machine quilting

Machine quilting............................. from Exuberant Color

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 don't think the quilting shows up much but I quilted both of the table runners like this one and I'll get them trimmed this morning and cut binding. I have Warm and Natural batting in all of these and it can be quilted quite far apart so I ditch quilted the seams where the 4" blocks joined and ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under batik , binding , machine quilting , tablerunner

Come Take a Free-Motion Class with Me at AQS Quilt Week! from Christa Quilts

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 ...

added by Christa 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under machine quilting (Comments)

99 Designs Episode 29 – Free-Motion Quilting Scrolls & Curls from Christa Quilts

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!

Bonus Video – Quilting Swanky Spirals

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

added by Christa 4 months ago. under christa's quilts , machine quilting (Comments)

99 Designs Episode 28 – Free-Motion Quilting Switchbacks from Christa Quilts

For this week’s 99 Machine Quilting Designs video, tutorial, I’m demonstrating how to quilt one of my favorite free-motion designs called Switchbacks. It looks great when paired with other motifs. Click play below to watch:

Bonus Video – Quilting Switchbacks on a Real Quilt

I quilted switchbacks, combined with other motifs on the smaller version of my Charming Chevrons quilt. I quilted a second quilting plan on the larger version, and you can see how I quilted both below:

added by Christa 4 months, 1 week ago. under christa's quilts , fabric , machine quilting (Comments)

99 Designs Episode 27 – Wavy Walking Foot Spiral from Christa Quilts

For this week’s episode of 99 Machine Quilting Designs learn to quilt one of my favorite walking foot quilting designs: Continuous Wavy Spiral. Watch the full video by clicking play below:

Get the Sparkling Stars Quilt Kit

While supplies last, I still have a few Sparkling Stars kits made from Stitchy fabric. Grab one now and start practicing your wavy spirals!

Click here to view all Quilt Kits

Bonus Video: How to Quilt Wavy Spiral on Sparkling Stars:

I made this video in response to everyone saying, “sure I can quilt that on a small sample, but it must ...

added by Christa 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under christa's quilts , fabric , machine quilting (Comments)

Quilting a small one.......... from Exuberant Color

This flannel quilt has been ready for quilting for a couple weeks so I finally quilted it yesterday. It will get trimmed today or tomorrow and then I'll look for binding.

I pressed the stratas yesterday and sliced off the segments for 8 blocks, 2 of each combination. They aren't pressed so they can't go up on the design wall yet. I have 72 blocks made now. That would give me an 8 x 9 layout but that is too close to square. I would rather have 7 x 11 or 8 x 10. I could still ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under flannel quilts , machine quilting , marcia derse fabric , nature , strip piecing

99 Designs Episode 26: FMQ Spiral Flowers & Wavy Spirals from Christa Quilts

I’m back with more fun free motion designs for you to try! Whenever I teach in person, I emphasize the importance of sketching out your design, quilting it on a practice sample, then making a quilting plan to quilt an entire quilt. Watch my latest tutorial below, and then give it a go!

Quilt These Designs on Surplus Strips!

Now, I invite you to try quilting these designs on a real, full sized quilt. I Stitched out the Spiral flowers on the soft, pastel version of Surplus Strips, and a secondary design on the gray version. While supplies last ...

added by Christa 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under christa's quilts , fabric , machine quilting (Comments)

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99 Designs Episode 25: Free-Motion Swirls from Christa Quilts

For this week’s episode of 99 Machine Quilting Designs learn my basic free-motion swirl motif, then see how I can easily change it up to create several different variations. Click play below to watch:

With every episode I like to include bonus tips and tricks for quilting these designs on a real, full sized quilt. And I like to share a different quilt for my backdrop each time. This week I’m talking about Terrace Tiles which is literally one of the fastest and easiest quilts you can make. In fact, I love it so much I’ve made ...

added by Christa 4 months, 4 weeks ago. under christa's quilts , machine quilting (Comments)

99 Designs Episode 24 – Walking Foot Spirals from Christa Quilts

For this week’s episode of 99 Machine Quilting Designs I’m showing how to use your walking foot or dual fee to quilt two spiral spiral variations: continuous Round Spirals and Overlapping Spirals. Watch the full video on my YouTube channel below:

Get the Kits!

While supplies last, I still have Sparkling Stars kits made from Stitchy and Optical Illusion kits in black and white. I quilted wavy spirals on Sparkling Stars and Overlapping Spirals on Optical Illusion. I think this was the perfect design for both of these quilts! You’ll use the same technique that I show ...

added by Christa 5 months ago. under christa's quilts , fabric , machine quilting (Comments)

Teeny tiny.......................... from Exuberant Color

I pieced the squares into this little top a couple years ago. This heat saps my energy so all I was able to get done was layering and quilting this. I will finish the edge soon.

I had this piece laying with the top so I guess it was meant to be the back.

A couple days ago I took this photo of the Creeping Bellflowers. They are getting closer to the time to be pulled out. These are actually in the grass along the edge of the flower garden.

I watered my tomato plants and then tackled one area ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric , machine quilting , nature

99 Designs Episode 23 – FMQ Ribbon Loops & Harlequin from Christa Quilts

When practicing your free-motion quilting, I recommend trying a variety of curvy and geometric designs. You may decide you like one style over another! In this week’s episode of 99 Machine Quilting Designs you can practice both techniques when you stitch up Ribbon Loops or Harlequin! Click play below to watch:

Bonus Video – Quilting Ticker Tape

My Ticker Tape quilt shown behind me in the video, is quilted using single ribbon loops. I love making the same quilt multiple times to try out different fabric combinations and quilting plans. Check out my bonus video below, showing I quilted Ticker ...

added by Christa 5 months, 1 week ago. under christa's quilts , fabric , machine quilting (Comments)

Quilting a small one.................... from Exuberant Color

This baby quilt is only 36" x 45" so it didn't take long to ditch quilt it in both directions yesterday. There is a lot of variety in the Kaffe collective prints for this one, small scale and large scale, very light pastel, and bold pastels. There is a variety of greens and turquoises in the little triangle corners too. I'll trim it today and choose a binding.

The tall Ox-eye or False Sunflower is blooming in the back garden now. They are at least 4' tall. There are purple Coneflowers back in that area too that will ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under machine quilting , nature

99 Designs Episode 22 – Free Motion Quilting Clouds from Christa Quilts

Are you keeping up withy my 99 Machine Quilting Designs Series? If so, what are some of your favorite designs so far? I have another fun one for you to try this week. Click the image below to watch me quilt a fun, whimsical design called “Clouds.”

Practice quilting this design (and many more) on my Swanky Spirals quilt pattern!

Bonus Video – How I Quilted Swanky Spirals

If you’d like more ideas for making and quilting this ...

added by Christa 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under christa's quilts , machine quilting (Comments)

Quilting and nature..................... from Exuberant Color

I have continued quilting on this baby quilt and am almost finished. It is all ditch quilting and I just need to put a few more stitches in the background. I hope to get it trimmed today and choose a binding fabric.

I went out early yesterday morning and watered everything and cut some volunteer tree/bushes that have been bothering me.

These are the Creeping Bellflower spires. All of these are in the grass line along the edge of my back flowerbed. It will be a mass of purplish blue flowers for a couple weeks and then they will ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under machine quilting , nature

Hot, hot, hot............................ from Exuberant Color

I know most of the US is under this heat dome and it isn't fun. It's the humidity that is the worst part.

I spent most of the day working slowly, some quilting, some knitting, a little organizing in the basement. One good thing happened; I found my missing Kaffe Quilts in Italy book which has been missing for several months. I sewed 2 pieces of batting together with the triple zig zag for a piece 48" x 58". I will check and see if that works for any of the small tops waiting in line. If not ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under batiks , knitting , machine quilting

AQS Quilt Week Registration Now Open! from Christa Quilts

I’m super excited to be heading to Lancaster, PA for the American Quilters Society show this fall to teach a full load of machine quilting workshops. I’ve taught for AQS before, but this will be my fist time visiting this location. I will also be one of the quilt judges which makes the event even extra special!

I will be teaching the following workshops as listed below. Machines will be generously provided by BERNINA for all workshops, and they will be based on my best-selling machine quilting books.

Click here to register for my workshops now, before they ...

added by Christa 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under christa's quilts , machine quilting (Comments)

99 Designs Episode 21 – Walking Foot Quilting Diagonal Crosshatch from Christa Quilts

We are back to walking foot quilting with another fun machine quilting video tutorial for you to watch. Check out Diagonal Crosshatch and Irregular Crosshatch. Click the image below to watch and let me know which design you prefer!

Click here to watch the complete 99 Machine Quilting Designs Video Series for free!!

Have You Checked out My Latest Kits?

It’s one thing to practice your designs on small samples, but you really get the hang of things when quilting them on a real, full sized quilt. I’ve been having fun putting together all sorts of fun kits ...

added by Christa 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under christa's quilts , fabric , machine quilting (Comments)

No more markers...................... from Exuberant Color

Do you see any safety pins marking centers not quilted? No, I don't either. I finished all of the quilting yesterday. Now I need to trim it and hopefully the piece of fabric for the hanging sleeve is still where I think it is. Right now I'm thinking some shade of green might work for the binding. That would go well with the backing fabric too.

I found 2 more small Peony blooms while roaming through the backyard garden. I didn't remember that I had a white one over by the southwest corner.

I'm seeing buds ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under batik , cobblestone series , machine quilting , nature

A little progress................. from Exuberant Color

A friend came over yesterday and we planned a quilt that we have both made before, both of us have gifted the quilts, and we both want another that we can keep. We had Subway sandwiches for lunch and had a lot of fun.

I got 8 more centers quilted after I wrote yesterday's post and then got 10 more quilted last night.

I'm just adding 3 closeups of some blocks in the quilt because there isn't much else to show.

Now I have more than half of the centers quilted, 86 done, 76 to go.

I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 months ago. under batik , cobblestone series , machine quilting , nature

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Bonus Video – Quilting Switchbacks on a Real Quilt

Get the Sparkling Stars Quilt Kit

Bonus Video: How to Quilt Wavy Spiral on Sparkling Stars:

Quilt These Designs on Surplus Strips!

Get the Kits!

Bonus Video – Quilting Ticker Tape

Practice quilting this design (and many more) on my Swanky Spirals quilt pattern!

Bonus Video – How I Quilted Swanky Spirals

Have You Checked out My Latest Kits?