Eu estava ansiosa para iniciar uma nova técnica.
Assisti alguns vídeos com dicas sobre como acolchoar à mão (hand quilting).
Como bordo ponto cruz e também bordado livre estava me sentindo intima das agulhas. Acontece que embora pareça fácil eu ainda não peguei o jeito.
Fiquei na dúvida se deveria mostrar pra vocês, mas como a gente só aprende fazendo e treinando sinto até satisfação em mostrar pra vocês. Me sinto como uma criança na pré escola que mostra para os pais e mais experientes que agora ela já sabe escrever a letra A. Mesmo que a letra saia torta, um verdadeiro garrancho.
Após aproximadamente 3 horas o melhor resultado conseguido foi este: Pontos de tamanhos irregulares e que insistem em não continuarem em linha reta. Perdi a conta de quantas vezes desmanchei partes, na tentativa de colocar a agulha na direção desejada.
Frente, aparentemente razoável.
O verso no entanto, parece um caminho de bêbado.
Passou pela minha cabeça que talvez fosse melhor desistir.
Eu já admirava, e agora mais do que nunca admiro ainda mais as quilters que acolchoam a mão e fazem um trabalho magnífico.
Ah! Como eu adoraria ver alguém com estas habilidades pessoalmente desempenhando seu trabalho manual.
Quem sabe um dia eu aprenda direitinho e possa apresentar pra vocês algo com melhor qualidade, enquanto isso não acontece vou continuar tentando.
É o que pretendo continuar fazendo neste Domingo, vagarosamente dar meus pontinhos e quem sabe lentamente ir aprimorando meu hand quilting.
Alguém tem alguma dica?
Em relação aos Manatees que estou bordando em ponto cruz, para o projeto Love Quilts Brasil, durante a semana que passou, consegui dedicar a eles um total de:
6 horas 7 minutos 30 segundos e 23 centésimos.
Para comparação, esta é a foto de Domingo passado:
E esta foto é de hoje.
Bordei alguns tons de cinza e branco no Manatee da direita. O da esquerda está somente com as marcações feitas com as canetas hidrográficas.
Sim, ponto cruz não é algo rápido, mas funciona como uma terapia ocupacional para mim. O trabalho lentamente vai ganhando cor e vida. Como ninguém aqui está com pressa de nada, é perfeito! E de quebra ele ainda fará uma criança doente sorrir, não é sensacional?
São blocos de assinatura para as colchas do projeto. A frase bordada tem os seguintes dizeres:
Feito com carinho por voluntárias do projeto Love Quilts Brasil Acolchoados de Amor para (nome da criança) 2021
Slow Sunday Stitching e saiba como outras artesãs ao redor do mundo estarão celebrando este Domingo com agulha e fios em mãos.
Desafio 15 Minutes to Stitch e confira se as participantes conseguiram pelo menos 15 minutos por dia para dar seus pontinhos.
19 comentários:
I think you are being too critical of your hand quilting! I have never tried hand-quilting, so I admire you for giving it a go. And what you have done does not look at all bad to me. I'm sure, like all skills, it gets even better with practice.
Great progress on your manatees, too!
Your hand quilting looks good to me! I have never tried so I can just admire your work and encourage you to continue. Lovely signature blocks.
Your cross stitching looks so nice. These blocks are going to be wonderful in a child's quilt. My advice about hand quilting is simple, it's just practice, practice and more practice. When I started my hand quilting journey so many years ago, my stitches weren't tiny. I suggest you make your stitches a little larger and aim more for consistency in the stitch length. The tiny stitches will come later. Have a lovely week!
I never got into cross stitch good luck with it many love it. I agree with Gretchen don't worry about little stitches in your quilting - consistency is better.
Hand quilting takes time and practice! Keep working at it and your stitches will improve. Your embroidery is beautiful!
I think you are being too hard on yourself. Some of my beginning quilting stitches are just awful.... but they were the starting point. Leave them and continue on. You will be happy to see the progress on the quilt from the start to the finish. Good luck and keep at it!
I think it's wonderful that you are trying, I would love to be able to quilt it's something I never learnt but wish I had, your work looks amazing to me. I love the cross Stitch and you have made good progress it's going to be lovely when it's finished.
I haven't hand quilted in awhile, but I do remember it took nearly a whole quilt to get the hang of it. So keep working on it and it will come. What I see in your photo looks fine and once you fill in around it, whatever you are seeing will look fine. Like someone else said above, don't try for the tiny stitches yet. Are you using a quilt frame or hoop? That helped me.
I love your cross-stitch, and like you, I love it when the color begins to fill out and take shape.
I'm so glad you are trying this! It does take a lot of practise.
I find that "stab stitching" does look wobbly, but a running stitch like Becky Goldsmith does looks straighter. I like her Youtube video called "Rockin' the Hand Quilting Stitch".
Not sure if my comment came through... I had a hand quilting link so it might not have posted. I like Becky Goldsmith's hand quilting tutorials on youtube.
I haven't hand quilted very much, and am not that good at it. Just do the best you can, and I think with more practice you will get better. But don't take it out. Just keep going. If anybody asks, I just say it is "primitive quilting" Kudos to you for trying! I have 2 projects that call for hand quilting, and one of my goals this year is to at least start them!
Hand quilting is not quick to learn. If you are working 'in hand', be sure to baste VERY well - no more than a couple of inches apart. I am not fond of pin basting. If you are working on a frame or in a hoop, still baste, but it can be a bit farther apart. And leave some 'slack' in the fabric when working in a hoop - not nearly as tight as you would with embroidery. You have to have enough 'wiggle room' for the needle to get through all the layers and come back to the top.
As a beginner, work more for even stitches, small will come with practice. Good luck!
The cross stitch is lovely, and what a difference 6+ hours made. Hand quilting is just practice. Don't take it out. Keep a record of how you improved. =) One thing I was told that helped me a lot was to start with a longer needle, work three stitches. When I could evenly space the three, go to the next smaller needle and practice again with three stitches. And then again. Eventually, you get small even stitches. I did. In the overall scheme of things, it will look good anyway. Maybe try something that isn't just straight lines, like a baptist fan? Or make your straight lines change direction so the eye isn't looking for straight. Best of luck!
I agree hand quilting is SO hard, but it's true practice makes perfect! I found that using a fine thread didn't suit me at all and I much prefer bigger stitches using a perle thread and now I quite like it, I don't love it but I do quite like it!
Everything gets easier with practice. Don't hope for perfection. It will get better though. Hang in there!
I haven't hand quilting in years and then it was only a very small project. It does look good from the front. As long as you don't plan to display it, the back won't matter as much.
I think your hand quilting looks good, Ivani! I am self taught at hand quilting, too - watching videos like you and just giving it a try - so my quilting can be a bit primitive, but it gets the job done. I think all of these different types of hand stitching are so good for us, just like you said!
Hand quilting is not for me, I machine quilt all my quilts. I have a couple of handquilting projects in the UFO cupboard and have finished a couple but I like getting it over and done with quickly.
Just as it took many years for you to be a good cross stitcher then same it true for hand quilting. It takes many years to get really even stitches and straight lines...but keep going.
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