Day 48 – Pointy Paisley

This design is also featured in the DVD Beginner Free Motion Quilting Fillers, as well as the ebook From Daisy to Paisley.

Another variation question for you: what do you get when you quilt Paisley with sharp points? Pointy Paisley!

Once you decide how you want a design to be formed (i.e: pivot design like paisley or stacking design like pebbling) you can create a million variations just by changing the core shape.

Think of all the shapes this paisley design can be based on: triangles, diamonds, hearts, circles, stars, trees, etc. I bet I could take a whole month to come up with just variations of Paisley alone!

Inspiration – I’ve been finding the greatest inspiration for new designs not from quilting magazines or books, but from Better Homes and Gardens!

I only subscribed for the home renovation ideas and recipes, but I love the amazing number and variety of stitches I can come up with from looking at home decor and food.

Difficulty Level – Intermediate. Really if you can paisley, you can master Pointy Paisley pretty easily.

Design Family – Pivoting. Paisley variations like this Pointy Paisley is created in the same core way: start with an initial design, then echo that design always returning to your original starting point.

This creates a nice amount of thread play where the design starts and adds to the texture of this filler. Because it’s a pivot design, this will work just as well in small areas as it will in large ones.

Directional Texture – All directions. You can move anywhere with this stitch and in any direction so it really provides a multi-directional texture.

Suggestions for Use – Definitely try this filler around quilting motifs and see how it will look around feathers. I think the contrast between the sharp angles of Pointy Paisley and the smooth angles of feathers would look really cool.

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day