Category: Free Motion Quilting

OOPS…. I forgot one method!!

Last Friday, I talked about two methods of evenly spacing designs on a border.

The problem with this video…….there were supposed to be THREE methods!!

So, today let’s have a look at one more method…..

And honestly, this method using a Buttonhole Spacing Tool…..

….is my favorite!!

As I mentioned in the video, the gauge that I purchased from Amazon was not wonderful quality, but you might check out this one…..

It looks like it might be a little sturdier.

OR, this one from HoneySew might be okay as well…..

I have purchased several HoneySew products and they seem to be good quality.

So, next time you need to place a border design, pull out a sewing tool….

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NO chopped off border designs here!!

Don’t you hate it when you are quilting a border and can’t figure out how to place the designs so that one isn’t CHOPPED OFF?

That was the dilemma presented to me by one listener, and this is my answer….

So, here are TWO methods of placing designs without chopping them off at the edges.

Hope one or both will help you!!

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Easy Flag Quilting for QOV

For the past few Fridays, we have been looking at the quilting for my current Quilt-Of-Valor.

I knew that I wanted to quilt flags in the top and bottom border but didn’t want them going sideways along the vertical borders. Instead, I chose to quilt some stars and a few wavy lines./….

It worked perfectly!!

I finished off the quilt with the top and bottom flags and they were SO much fun to do……

I love how they look….

….and am especially happy that they were so easy to do!!

Thanks for following along with this lengthy quilting process!

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My youth wasn’t wasted!!

As a kid, I loved to doodle…..

No paper surface was safe with me around!!

Invariably, my doodling would always work it’s way around to stars…..

You know, the kind that you can draw without having to lift your pencil from the paper!!

Well, you might think that my youth was wasted drawing stars, but in this weeks quilting, I PROVED that I was doodling for a purpose!!

They were SO much fun and SO easy to do…..

Wasted youth?

I THINK NOT!!

JUST MARK IT!!

Do you have the idea that, if you are a FREE Motion Quilter, that you are NOT allowed to mark a top before you quilt?

Well, I have struggled with that idea this week. Check out the story ……

I am so glad to figure out that this was MY problem and that nothing bad was going to happen if I decided to physically mark a quilt top.

There may be much more marking in my future!!

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