The light sections of the border have a simple wavy line, and the darker sections over the whole quilt have a meandering loop. Use simple designs to provide texture and movement. Your needle will now be back at the centre of the star but at the bottom edge ready to create the next part of the vertical chain. Because of the bold prints on most of the fabrics, detailed quilting motifs will not show up. Her book starts with the basics of quilting and supplies needed. To create this motif (I’ll describe it as if you are creating a vertical chain, from the top of the project working down), firstly sew vertically down a little for the start of the chain then pause, sew the top right diagonal line back and forth, then the right horizontal line back and forth, then the bottom right diagonal line back and forth but continue through the centre of the star to then create the top left line back and forth, then the left horizontal and bottom left diagonal lines in the same way. (Machine Quilting Unlimited, January/February 2018) Best-selling author Angela Walters is a masterful quilter. I don’t mark when FMQing but you could mark the long central lines of this motif if you wanted a guide to help keep the chain straight. an appliqué project or a pieced quilt top that creates one large centre design). But they can also work really well on backgrounds when the overall project design has one main focus (e.g.
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Seasonal Free Motion Quilting Ideas Star Chainįree motion quilting motifs like this, that are sewn in a straight line, look great in borders and joining strips. Use these marked points to mark two sides of a square in each corner of the block. Then mark the centre point on the block edge between the lines you have already marked. Mark a vertical line down the centre of the block, a horizontal line across the centre of the block, then two 45 o diagonal lines from the block’s corner that cross in the centre of the block. To avoid having to break thread too often, you can mark all your blocks first and then sew the vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines across multiple blocks at once without breaking thread. I think this is a great motif to use across a square patchwork block. Mark your project in the same way you would for straight line quilting (I like to use a Hera marker to create guide creases to follow). A wavy line gives fabulous all-over texture to a project, and you can use it vertically, horizontally and diagonally…or any combination of those! This motif is almost as easy to sew as regular straight line quilting it can mess with your eyes a little so take your time and take a break if you need it. Instead of regular straight line machine quilting, choose a wave stitch to create straight line quilting with a little extra wow-factor. But for regular use quilts I like medium to large scale quilting, which can be difficult to FMQ on a smaller machine, but generally seems to require less travel stitching.Seasonal Walking Foot Quilting Ideas Wavy Lines
I think it's nice for art type quilts or wall hangings as it can add a lot of interest, texture and depth. I don't like quilting on such a small scale for bed/lap quilts, like she does. I think when you step back and take a broader view of the quilt the travel stitching isn't so noticeable. You'll be able to find many that do not require travel stitching.Īlternatively, you can break thread if you don't want to travel stitch and the motif requires it… but that can get tedious and time consuming.
If you look through Leah Day's channel on you tube, you can find a ton of her designs as she has done a video for each one - or look on her blog for photos of each design. loopy line (which can incorporate many other elements into the basic design… stars, hearts, clouds, flowers, leaves, pumpkins, spirals, etc) or you can do edge to edge type designs like wavy lines, cross hatching, etc.
There are lots of designs where you don't have to travel stitch as much….
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