I've been making slow but steady progress with hand-quilting the koi quilt. This is my favorite part of the quilt-making process, but now that I'm sharing my work with quilters and textile artists on Twitter I feel a bit self-conscious about how slow I work and how long it takes for me to finish a bigger project. I am really boring.
I know it would be faster to learn how to machine quilt, or even take my quilt to be long-arm quilted at the local indy quilting shop, but I really like stitching it by hand. It helps me improve my stitching, and just feels right for me. Also, I only do quilting for pleasure, so there's no pressure to finish anything quickly. I know professionals have to produce a lot to sell; I'm just playing with design ideas. Honestly, I don't even know what I'll do with this quilt when I finish it (probably send it to my favorite person.)
I can already tell the backing fabric was a good choice; it looks really nice quilted. Stay tuned for more snail's-pace updates on this project.
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