Many quilters have a stack of quilt tops because they aren't sure what type of quilting design to use to complement the piecing. "How should I quilt this?" is a question we all struggle with at times. When developing a quilting plan, it helps to first analyze the sections of your quilt, then decide...
Category: Free Motion Quilting Designs
[Blog Hop] Blossom – an AnglePlay(R) mini quilt
Welcome to Day 5 of the Blossom Blog Hop! I'd like to share the Blossom AnglePlay (R) mini quilt tutorial and some social media tips. I have started to Blossom this year by using AnglePlay(R) templates. I am writing a book of patterns and came up with the block that I am sharing today.
Blossom - ...
Tis the Season to decorate with Christmas Quilts
Have you done any holiday decorating yet? I like to watch "The Sound of Music" while I decorate my tree, and sip a cup of egg nog under my Christmas Quilts at some point in the last days of November, but this year is rushing by. It's my own fault...I wanted some extra holiday cash so I started a s...
Free Motion Monday – Shadow Quilting
Shadow Quilting Designs
I invented the term "Shadow Quilting" to refer to the places where I use free motion quilting to copy the block design in the negative space of the pattern. Of course I saw a beautiful example of this somewhere on the internet last week and now I can't find it! In my search...
Free Motion Monday – Quilting Designs in Triangles
I have been trying some new patterns using the Angle Play templates. Angle Play quilts feature strong graphic lines formed by half-square and half-rectangle triangles and lots of pinwheels. It's time to think of new quilting designs in triangles!
A Basic Spiral
For some of the blocks, I quil...