machine quilting

99 Designs Episode 15 – 3 Ways to do Straight Line Quilting with a Walking Foot from Christa Quilts

Tired of stitching in the ditch? Try out these three variations of straight line quilting from my youtube series, 99 Machine Quilting Designs! Don’t be deceived by their simplicity–these designs are easy to stitch with a Walking Foot but they add a lot of complexity to your quilt. Check out how to do it below:

Featured Quilt: Rain

The quilt behind me in the video is titled “Rain, from my first book, Machine Quilting With Style. This book includes 12 quilt patterns as well as how-to instructions on how to quilt them! You can purchase the PDF version ...

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Small projects................. from Exuberant Color

I finished quilting the second table topper last night and will get it trimmed today and get the binding sewn on. This one is more scrappy where the first one had matching strips at the corners.

I pulled out all of my trays of 2" x 3.5" rectangles and worked on feeding the new cuts (shown at the center on top of the trays) into their color group. The trays were all a mess, not straightened up after making the last quilt.

This is what they all look like now, ready for the next project.

Now I need to ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 1 week ago. under batik , colorwash , machine quilting

99 Designs Episode 15 – How to Free-Motion Quilt Leaves from Christa Quilts

This week for 99 Machine Quilting Designs I’m showing how to free-motion quilt a dense design called Leaves. Take a look by clicking below:

Watch the Entire Series over on My YouTube Channel!

Each week when I share a new video tutorial, it gets added to my playlist. As you can see, I’ve shared 14 videos so far, and there will be 60 of them in all. Click below to start at the beginning and watch them all in order. The videos will stay up indefinitely so you can watch the over and over again, as much as ...

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Upper Blanco Textile Studio: Free-Motion Quilting – An Introduction from Terificreations's Weblog

Are you ready for a Free-Motion Quilting Class? Well, friends, wait no longer! Join me at Upper Blanco Textile Studio Friday May 16, 2025forFree-Motion Quilting An Introduction 10 AM to 4 PM Bring your lunch or visit Uptown Blanco Restaurant for some really amazing food! Free-Motion Quilting: An Introduction covers all the important things like… Continue reading Upper Blanco Textile Studio: Free-Motion Quilting – An Introduction

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Table topper................. from Exuberant Color

Since I hadn't finished any small projects in April, I decided to finish one table topper. Last night I got this one ditch quilted. I have another one like this with some of the same fabrics that I will probably finish in May. To the left of this piece is 2 choices for binding. They look a little darker in real life.

I'm using the same backing on both pieces. I think gray is a good choice for the binding and looks good with both sides. I like the stripe but I'm leaning toward the cheetah print ...

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Quilt A Real Quilt with Me at Empty Spools Retreat!! from Christa Quilts

I’m so excited to check something off of my bucket list! I’ve been wanting to teach at Empty Spools Seminars in Asilomar, CA for as long as I’ve been a quilter and 2026 will finally be the year, whoo hoo!!

Normally when I travel and teach I give a one hour lecture and 1-2 days of machine quilting workshops. I love it, but all we have time for in that short period of time is to quilt out a bunch of practice samples. I also discuss how students can apply what they’ve learned to an actual ...

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99 Designs Episode 13 – Free-Motion Quilting Broken Feathers & Echo Paisley from Christa Quilts

Looking for a free-motion quilting design that can add dense texture to your quilt? Check out the latest from this week’s episode of my “Year of Machine Quilting,” where we will be learning to quilt Broken Feathers and Echoed Paisleys, two designs from my book, 99 Machine Quilting Designs:

Quatrefoil Quilt From The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting

I used both of these designs on “Quatrefoil,” a quilt from my second book, The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting. This book was a collaboration with Angela Walters, featuring 10 quilt patterns with instructions to quilt them using either a longarm ...

added by Christa 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under christa's quilts , machine quilting (Comments)

A finish.................. from Exuberant Color

This quilt is all batik, made with 2.5" strips in a pattern I call "the other 16 patch". The true 16 patch is made of squares. There are 32 blocks each made with 2 different batiks so there were 64 strips total.

There is one full width strip and 2 leftover pieces from previous backings on the back of this quilt. It is 62.5" x 70.5". It has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it and it was longarm quilted by Robin Diaz.

I mentioned digging out ditch lilies a couple days ago. They are day lilies that ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 4 weeks ago. under batik , machine quilting , nature , strip piecing

Binding finished, and more to start.............. from Exuberant Color

The binding is finished on the batik quilt and I'll take photos today. This is the time of year when the sunshine coming in the windows warms up the house and the heat doesn't come on. That makes the basement quite chilly. Since we are still going down in the 30s at night, the heat will come on in the morning and that's when I'll go down there to take the photos.

The two Tilda quilts are back from the longarmer and I have chosen the binding for both of them.

This is the last Sedum ...

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99 Designs Episode 12 – FMQ Landscape Lines and Partial Waves from Christa Quilts

Want to practice your free-motion quilting this week? Join me for the latest video of my “Year of Machine Quilting” tutorial series, where we will be quilting two designs from 99 Machine Quilting Designs: Landscape Lines and Partial Waves.

Featured Book: Piece and Quilt with Precuts

The quilt showcased in this week’s video is called Spools, which comes from my book Piece and Quilt with Precuts. This book features 11 quilt patterns as well as step-by step instructions on how to quilt them all! I used Partial Waves on Spools to separate the colorful parts of the quilt from ...

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Quilting and binding................... from Exuberant Color

I had 2 sessions of ditch quilting around the light centers of some of the blocks in the Crooked Cobblestone quilt. I have one more day on light centers and then can choose a different color to do.

I have 2 quilts to bind and this one was already trimmed so I started with it. In this photo have attached the binding by machine.

There are 3 fabric strips on the back of the quilt. The one on the right was full width and the other 2 were cutaways from previous backs. I have started the hand sewing on the ...

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Quilt Show Entries & Judging Feedback For 2 Quilts from Christa Quilts

I recently entered 2 quilts into my local quilt guild’s show and was pleased with both the feedback and the response they got, so I thought I would share more about that with you today!

Interlinked Wins 1st Place!!

First up is my Interlinked Quilt. This one is huge – King sized to be exact! I had finished nearly all of this quilt a couple years ago when my Stitchy fabric first came out. However, I dragged my feet on finishing the binding because I wanted it to match up perfectly with the offset borders. Once I finally did, I ...

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Just Start: Quilting Before You’re “Ready” from Lisa H Calle's Blog

We all have that one quilt top tucked away, right? The one we’ve spent time, money, and effort creating but just can’t seem to quilt because we don’t feel “ready.” I hear it all the time: “I’m not at the skill level to quilt this top yet.”

But here’s the truth—you’ll never feel completely ready.

Even after 15 years of quilting (and winning awards!), I had a quilt top that sat for over five years because I was afraid to quilt it. I convinced myself I wasn’t skilled enough. But guess what ...

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Working on small things................ from Exuberant Color

The binding is finished on this small piece. It finished at 12.25" square. The backing is the same as the one yesterday.

I found 6 more small pieces to finish. I cut batting and backings for all of them.

I started the quilting with 2 that I could use the same color thread on. I used a red/black variegated 12 weight thread on top.

I used 3 different thread colors quilting this one. It is 8" square. I'll look for binding for these 3 today.

We had rain late in the afternoon yesterday. I haven't put ...

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

Quilting and border audition................. from Exuberant Color

I quilted these 2 table pieces last night and trimmed them.

Since the fronts are multicolor I'll probably choose a binding that I like with the back and it will most likely work with the front just fine.

A couple days ago I showed some leftover pieced strips that might work as a border on one of 2 quilt tops in progress. This is the first one with the pieces on the right side and bottom. I think they look good.

I tried them on this one too as top and bottom borders. I think they are okay on ...

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A finish, more snow..................... from Exuberant Color

I finished hand sewing the binding late yesterday afternoon. That gave me plenty of time to do the photography.

This quilt is 59" x 71" and has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it. It was longarm quilted by Robin Diaz.

The 6" triangles (which were all cut with my die cutter), backing and binding are all Kaffe Fassett collective fabric. There are some really old Kaffe prints in this one.

Here you can see the insert of the second print in the backing. It matches so well it's hardly noticeable.

We woke up to just under 2" of snow ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under accuquilt die cutter , binding , machine quilting , nature

Backing, quilting, stash............ from Exuberant Color

I had to turn the iron on yesterday to press the binding fabric so while I was down in the basement I chose backing for the next 2 table pieces. Hooray for stash!

Speaking of stash, this piece I chose for the binding came from stash. It is still available for purchase because it is one of the classic prints, but I'm glad I still had some of the original.

This is all I have left after cutting the binding, but I don't have to panic, I can get more if I need it. Or...are we supposed ...

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

99 Designs Video Episode 9 – How to Free-Motion Quilt Circuit Board from Christa Quilts

Want to learn to quilt a fun modern meander called Circuit Board? This is the next installment of my “Year of Machine Quilting” free video tutorials for you to try! Click the image below to watch:

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My Latest and Greatest: How Do I Quilt It?

This week’s featured quilt comes from my latest book, “How Do I Quilt It?” In this book (which is required reading for all of my in-person workshops), I show how to quilt 3 different quilts, 3 different ways. In the teal ...

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A variety of things.............. from Exuberant Color

The missing piece from my February 2025 Kaffe collective fabric came in the mail yesterday so here are the last 2 pieces I purchased. I was surprised at how many creases were in the fabrics, all of them, this time.

I did more ditch quilting on the Crooked Cobblestones wall hanging. Here is a close up of some of the stitching. I was using medium pink thread on this line because most of the pieces in this column had pink in them. I'm showing this section so you can see how hidden the ditch quilting is, even when the ...

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

99 Designs Video Episode 8 – Zig Zags from Christa Quilts

It’s time for another fun set of Walking Foot quilting designs for you to try – Zig Zags & Double Zig Zags. Take a look by clicking the image below:

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Get My Book – Piece and Quilt with Precuts for More Designs!

Two of the quilt patterns I show in the video above come from my 3rd book Piece and Quilt with Precuts. It’s now out of print but you can grab the PDF version from my Etsy Shop!

Click here to get your copy of Piece and ...

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

What Are Quilters Blogging About Today?

Featured Quilt: Rain

Watch the Entire Series over on My YouTube Channel!

Quatrefoil Quilt From The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting

Featured Book: Piece and Quilt with Precuts

Interlinked Wins 1st Place!!

My Latest and Greatest: How Do I Quilt It?

Get My Book – Piece and Quilt with Precuts for More Designs!