We love the gentle flow that you can achieve with curved quilts. Half square triangles can create great movement, but curves give you the softness that the harsh lines never will.
But we know that curves can be intimidating. We were hesitant at first as well until we discovered that they weren't as difficult as they look. Then we embraced them and maybe ran a little crazy with them.
To help you concur curves as well, we've provided some different methods, tips and tricks.
To start you off, head over to our 2020 Online Quilting Bee Skill Builder Block 10. For this block, we focus on the traditional drunkards path block and give you tips to improve or tackle curves once and for all.
Now that you have tried a traditional drunkards path block, let us show you another tip for working with those smaller curves. This method ensures that your seams lay flat with no puckers. You can use this technique for inset circles or half circles as well.
Want to skip the traditional drunkards path method and have a complete circle in your quilt? In this tutorial, we show you how to sew a different kind of curve. And these curves don't have to be limited to circles.
Once you have mastered your curves and are ready to put your new skills to test, here are some great patterns to utilize those new skills. We've added notes on difficulty for you as well.
Bullseye - this quilt contains 4 different sizes of curves in an ombre pattern and is considered a confident beginner pattern.
Cerchio - this quilt is great for a beginner because of it's very large curves.
Citrus Grove - this quilt will give you lots of practice with the same size of curves and is considered a confident beginner quilt.
Color Wheel - this quilt starts off with gentle curves so it works well for an advanced beginner and gives you multiple sizes of curves to practice with.
Frolic - this quilt uses a double curve design that share the same outer curve to create the block. Because of the size of the curve, it is considered a confident beginner quilt.
Monochromality - this quilt contains the same size of curves but mixes up the construction a little by utilizing two templates and an HST block to create the outer curve. It is considered a confident beginner quilt.
Razzamatazz - this quilt is great for someone who is newer at curves, it starts with gentle curves for each of the individual sections then large curves to put it all together.
Spark Mystery Quilt - this quilt is beginner friendly with larger and smaller curves and comes with video tutorials to walk you through the process.
Stacked - this quilt contains a variety of sizes of curve and is considered an advanced beginner quilt.
Windswept - this is our most popular pattern and you can't help but see why. These flowers float across the quilt with three different sizes of curves. It is considered an intermediate quilt.
Zentangle - this quilt utilizes a double curve in the design and is considered an intermediate pattern.
