Description
Use this small wholecloth quilt pattern and sew a fast and fun quilt.
The pattern includes 4 designs and for each design there are two sizes available.
Design 1 – 14” and 20”
Design 2 – 20” and 25”
Design 3 and 4 – 7” and 14”
The first design
Here is the process:
1. Printing and transferring the design to fabric, quilting the center rosette – using the walking foot.
2. Quilting the background- using the walking foot.
3. Free motion quilting the area between the rosette and background – with the darning foot and feed dogs down.
4. OPTIONAL – quilting inside the rosette (with the darning foot).
5. OPTIONAL – more quilting added on to the background (with the darning foot)
Imagine the design in other colors! (digital versions, they are not actual quilts!)
The second design
Entirely free motion quilted with variegated thread
Another version that uses the same design as above but different background quilting; the inside of the rosette remained unquilted.
The entire rosette is quilted in one continuous stitching!
The background quilting is easy to sew with the darning foot: the curves are short and gentle!
I ASSURE you – free motion quilting following a design drawn on fabric is much easier than you think!
Here is what I have learned – in my first months of quilting!
– half of the job (of doing a great free motion quilting) is done if you can clearly see the design you have to stitch; you want to focus on quilting exactly on the lines and not struggling to see the lines; so it’s essential to have a very well (and safe, of course!) marked design on fabric.
– it’s a huge difference between free motion quilting a small quilt and a large quilt; if you already enjoy free motion quilting, it’s the same difference that you see when quilting the center of a large and, let’s say, the borders of the same quilt.
So, if free motion quilting still scares you, start with SMALL pieces!
Free motion quilting allows you to freely move the quilt under the needle and quilt in any direction.
If stitching diagonally or backward intimidates you, here is what you could do: move the quilt under the needle the same way you move the quilt when working with the walking foot, meaning:
– move the quilt so that you stitch only in front of the needle – where the visibility is the best
– to do this, you have to rotate the quilt a lot under the needle- that’s easy if you have a small quilt (25” – 30”); the darning foot also allows an easy rotation, because you don’t have to raise the foot to do it.
The length of your stitch will be affected by how fast you move the quilt under the needle – do not strive for perfection! A uniform stitching should be your least concern.
- full size pattern in two sizes for all the four designs.
- list of fabric requirements
- how to choose the best materials for a more striking look
- instructions for printing and preparing the pattern
- how to start and stop the quilting stitching
- detailed instructions for quilting the center rosette (in one continuous stitching!) and the background
- how to wash the quilt
- how to block the quilt (keep it flat and square)
- tips for beginners in free motion quilting
LOTS of tips for your success- including printables that you could use for practicing free motion quilting – stitching through paper, without thread. It’s a great way to easily and quickly “understand” the quilting motif you want to stitch!
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Copyright Information
Home sewers may sell handmade items made with this pattern; please give credit to Geta Grama for the pattern.
Mass production is strictly prohibited.
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