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Here are 365+ ideas, each with a description and video showing Leah actually doing the stitching.
http://www.daystyledesigns.com/365project.htm
btw, Craftsy is running a half price sale on their classes - including Leah's FMQ class - now only $19.99 (until tomorrow)
http://www.craftsy.com/classes/quilt...eahDay_holiday
http://www.daystyledesigns.com/365project.htm
btw, Craftsy is running a half price sale on their classes - including Leah's FMQ class - now only $19.99 (until tomorrow)
http://www.craftsy.com/classes/quilt...eahDay_holiday
#5
I like to do loops with leaves or stars or hearts. As long as the amount of quilting is consistent, any design will look fine. I also do a lot of meandering. The way I keep the size of my turns about the same size is to imagine going around a coin. If I want it to to be big curvy lines, I think about going around a 50 cent piece, first in one direction and then the other. If I want it tighter, I imagine going around a nickel or dime. Good luck! Post back and show us your progress.
#8
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Crystal River, Florida
Posts: 37
I do mostly meandering and enjoy it. I made a quilt for my son who is a musician and used a treble clef design in various sizes in some of the border areas. It turned out great and they are fun to do.
#9
I like to take inspiration from the fabrics themselves. If it's a floral, I do simple flowers, etc. I also have one of those really cheap projectors like we used in grade school, the kind that enlarges images on the wall so you can trace them onto a piece of paper. I will copy a fairly simple motif from the print like maybe a butterfly, a pumpkin or a snail. Then I make a stencil from that tracing and mark it on the quilt top with a washout pen. It's labor intensive, I agree, but it adds a unique special touch to each quilt. And I really only have to throw a few of those in amongst the stippling, they don't have to cover the whole thing.
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