baptist fan quilting

More Charity Quilts from The Quilt Yarn

I am running behind in the the quilting of the charity quilts. Have four more to go before I pick up new quilt tops, so I am really knuckling down trying to get this done (hopefully by mid - August). Very much in the mood for ruler quilting and the next quilt top presented the perfect opportunity to do some Baptist fans again.

I am using templates from Michael's Quilts. Purchased those a couple of years ago now and still think they are fantastic and the best on the market. Remembered that I looked at other ones at the time ...

added by Karin 1 week ago. under baptist fan quilting , bernina q20 , freemotionquilting

Baptist Fan Quilting on a Sitdown Longarm from The Quilt Yarn

I thought I do a little post on how I go about quilting the Baptist Fan over a lap sized quilt (54 x 60in) using my new rulers from Michael Quilts. Hopefully someone will find this useful and take the plunge in terms of trying this out on one of their quilts.

Here are the templates (except for the smallest one)

Nice green fluorescent, so cannot be overlooked on your quilt. Nevertheless, I do set myself up with a chair on my right side where I park each template following its use. Having a quilt all scrunched up around you ...

added by Karin 1 year, 10 months ago. under baptist fan quilting , baptist fan rulers , bernina q20 , freemotionquilting

Floral Bouquet from Wendy's Quilts and More

It's finished!

I'm proud to reveal "Floral Bouquet" made from Kaffe Fassett's "Starry Night" pattern in Quilts in an English Village.

I loved the Starry Night pattern, but I wanted to use some of my lighter floral Kaffe Fassett Collective fabrics, so I teamed my fabrics with Tula Pink's pastel solids for this pattern and I love the result.

The Cactus Flower print has some great motifs that are just crying out to feature in large blocks like these.

The Y seams were a little tricky, but I wrote a post back in February showing how ...

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