This blog is about some different approaches to quilting a mosaic quilt. One of my favorite free motion designs is a random repeating and overlapping square pattern. I hesitate to use the word “pattern” as that denotes something quite specific in the quilt world, something often repetitive and strictly drawn. My quilting approaches are neither.
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QUILT STITCHING doodling with thread
The other day I saw some doodling with thread on Pintrest and I just had to dash to my sewing machine to give it a try. Well….my first effort didn’t look as good as the beautiful “doodles” I saw on Pintrest but I have definitely discovered a new way to play with my sewing machine!
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QUILT STITCHING for a contemporary garden quilt
This fall I have been exploring a variety of flower motifs. After finishing a rather challenging “Three Red Poppies” art quilt, I decided to experiment with a very contemporary garden quilt design using the reds and greens from the poppy quilt combined with an orange/pale green background batik. As I’m sure I’m mentioned in previous
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QUILT STITCHING free motion for curved piecing
I’ve had the most fun with a wide variety of quilt stitches in abstract curves art quilts. I like to make these art quilts by starting first with an interesting, often modern print, and then building the other fabrics and colors around that print. Sometimes I put on a significant border into which you can
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QUILT STITCHING free motion curves on blocks
This blog is about quilt stitching for mosaic quilts comprised of lots of smaller blocks of fabric so definitely “blocky” looking in design. I enjoy designing and piecing mosaic quilts, using different color combinations ebbing and flowing with the colors. All are abstract depictions of color. For some of my mosaic art quilts I emphasize
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QUILT STITCHING on a sun design quilt
I love making bright sun design quilts. Reds, oranges, and yellows are some of my favorite colors though I must confess to loving just about any color as long as it is dynamic. This is my second blog discussing how to use some varied free motion designs in a sun quilt to create more excitement
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QUILT AS DESIRED….Deciding how to quilt a quilt
When I first began to learn how to quilt, I bought several books to teach myself ideas, techniques, and some basics about design and color. My first year I made some of the quilts shown in the books to practice skills. I always came to the end of the quilt “how to” directions and encountered
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