Thank you for this. Making the knots to tie off was really frustrating. Your video took that off the table for me. ❤

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Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.❤

Love this series of videos. Thank you. Can’t wait to try this

Thank you. Hand quilting is something I would love to learn. Your videos will be helpful.

What a gifted teacher. And I just know you are a very interesting person. Wish I knew you!

Now do that 50 times... next step, now do that 50 times. This is an amazing concept for habit forming. You made this video three years ago, I don't know why it came on my feed but I am so glad it did. Thank you.

Thank you so much for these videos. I am surprised at how many things I figured out on my own (because nobody in my area was hand-quilting or had ever done so), but I have learned several new techniques in these videos and will be applying them. I am also sharing them with a friend in France who hand-quilts! I enjoy hand-quilting because of the meditative quality. I own 2 quilting frames and I am currently working on a quilt that will be a wedding gift for my husband's niece (and yes, she is quilt-worthy).

But where can I purchase that thread? And also the tools and symbols that you use?

Thank you so much! I have tried and tried to Quilt and have been doing it wrong all this time, and my stitches have never been as beautiful as the ones I admire in the middle night and Amish communities. I will do as you say, and I am so grateful to you for being willing to teach.

I wish I could sit with you to learn this :)

I realize it’s been a while since you made these videos, but I would like to thank you. I have watched (and continue to do so) them multiple times. A few things I knew but nobody taught me how to quilt so I have had to learn many things the hard way 😍

I cannot understand a single word but i could see very well how she is hand quilting it. Good tutorial.

Thank-you for your precise sewing techniques helps me so much.

Who knew picking up a needle with ring finger and thumb could be a quilting lesson !!!..❤ 😊

You are so passionate on quilting

Love your small stitches of your quilts it really helped me with the tools you used for quilts. 😊

Thank you for sharing this information gave me a great idea. For the quilts.

About 40 years ago I had a quilt in a frame and allowed anyone who wanted to try it to stitch for awhile. My niece was about 7 or 8 and she loved it. I left her stitches in. When I see them it brings back so many sweet memories.

Your tutorials are inspiring. I am going to try your method.

Ms. Esther thank you so much for the tutorials, might I ask where could I find a thimble like the one that you use in this video?

I search and rejected five videos on hand quilting for beginners before finding yours. Thank you so much for sharing. I can’t wait to watch more of your instruction.❤

Thank you! Do you do cathedral windows?

Super video. Wie Geist das Werkzeug das die Nadel aus dem Stoff zieht. Das würde ich gerne bestellen. Vielen Dank im Voraus

It’s very strange as a calligrapher, artist, hand sewing, I’ve never seen anyone except Americans use their hand for eating, writing, painting etc in the way you first showed. I simply can’t think how you do it. So I’m glad you’re showing this methods, as it gives so much better dexterity.

Beautiful job ❤

Thank you for the lessons. I am doing my first quilt and appreciate the tips and no knot method.

What a gifted teacher!

Has the book Esther mentioned ever been published?

Thank you that was very informative and helpful❤

I see what you mean by the fuller range of motion. I’m going to practice! 50 times! Then 50 with the thimble.

I have larger fingers, and my hands swell so I bought a leather thimble, and it works well.

You’re right about the stitches not being worn out, but the fabric. That’s what happened with the quilt my grandmother made me. She had the tiniest stitches!

Thank you so much for sharing your skills with us!

My grandmother on my dad’s side made so many quilts! Thankfully I inherited her squares, and toppers when she passed. I look forward to finishing her quilts. The prettiest one she made, or that I saw was the one she gave me as a wedding gift. I was very poor back then so I used it on my bed for years. Today it is very tattered, and not able to be repaired. My husband suggested I pick out 1-2 of the nicest sections, and frame them. I think that’s a great idea!

I was raised in the LDS (Mormon) religion, and we did the same. I have the fondest memories of quilting, and socializing with the other women.

I had to re-teach myself how to hand sew with a thimble recently, having started embroidering years ago not knowing any better. It took a bit to get used to, but as soon as I picked up the needle with my ring finger, my middle finger automatically went where it was supposed to go before you got to the part with the thimble. Thank you so much for a fantastic demonstration. It's amazing how natural my hand felt!

Do you loosen the tension overnight or only if not quilting first a few days?

What is that thing on your hand? Does it pull the needle or something? I've never seen that contraption before.

Why aren’t there more videos from Esther? I’d love to see what she’s quilting!!!

What a wonderful thing the internet is - it’s a privilege to be able to learn these kind of heritage skills from a lady who’s done this her entire life! Thank you, I can’t wait to watch the rest of the series!

I lost most of my ring finger and middle finger in a farming accident with a scythe when I was a kid, how would you suggest I hold the needle ?

I’m so happy I found this. Due to my EDS I apperebtly already know how to hold the needle correctly on my own. I’m working on my first quilt and I’m enjoying every minute of it. techniques shown here will certainly help me be more efficinet 😅

Where did you get your thimble? I am a lefty. I have used the leather thimbles but yours has a unique shape to it.