Let’s take a look at the quilting designs I used on my quilt “Blue River.” This is the first quilt in the book I co-authored, titled “Monochromatic Quilts: Amazing Variety.” As the name implies, I was inspired by water, so the rail fence blocks have parallel wavy lines to represent the movement of a river. The… Continue reading Free Motion Monday -Flame Variations
I have a customer quilt loaded on my longarm. It is a Jewel Box pattern done in beautiful batiks. I chose a design for each space in the quilt…the central squares, the colorful chain and the background area. The chains are filled with the coffee bean design while I stitched a single curved feather in… Continue reading Free Motion Monday – Filler Designs for a Jewel Box Quilt
There is a style of free motion quilting where you move from design to design as the spirit leads you. Karlee Porter published a book called “Graffiti Quilting” that explains this style. Sariditty calls it “sketchbook” quilting and QuiltingJetGirl refers to “flow” quilting. Whatever you call it, it is a great way to fill the space.… Continue reading Free Motion Monday – My “graffiti” style
(Late post…in Arizona, USA it is still Monday evening!) I am working on a new quilt pattern that I am called “Beaded Curtain.” I doodled some designs and settled on this: It stitched up quickly and adds wonderful texture to the quilt. I used a light pink which stands out on darker colors and blends nicely with… Continue reading Free Motion Monday – Beads
My True Blue Quilts banner has become a free motion quilting sampler. I tried to use different styles of quilting in each section so that I can talk to customers about what kind of custom quilting I offer. Today, let’s take a closer look at stitching the curves in the top border. Option 1 –… Continue reading Free Motion Monday #5 – Curves
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