Thankfully, I’ve moved from sewing fans to straight lines on my latest quilt. Which means I’m almost finished with the quilting! But it got me thinking about all the other quilts I’ve quilted with fans. Here is my latest fan stitches compared to ones I completed in 2014.

I thought there would be a big difference between the more recent (above) and the stitches from 6 years ago (below). but it wasn’t very noticeable to my eyes. It’s a little hard to see in photos as the scale is not perfect. I feel that I strive to make my stitches smaller and closer together but I also realize that my stitches will never very very fine.

I love quilting as a meditation, so I try not to think too hard on “perfecting” my stitches, but improving is okay! I know I’m done when I feel my stitches becoming too long or wobbly, signaling that my eyes or hands are tired. That’s a good time to stop.

Do you set some time aside to quilt each day and stop after that allotted time, or do you hand quilt until you just can hand quilt any more?

Linking up with Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy’s Quilts.