What a lovely weekend it has been! Spending time with the people you love, doing the things we love. And too boot extra time to sew! Can’t beat that, right? So let’s start this blog pos…
This pattern must be my new favorite… Pattern WARPSPEED. Stitched on an 1 inch grid with a pre-marked 2 inch orange peel. Pattern TUMBLE; leaves tumbling through the air on their way d…
This pattern must be my new favorite… Pattern WARPSPEED. Stitched on an 1 inch grid with a pre-marked 2 inch orange peel. Pattern TUMBLE; leaves tumbling through the air on their way d…
This pattern must be my new favorite… Pattern WARPSPEED. Stitched on an 1 inch grid with a pre-marked 2 inch orange peel. Pattern TUMBLE; leaves tumbling through the air on their way d…
This pattern must be my new favorite… Pattern WARPSPEED. Stitched on an 1 inch grid with a pre-marked 2 inch orange peel. Pattern TUMBLE; leaves tumbling through the air on their way d…
This pattern must be my new favorite… Pattern WARPSPEED. Stitched on an 1 inch grid with a pre-marked 2 inch orange peel. Pattern TUMBLE; leaves tumbling through the air on their way d…
Forever bright, Stars and Stripes are a perfect quilting combination. Stitch a few spirals to add an even more festive flair to the duo and your quilts will sparkle! … More
This pattern must be my new favorite… Pattern WARPSPEED. Stitched on an 1 inch grid with a pre-marked 2 inch orange peel. Pattern TUMBLE; leaves tumbling through the air on their way d…
Have you made the plunge into Free-Motion Quilting yet? I was years into quilting before I did. Once you do you’ll wonder why you waited. Though I love the look of straight lines there is something very meditative about finding your ‘zone’ and making all these fun shapes. (photo by my friend Allison Parrott Thompson)...Read More »
Can you believe it? This is the last official post on the 100 FMQ patterns. Really! We made it to 100 different patterns based on a square grid, orange peel, clamshell and a triangular/hexie grid. YAY
This pattern must be my new favorite… Pattern WARPSPEED. Stitched on an 1 inch grid with a pre-marked 2 inch orange peel. Pattern TUMBLE; leaves tumbling through the air on their way down to earth.
It is time to revisit the orange peel pattern. For those of you who would like to know how to stitch the orange peel, there is a great video by Karen Miller on YouTube. She uses a square grid which…
This quilt has become so popular on all the popular online sites and so many people want to know the name of the pattern. (I posted it further down in the blog post but I thought I would add it up here in the first paragraph.). The pattern is called Rising Stars by Cozy Quilt Designs.. Well, I finished this quilt just in the nick of time. I am taking a break from doing the hand binding, and hand stitching the casings on four quilts so they can be hung in my guild's quilt show tomorrow. This is a UFO that sat on my shelves for years, at least the jelly rolls did, and then I started this quilt back in January. I wasn't quite sure just how I was going to quilt it until I just happened upon an IMQA calendar that had this same pattern in it! Wow! I loved the way Debbie Treusch had broken down the elements in this by framing each 16 patch. I contacted Debbie and let her know that her quilt inspired me and she wished me luck with my quilt! She is one talented lady, and has won many awards in the quilting world. The pattern is called Rising Stars by Cozy Quilts. Be sure to tell them I referred you :) Of course I had to put my own creativity on it, so I changed up the fills, the sashing, the feather style, as well as the cc's in the 16 patches. I am a bit disappointed that I did not use a contrasting thread in the white. The stitch definition shows up beautiful in natural light, but in artificial light it gets lost. In the future I will use a slight contrast. After all, why do all that custom quilting to have it get lost? This will most likely be my last personal quilt I work on for quite awhile, as I have a few customer quilts that I am really excited to start on!
Stars and swirls are fun to free motion quilt. Learn how to quilt them on your home machine in this video tutorial.
Get free motion quilting tips here, simple to follow steps for success! Doodle on paper then practice at the quilting or sewing machine.
I just love this quilt and was a tad bit intimidated by the boldness of this quilt. Maker/Piecer - Sherri Fandrich Pattern - Expand...
These free-motion quilting design tutorials include videos of me stitching them! Wibbly Wobbly Starbles (Stars + Marbles) Way...
I have been playing with a FMQ pattern that I have decided to name SLINGSHOT. The pattern is created by stitching a curl/spiral and then slingshotting your way out. In the tutorial above I started in
Sorry for the late post… I guess better late than never… This week we are working on the Lemoyne star! First I want to say…. a lot of my design choices really depend on the fabri…
When I was first branching out into all over free-motion patterns after (kind-of) getting a hang of meandering, this design clicked for m...
I cannot believe I didn’t blog about this quilt! This quilt has such a story to tell. The piecer of this quilt – Lorna – had been bringing me quilts for a while. Lots of fab…
Make a Big Impression with This Beautiful Quilt! This pattern is very popular and it’s easy to see why. The finished quilt is simply stunning, no matter what colors you choose. Plus, it’s a joy to make. Construction is much easier than it looks. The quilt pattern was brought to our attention by visitors to …
I’m a fan of Leah Day’s blog and have a few favorite quilting designs from her site. I want a new overall quilting design for a bed size quilt so this morning before church, I looked at Leah's filler quilting designs and found 2 I want to try out. I need a small charity quilt or two to try the designs on before I tackle the bed size quilt. http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/2009/08/day-15-flowing-glass.html I like the look of the flowing glass but wonder how it would look on a much larger scale. This is one of her VERY early videos. I really like the topographic map design and think it would work well on a large quilt. http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-327-topographic-map.html My JoAnn Fabric store has recently remodeled and is now offering classes. The beginner quilting class pieces the “Hole in the Barn Door” block (AKA “Shoo Fly”). Yesterday I cut several block kits from a collection of red, white and blue fabrics but only got one sewn. I wanted to use this fabric but hesitated because the plaid was printed so OFF grain. Would you use it? I also took a few minutes to make some sample blocks for a child comfort quilt. I chose white fabric for the contrast, but my son's comment was, "The white will get dirty." Maybe I should have used gray.
Simple Stars & Loops - Pantograph / E2E © 2006 Willow Leaf Designs PAPER: A single row is 8.5 inches - printed with one row - 144 inches long DIGITAL (computerized quilting systems): Zip file includes: BQM, CQP, DXF, HQF, IQP, PAT, QLI, SSD, TXT, WMF and 4QB or PLT. Most designs also include a DWG, GPF, PDF, PNG and SVG. SELF-PRINT: A single row is 7.5 inches - printed with one row.
This is a simple design that has a lot of elegance. I found myself stitching it on the quilt that I posted about last week and I tho...
Free motion line stars that go back and forth over the stitching to give some depth and definition to the star
I was so worried after sending back my first Quilt of Valor. Would it be good enough? Would they want me to quilt a second one? This was the first time I had quilted for someone other than myself o…
Joyce did a terrific job piecing this Carpenters Star! We couldn't resist throwin' down a lot of thread on this one! This quilt had four borders that really frame this quilt nicely! The center:
I was thinking about what I can do to help all the beginners who are just taking up free-motion quilting right now. I decided to share a ...
Top US quilting blog, Diary of a Quilter, features a couple of Easy DIY Star Baby Quilt Tutorials, great for beginners. Click here for the info!!
