Raw Cotton Quilting Design #219

Sand Dollar was a really neat stacking design we learned last week. Let’s see if the same idea will work with a different shape!

This design starts with a fluffy cloud shape with Bright Star stitched in the middle:

Today I’m finally finishing up with the kitchen studio and will hopefully clean off my big tables for the first time in 2 months.

I really want the big tables clear so I can start working on a few holiday projects. After last year’s craziness, I’ve finally resolved to get started early and have a nice stock of little gifts ready for November and December.

I’ll definitely be sharing a few videos on some small fabric projects that are easy to whip up even if you wait until the last minute!

Speaking of videos, let’s get back to Raw Cotton and learn how to quilt it in this video:

Difficulty Level – Advanced. Raw cotton is trickier to quilt than Sand Dollar because the fluffy, cartoon cloud shape is a little more difficult to stitch. I had trouble keeping my fluffy clouds looking like fluffy clouds and not wobbly amoebas!

Design Family – Stacking. The fluffy cotton shapes stack together to fill your quilting space. To move from one shape to another you may have to travel quite a bit, so watch out for that as you’re quilting this design.

Directional Texture – No Direction. Just like Sand Dollar, this design doesn’t create a lot of movement on your quilt, but it does attract attention! I think the larger cotton fluffs are nicer looking than the tiny ones, so try to place this design where you have more than enough room to create large, fluffy shapes instead of squished, tiny ones.

Suggestions for Use – This would be a really cute design to use on a quilt with complex prints because it’s simple, yet cheerful and takes up a lot of space with each pass!

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day