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We’re back to free-motion quilting this week with two dense designs that will add lots of texture to a full-sized quilt: Echoed Hearts and Geometrics. If you want to learn more about these designs, click on the video below.

Try these designs on Surplus Strips!

Want to try one or both of these designs on a real quilt? Check out Surplus Strips, a beginner-friendly design made from just one Jelly Roll and background fabric. You can get the kit (while supplies last) or pattern below. You can also take a look at all my Jelly Rolls to assemble your ...

This week we are practicing more decorative stitches with our walking foot. Any traditional “straight line” design be modified for this technique. Watch and learn below:

Quilt This Design on a Real Quilt!

Practice quilting decorative stitches on Ticker Tape! I have several colorways of this kit available (while supplies last). It’s made from one jelly roll of Dazzle Dots with a colorful background.

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Click Here to grab the Ticker Tape Quilt Pattern – PDF Download

I even used decorative stitches on the binding, too! It’s a fast way to finish and ...

99 Designs Episode 39 – Decorative Stitches

Did you know that any walking foot design can be quilted with decorative stitches? It’s a great way to add incredible texture to your quilts! Check out my latest free video tutorial below and give it a try! 

After practicing on smaller samples, it’s time to try these designs on real quilts! Below are two bonus videos to watch for free. First, try out those decorative stitches I’ve shown above on my Bling quilt made from Stitchy fabrics:

While supplies last, you can grab the kit to make Bling from either ...

Time to get a binding on this quilt...

I started this quilt top in June...

feathers, flowers and swirls ...

Did you know that one of the easiest ways to change up your free-motion quilting is to stitch the design with wavy lines? That’s what I’m showing in my latest video. Watch and learn below:

If you are looking for fun quilt patterns to practice your quilting skills, check out my printed patterns. They are all on sale now for way less than the regular price.

Click here to view all quilt patterns on sale.

Let me know how your free-motion practice is coming along. I still have many more videos to share! I’ve you want to ...

This week I’m back with a fun geometric design for you to stitch – Chevrons. Try out 2 different variations which are perfect for modern or traditional quilts. Watch and learn for free below:

If you are looking for fabric to practice these fun designs, be sure to check out my fabric sale over on my website at Shop.ChristaQuilts.com. I’m always adding new things to the mix! While supplies last, I’m clearing out my older 10″ square and 2 1/2″ strips from earlier fabric collections. This is to make room for my next fabric collection ...

I have two videos to share with you this week, covering 4 designs that are all closely related! These are fantastic for quilting strip quilts, or other linear areas of your quilt like borders and sashing. First take a look at my quilting tutorial for Cursive L’s and Double L’s below:

I used the Cursive L’s design when quilting an earlier version of my Beaded Lanterns quilt. The free pattern includes a step by step quilting plan which breaks down how to quilt it, step by step.

• Click here to get Beaded Lanterns pattern for free
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Are you still watching and practicing your domestic machine quilting? This week I’m excited to share one of my favorite designs of the series! Walking Foot Square Spirals are fun, fast & forgiving to stitch – check it out by clicking play below:

Quilt These Designs on Bling!

I quilted the wavy spiral maze variation on my Bling quilt along with regular round spirals. I also made a video to go along with it showing you how I did it. Grab the pattern and then watch the bonus video below!

• Click here to grab the Bling Quilt Pattern
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In this week’s episode of 99 Machine Quilting Designs, practice free motion quilting more “shapes on a stick” like Balloon Shapes and Shish Kebabs. Click below to watch and learn:

• Click here to view all machine quilting videos tutorials in the series!

Quilt These Designs on Block Chain

I made this quilt before I started making video tutorials, but it’s a great one to practice these designs! The Block Chain quilt pattern includes a quilting plan showing you how and it’s perfect for your favorite charm packs!

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In this week’s episode of 99 Machine Quilting Designs learn to quilt 3 versions of Geometric Chains, or what I lovingly refer to as “Shapes on a Stick.” Click play below to watch:

The featured quilt on the wall behind me is called Plumb Lines and the pattern can be found in my book with Angela Walters called, the Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting. I was so pleased when I entered it into a machine quilting show and it won a ribbon!

Click here to get the PDF download of our book, The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting.

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I have to find a binding for this table runner and for the quilt I finished yesterday and maybe get them cut and sewn on today.  Then I have ...

Watch 99 Designs Episode 30 – Square Spiral

In this week’s episode of 99 Machine Quilting Designs, learn to quilt this geometric walking foot design easily on your domestic machine! Click the image below to watch:

Get the Pattern to Make S.W.A.K. from my Book

The quilt shown behind me is called Sealed With a Kiss from my book, Piece and Quilt with Precuts. The printed version is sold out, but you can grab the PDF download below!

Catch Up on All the Previous Episodes

There will be over 55 videos in all, once this series is ...

I’m excited to share my step-by-step process for quilting my latest iteration of Bling. This is one of my favorite patterns I’ve made over the years. Whenever I get a new idea for a fun colorscheme or quilting plan, I can’t help remaking some of my most popular patterns! Click below to watch and let me know what you think!

Get the Bling Quilt Pattern

• Click here to get the PDF version of Bling – instant digital download.
• Click here to view all of my patterns currently in print.

You can choose a similar color story and layout ...

It is getting toward the end of the month so I decided I need to get something finished.  I quilted this table runner and mug rug first, trimmed them, cut binding and finished the binding on the mug rug.

I’ve had a nice summer break but now I’m gearing up for my next teaching trip which will take me to Lancaster Pennsylvania for AQS Quilt Week, September 10-13, 2025. I made a short video teaser telling you more about it, you can watch by clicking play on the video below:

I recommend kicking things off with my Free-Motion Bootcamp class and then delving deeper with some of the other design-specific workshops I’ll be teaching.

Click here for class details and registration.

Whenever I teach at a large event like this, the classrooms are sponsored by a ...

In this week’s episode of 99 Machine Quilting Designs you can learn how to free-motion quilt 2 closely related designs called Scrollwork and Echoed Curls. Watch below:

Get the Swanky Spirals Pattern

The quilt shown behind me in the video is my Swanky Spirals pattern featuring Dazzle Dots. It’s my machine quilting sampler that includes nearly every FMQ design I can think of!

• Click here to get the Swanky Spirals Quilt Pattern
• Click here to get the Dazzle Dots FQ Bundle to Make It

Bonus Video – Quilting Swanky Spirals

In each of these videos, I like to share ...