Free Motion Quilting Design #12 – Tree Roots

When I took a class with Dottie, she shared this design with the advice to think of the roots growing over the quilt. I like to start at the top of the roots and grow them down into my quilts for this reason. It can cover a surprising amount of space in very little time!

Learn more about quilting Tree Roots:

Inspiration: If you haven’t already, go check out Dottie’s work here. You’ll be very glad you did.

Difficultly Level: Beginner. Depending on how “rooted” your mind is, this will either be easy or hard! Concentrate less on filling in the area perfectly and more on building a beautiful, life fulfilling tree root system.

Design Family: Independent

Directional Texture: All directions or none. My personal opinion is that this filler could be used anywhere: background, small areas, and big spaces equally well. Experiment with it and give yourself permission to play!

Suggestions for Use: Hmmm…Tree Roots? That’s not very hard! You could also use this filler around Celtic knots for an interesting background and textured alternative to microstippling. This filler would also look terrific in the sashing of a appliqued quilt or surrounding flowers in a grandmother’s flower garden.

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Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day