric where you mark the line?
They do have to be very wet to remove completely....a good saturation or the first time you wash it takes care of the marks. I don't believe that the Hera marker would weaken the fabric--it's a pretty gentle crease.
@@CorianderQuilts Thank you for your response. Do you just wash the quilt to get the marks out or just a plain water cycle (and then wash) if you go that route? I was worried about ironing where I'd drawn lines with the mark b gone marker when binding the quilt, maybe next time I can try just removing the marks near the edges. Thank you again for all the lovely videos you create, I look forward to watching them.
@@kwarr77 I most often will take a sopping wet rag (and I mean sopping!) and go over the whole thing, thoroughly wetting it.
Do you ever quilt with embroidery thread? If so, how many strands. What do you think about regular quilting thread?
I don't prefer to use embroidery thread as the multiple threads do not lay as nicely as they do with just one strand of thicker thread....so, only in a pinch and use all 6 strands.
Finer weight threads will not show up the same on your project as a heavier weight thread does.
Corey, what was name of that cute tree pattern you had on the table in video?
It's called Solitude...I linked to the book it is in the description box.
And I should have mentioned that you can see more of the quilt and all of the other projects in the book if you watch the Oh, Happy Day! trunk show video from a few weeks back. =)
Please can you tell me about your books where your patterns are.... I'm 76 and trying my best at this age... Usually sent the quilts to longarm, but its getting expensive after the pandemia... everything changed.
I'm not sure if this is the info you are interested in but, this is my Etsy shop where I sell my quilt patterns and books: www.etsy.com/shop/CorianderQuilts
Wonderful video! Very informative thank you 😊. Can you please tell me where to get those cute Hello Sunshine boxes? ☀️🌈
You're so welcome! Aren't those boxes so cute! They were released with my Sunnyside Up fabric collection and feature my artwork on them. They come in a set of 3. If you google "sunnyside up pencil boxes" there are a few options that come up with shops that still have them in stock.
@@CorianderQuilts thank you! I’ll see if I can find some. PS I’m also I Ohio 🤗.
@@LifeSewCrazy Yay for Ohio Girls!...that means you are also probably have wonderful weather this week. Hasn't it been wonderful!
@@CorianderQuilts yes wonderful 😊☀️
@@CorianderQuilts I want to thank you for telling me about them still being online. I just received a set today and absolutely love them! I hope you have something similar sometime in the future. 😊💛
How much is too much hand quilting on a quilt.
This answer will probably vary from quilter to quilter. I'm not sure I've ever seen a quilt that I thought had too much hand quilting.
I have learned so much, I used a harem marker on my latest quilt, and the friction peeled off the ink from the fabric. I switched over to a 0.9 soft leaded pencil for marking. What is it called when you stitch smaller that big stitch?
Oh wow!...I've never heard of that happening. My mom and grandma both use pencils to mark their lines--I really like that I can still see some of those marked pencil lines--I think that makes them extra special!
I would call that hand quilting. "Big Stitch" just refers to the size of the stitches as opposed to smaller stitching.