![]() ![]() …and that’s it! Watch the short video above that breaks down the free motion quilting process even more. ![]() The loops are also significantly smaller than the hearts to define them as a different shape. In the photo above, you’ll see the hearts all face in different directions. Here are three tips to help you as you create this design:Īs you’ll see in the video above, one of the most important tips is to determine if all your hearts will be the same and shape *as well as* making sure that all your hearts aren’t moving in the same direction. So let’s get started in sewing heart chains, our free motion quilting design for the week. You all know how much I love the Line Designer, so we’ll be breaking it out again today to get some of that muscle memory down before moving to the sewing machine. Today, we’ll be not only adding a secondary shape (loops), but moving in all directions! It sounds so easy, and then you start…and realize it really isn’t as easy as it looks. In the video, we’ll take a look at this surprisingly challenging design! Last week, when we made basic chain hearts, we made row after row of hearts moving in one direction. A couple of meandering designs in your arsenal are. Our heart longs for the Lord, and our soul finds peace, love, and rest in him. As Angela says in her introduction, A meander is a quilting design that is repeated to fill in an area. It’s inspired by Song of Solomon 3:4, which says “I have found him whom my soul loves”. The pattern is FREE for members, plus they get lots of other exclusive discounts and first dibs on fabric.This week we’ll be making a free motion quilt design called “meandering hearts”. Make sure you have some space, so you’re able to move the quilt around freely, with nothing getting in the way. You need a darning foot, otherwise known as a meandering foot, or open toe foot to use on your sewing machine, and be able to drop the feed. Whirligig was designed as part of our Stashin’ with Stephanie subscription club. Stipple quilting or meandering is fun and fairly easy to master. The texture is just fabulous, but the design was very simple to execute. ![]() Since I quilted small loops to match the size of the blocks, I got really dense results in not a lot of time. I made sure to try to keep the loops in the print fabric the same size as the loops in the background to keep the quilting texture even throughout the top. ![]() When I finished quilting the entire background, I switched threads and repeated that process with the print fabrics. Then I quilted the easy loop meander in the background first, traveling at the tips of the triangles so the travel stitch would be invisible. So I loaded the quilt on sideways so I was quilting from top to bottom so I could quilt the entire way across without having to break my thread. There is nothing wrong with you And also, there is hope for you and meandering. I know some of you get it right off the bat but I did not and I say that to encourage those of you who struggle with it also. For Whirligig, I wanted something fast, but that I could customize to fit the size of the blocks and quilt the background separately from the print fabrics. When I started free-motion quilting I really didnt get meandering. This beginner-friendly free motion quilting stitch is great as an all over design. Today we’re going to look at how I quilted Whirligig, our latest Stashin’ with Stephanie pattern with an easy loop meander. ![]()
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