Free motion leaf quilting designs

Vines and feathers are sisters. That's good for me, because while I'm pretty comfortable with vines I've never quilted feathers. I won't pre...

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Have you ever watched a high energy caffeinated guy sit and focus closely on an important task? Well, it’s a sight to be seen, so break out your quilting gloves and slip sheet, folks, cuz it’s free motion quilting time! This week the focus is vines and leaves and it’s going to be a blast! Thanks to my friend Christina Cameli for allowing me to reference her excellent teaching materials from her Free-Motion Quilting books! You can find them in the list of supplies HERE!

Making a free motion quilting sample book is a great way to keep a record of your favorite background designs. See how to make this book.

Posts about headbands quilting pattern written by Shirley at Mystery Bay Quilt Design

It’s still 90 degrees here in Denver, but fall is coming. Here’s a cute fall leaf design for you. Before we know it, fall will be here. One of my...

Adhesive edged machine quilting holly leaf pattern (#404) on a 26 feet of 3 inches wide paper roll by Quilting Made Easy.

Here's my practice swatch of leaf quilting. I used this on my jungle baby quilt. I finished it today but not in time to take photos. I'll post some tomorrow! step-by-step picture blogged

The fruits of your labor will be well worth it with this Modern Leaf Free Motion Quilt. This quilting tutorial puts a modern twist on a basic leaf pattern and features leaves with berries. A versatile free motion quilting pattern, this design can be stitched as a fill motif or in a row to create a border. If you are looking for an easy quilt pattern, leaves make a beautiful addition to any quilt. Branch out from your go-to quilting techniques and experiment with this free quilt pattern.

Great news: I bought a Sharpie! You're worth it. This is something I've been sketching over and over lately. It's so beautiful, and sim...

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Jon and I are really excited about how the jungle quilt turned out! We love the faces and there are more great patterns in the book we used (Quilts, Bibs, Blankies...Oh My!) Thank you so much for all of your input on my last post. After much back and forth, we agreed with most of you about the orange binding, but Jon wanted to go with a green thread after we decided to quilt with a leaf pattern (This blog has been inspiring me to quilt different designs). If I had to pick again, I think I…

Making a free motion quilting sample book is a great way to keep a record of your favorite background designs. See how to make this book.

Oak Leaf Design Rudbeckia Design Honeysuckle Design Serrated Leaves Design Shamrock Design Jacobean Lea...

These free-motion quilting design tutorials include videos of me stitching them! Wibbly Wobbly Starbles (Stars + Marbles) Way...

Discover inspiring free motion quilt designs! Explore tutorials, tips, and ideas to enhance your quilting skills and creativity.

I got some unexpected doodle time last weekend. I started with a little fairy godmother wand and soon it had branched out to this. I think I...

I think we can all agree that as quilters we have this deeply implanted love of creating and being creative, and that creativity doesn’t just stop at piecing a quilt top. Doing the actu…

Free-motion quilting design ideas with tutorial for each design. Try out different free-motion quilting designs to make your quilt unique!