Welcome to week 302 of Free Motion Mavericks. It was a wonderful 300th celebration and I want to thank everyone who came by, left comments and of course posted their favourite Free Motion Quilted (FMQ) projects.
This is probably the simplest star to quilt although when it's simple there is also the expectation of accuracy...which is expected of other quilters and sometimes achieved be me
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Take advantage of C & T Publishing BIG SALE. Save up to 66 % on some of my favorite quilting books until Oct 19th.
Free motion Framework by Jen Eskridge is at the top of list. Why? Besides being a great book to improve free-motion skills, I am a contributing quilter.
Using Jen’s “framing design” I quilted free-motion quilting patterns in sections of the framework in the quilt above.
NOTE: I am a CT Publishing affiliate. I receive a small commission when you click a link on this website and make a purchase. It costs you ...
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Today I’m excited to share a sneak peek of a several designs included in my upcoming book, 99 Machine Quilting Designs. There are still few of days left pre-order my new book and get all the bonus premiums as well as reduced shipping.
When I teach in person, students stitch a series of practice samples to try out different walking foot and free motion designs. Now you can see 99 of those “in the cloth” along with a quilting diagram and instructions on how to quilt it.
It was so much fun to dream ...
read moreHi! I want to share this UFO finish before it goes to its new home!
I started Free Motion Quilting (FMQ) the moose panel for my brother's cottage in July of last year.
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| FMQ Moose panel ready for its new home |
What a difference FMQ adds to the panel. Here is the image of the panel when it was barely quilted. I admit that the lighting isn't as good, but you can see that the fabric is very flat. Now that it's quilted, there is so much more texture.
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| Moose panel with ... |
Taffy Candy, Rainbow
My Taffy Candy quilt is a featured quilt design and pattern in the 2021 Quilter’s Planner!
Taffy Candy was first featured in an Island Batik Ambassador Modern Quilt challenge in 2018. For the 2021 Quilter’s Planner a new rainbow colorway is also a pattern option.
Fabric for Taffy Candy was generously provided by Island Batik.
The awesome Kitty Wilkin photographed the original Taffy Candy as seen in the 2021 Quilter’s Planner above. She has a special gift for making quilts SHINE! Visit Kitty on her blog, Night Quilter.
Taffy Candy, Rainbow, is filled with ...
read moreI am beyond excited to introduce my new book today! I’m really proud of 99 Machine-Quilting Designs. It’s full of ideas and options for walking-foot and free-motion quilting!
Click here to pre-order your signed copy of 99 Machine Quilting Deigns
This book is for you if:
After watching a several online longarm quilting classes, with iQuilt and Bluprint, I decided to take these vintage UFO pieces and use them as samplers. Several of these were about using rulers to make the quilting more accurate. These pieces weren't precious so I was free to just experiment. I was able to use elements from all the classes on them.
They turned out better than I had anticipated. I thought I was just playing. A different color neon trilobal poly thread was used on each. Size is 20" x 30".
Welcome to Free Motion Mavericks, week 298. We are getting ready for the 300th Week Linking Party on October 1st. It's going to be a virtual trans-Atlantic party to remember. You can read all about it below!
This is the third star that was free motion quilted (FMQ) on the Pinwheels and Stars Baby Quilt. I love how it turned out!
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| Lots of sparkling diamonds in this star block |
Two free motion quilting (FMQ) posts in a week - wow! I had the weekend to myself and spent most of it fixing and continuing to FMQ our king size batik bed quilt. At 13 x 13 blocks, it's huge! It wasn't always pleasant but I did get a lot done.
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| After this weekend, only 49 blocks left to FMQ |
When I sandwiched this quilt in July of 2016, I stitched-in-the-ditch around each block. However, since each block is 8", that really wasn't enough quilting, especially considering that we've been sleeping under this quilt ...
read moreToday is my day to share for the It's In The Bag Blog Hop, sponsored by Island Batik and By Annie!
The collection I got to use for my project is the new Floralicious collection!
If you remember back to my unboxing post from this summer, I got all of the pieces and parts to make a set of the Open Wide 2.0 bags from By Annie!
Yesterday was my day to share on the Best of Moda Bake Shop Pillow Parade on Instagram, so today I thought I would share my finished pillow!
If you have the book, I made a pillow out of a single block featured in the quilt without additional sashing. I made the block using scraps left over from the original quilt and added in a solid green background fabric that coordinated with the prints in the collection.
I used some scrap batting and scrap white solid fabric to quilt the the block for the front of the pillow.
I am in a quilting and reading phase. Quilt a little, read a lot, quilt some more. There are always so many projects to make and books to be read, am I right?
But – the sewing! I have been getting lots done. Today I will share this cute picnic quilt I made for my grand daughters. I carried this line of fabric (it is all gone – sold so fast!) and before I sold out, I stashed away some of the red and yellow yardage as well as a panel of the animals.
I love seeing red and yellow together. It ...
read moreI took a break from my Lana Lemur quilt for about a week but got going again on it this week. Certainly one of my more crazy ideas...this is taking forever!
It’s “finish” week for Fat Quarter Shop’s Jolly Bar Row along! My Jolly Bar quilt has of Harvest Road fabric collection, by Lella Boutique and Grunge by Basic Grey both for Moda Fabrics.
NOTE: The Jolly Bar and background fabric for this project was provided by Fat Quarter Shop.
The last several weeks we filled with fun and easy quilt blocks for the Jolly Bar Book, Volume 2 quilt along. The blocks are:
I like row quilts. They are fast to ...
read moreI have two fun videos to share with you today on machine quilting on the Janome 1600P. This high speed, straight stitch machine is quickly becoming my favorite for free motion quilting and ruler quilting because it’s so fast and makes such a perfect stitch!
Click Here to learn more about the Janome 1600P. Remember, this home machine has minimal features so it doesn’t have decorative stitches or fancy gizmos. Instead it has speed and precision – exactly what you need for machine quilting!
Click Here to find the Convertible Darning Foot. This is my favorite foot for free ...
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