A quilt is made up of three layers – the top (which may be wholecloth, pieced or appliqued), the wadding and the backing. These three layers are held together by the decorative quilting stitches.

It’s imp…

The quilting design needs to be marked onto your fabric, so that you can see where to stitch.
The ideal marker is one which shows a clear line until you have quilted along it, but then completely disappears!…

Needles
The type of needle you use for hand quilting depends on which stitching technique you use. I stitch in the traditional way using the “rocking stitch”. More details about how to do this will be in the last pos…

What equipment do you need to start hand quilting? Well, there are lots of different views on this, so I will share what works for me.
Hoops

14″ quilting hoop, bound with tape

I prefer to use a hoop to hold the p…

While it is possible to use all sorts of threads for hand quilting, which is the best, and why?
There are two things to consider:

What will the finished appearance be like?
How easy will the thread be to use?

Both…

How do you start hand quilting?
This webpage will discuss the types of wadding (batting in the USA) that you will need.
The thickness and the density of the wadding makes an enormous difference to the ease of the…

Hand quilting is relaxing to do (once you have got the hang of it!), and gives beautiful results, which are different to those obtained by a sewing machine.
Maybe you would like to try it, but are not sure where to…

English paper piecing (also known as mosaic piecing or just “EPP”) is becoming really popular at the moment. This is a very old technique which was used to make the wonderful 1718 coverlet, which you may have see…