Quilting Tutorials — Free Motion Quilting

In a quest to actually finish all our quilts (it’s hard to snuggle under a quilt top), we are sharing a new free motion quilting motif with you each month. These are simple motifs that can easily be tackled by a beginner. Grab a practice quilt sandwich and some extra thread and try it out. You may just find a new favorite quilting motif! This month, we are learning how to quilt abstract flowers. Where To Use the Abstract Flower Motif This quilting motif fits really well in defined, real or implied, shapes. I like to use it in squares, but it...

How to Free Motion Quilt Spiral Squares In a quest to actually finish all our quilts (it’s hard to snuggle under a quilt top), we are sharing a new free motion quilting motif with you each month. These are simple motifs that can easily be tackled by a beginner. Grab a practice quilt sandwich and some extra thread and try it out. You may just find a new favorite quilting motif! This month, we are learning how to quilt easy spirals squares.   Where To Use a Spiral Square Quilting Motif My favorite place to use this motif is in...

In a quest to actually finish all our quilts (it’s hard to snuggle under a quilt top), we are sharing a new free motion quilting motif with you each month. These are simple motifs that can easily be tackled by a beginner. Grab a practice quilt sandwich and some extra thread and try it out. You may just find a new favorite quilting motif! This month, we are learning how to quilt a circle border.   Where to Use the Easy Circle Border Since I’m calling this design a border, it is probably obvious that borders and sashing work great...

In a quest to actually finish all our quilts (it’s hard to snuggle under a quilt top), we are sharing a new free motion quilting motif with you each month. These are simple motifs that can easily be tackled by a beginner. Grab a practice quilt sandwich and some extra thread and try it out. You may just find a new favorite quilting motif! This month, we are learning how to quilt easy vines.   Where To Use a Vine Quilting Motif Like feathers, this quilting motif is very versatile. You can use it as an all over design and...

How to Easily Baste Your Quilt Most of us have steps of the quilting project that we really don’t enjoy. Basting is that step for me. I love having it done so I can move on to quilting, but the thought of crawling around on the floor and trying to keep the quilt flat and wrinkle free is very daunting. Luckily, I don’t have to worry about that anymore! With the simple addition of 3 cheap pool noodles, I’m now able to baste our quilts quickly and easily on the dining room table, no knee or back pain required.  ...