Day 281 – Calm Sea

It’s a chilly, wet, rainy day here in NC and the gently flowing rain puddles make a perfect inspiration for a new quilting design. This is Calm Sea:

free motion quilting design calm sea

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Difficulty LevelIntermediate. This is a super simple design! Wiggle across your quilting space with an organic, flowing line. Flow into the line before, travel stitch, then branch off with another calm wave.

Design Family – Edge to Edge. This design flows easily from one edge of your quilting space to the other. Use the edges to travel stitch along so you can easily move around your quilt.

Directional Texture – 2 Directions. What’s nice about this design is the gentle texture of flowing lines. Place this horizontally for the perfect design to stitch for water or waves.

Suggestions for Use – Even a traditionally pieced quilt would look gorgeous when stitched with Calm Sea. Try this design in the sashing area of a blue quilt for an instant water effect.

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day

LeahDay

Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

2 Responses

  1. Ann in NC says:

    You made the top 50 blogs in Quilters Home!! Way to go! Also, my husband LOVES Josh's ribs, and raves about them every chance he gets!

  2. susiloci says:

    Siempre una maravilla de trabajo!!!!

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