For me, the answer to this question is…..

ABSOLUTELY YES!!! Although, I mostly play online rather than having a puzzle out on my dining table!!

But that is off the point……

This week I played with more grid quilting….designing my very own jigsaw puzzle.

Not only did I learn how to quilt this easy design, I learned NOT to quilt when I am in a hurry…..all sorts of mistakes happen…..

AND, I have it all on video……sigh!!!

This is not my favorite of designs, but I can see using it in some situations!!!

Have you ever used this design???

I bet you thought that I had given up on Grid Quilting….. no such luck!!

There were just SO many gorgeous quilts to show from QuiltCon that I put everything else on the back burner…..

But we are back on schedule!!

Today we are going to look at the lowly “Apple Core”.

I tried it in two sizes…..

….and was basically happy with the result!!

Here is the video of my quilting…..

As I said in the video, this design is easy, fast and looks great….what else do you need!!

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This week I have moved on to a different type of grid quilting.

It is still a simple design….I am NOT ready for any of the fancy ones!!

This time I used a simple back-and-forth quilting pattern….

….and ended up fairly pleased with the results.

Throughout this video, I kept saying that I wasn’t all that excited by how the quilting was looking. But, be sure and watch this video until the end because once I have removed those blue lines, the ENTIRE piece changes for the better!!

Just look at some of the textures that came out while working with 1-inch squares….

And when I switched to a 1/2-inch grid and added a layer of wool batting…..

It doesn’t get much better than that!!!

Come back next week for more!!

Last week I started playing with grid quilting…..gentle arcs to begin with!!

This week I decided to play further with the arcs, seeing if I can add something to spice them up a bit.

Check it out here……

I enjoyed playing with these ideas……

Come back next week for more!!

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