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Next Wednesday until Friday the Free Motion Quilting Summit will take place. This event takes place online, so everyone from all over the world can take part. You can participate for FREE!

The Summit is organised by Mary Davis of Mary Go Round Quilts. I am lucky to have been asked to teach for the third time in this awesome online event. There are over 20 different teachers taking part, talking about all kinds of different aspects of freemotion quilting.

From design tutorials to ruler work, from freemotion embroidery to gorgeous feathers, there is surely something in there for everybody ...

This fun and whimsical grid border design is based on a series of loops and echoes. It can be used in a wider border with some simple pre-marked lines. This playful border design looks great in modern quilts or quilts intended for children.

This fun and whimsical grid border design is based on a series of loops and echoes. It can be used in a wider border and a few pre-marked guidelines will help tremendously with stitching this design out evenly.

Pattern Tutorial

This loop-based border design takes a step back to move around one of the loops before continuing ...

It has been a while since we talked about zigzag quilts. In 2022 I put together several resources for you about zigzags. I will be sharing these again in this blogpost, so keep reading.

Zigzag quilts are pretty easy to piece, but how do you quilt them? You could definitely choose an allover / edge to edge design, but you can opt for a design that shows off the zigzag angles more by placing a design inside of each zigzag row. You could even do different designs in each row.

Let’s take a closer look at one design that was ...

Before we delve into this week’s design, I wanted to let you know that there will be another Free Motion Quilting Summit in two weeks time! This multiple day free event focuses on all things freemotion. I think you would really enjoy taking part.

Maybe you spotted my face in amongst the teachers read more