Over the millennia and different cultures, people have created labyrinth designs on walls and floors. This ancient tradition endures in new buildings, parks, computer games and from today also in quilting! read more
The weather has been different from hour to hour! Rain, grey clouds, sunshine, strong winds. Nothing dramatic, just a typical Dutch February. I have been able to do some cleaning up in the garden, that felt so good! I even managed to sow some Sweet Pea seeds.
This week’s free motion design is harder than it looks! Grab some paper and try it out.
The edge to edge design Splash creates Paint splashes or splatters by adding blobs in different sizes. When each set of blobs is completed, you travel to a new spot to add a new sequence ...
read moreAre you looking for an elegant free motion edge to edge design for your quilt project? Try Feather Flower!
The gorgeous Feather flower design moves in every direction and starts with a shape that you may have tried before: the feather with a pearl. I used this shape a couple of weeks ago in ‘Bubble Wave’.
After the feather with pearl, you stitch two more feathers and add a final leaf shape that can fill any area that needs to be filled. The leaf can go on either side of your stitched ‘branch’.
It looks really well on this red ...
read moreOk, it took me until Wed to share my messy unorganized design wall. I really wasn't going to share for a couple of reasons. One it really doesn't look like who I am as a quilter. But then I thought, wait a minute, there were no little quilt fairies that put that stuff up. But if there are quilt fairies, I must say I have a list of things they can do!! And number two the projects that I really want to be working on aren't there.....maybe this can be a goal for a future Design ...
read moreBaby quilt 1 ("Palate Cleanser") is coming along.
