Day 331 – Light Bulb Leaf

Remember Hosta Leaves from last week? That design was created using wiggly leaf shapes and tear drops to create a flowing leaf like design. Now let’s combine those two shapes together again, only this time in reverse to see what happens!

As you can see, when you stitch a wiggly leaf as a long and skinny shape, it starts looking like a flame shape and when combined with the globe-like tear drop, it kind of looks like a light bulb!

Putting the two designs: Light Bulb Leaf and Hosta Leaves side by side, can you see how the two are made with the exact same elements, just reversed?

Now let’s learn how to stitch this new version in free motion:

Difficulty Level – Intermediate. This design really isn’t that difficult. Just focus on first stitching a simple flame shape, then pivot and curve around with a basic tear drop shape. The nice thing is the tear drop shapes stack easily together so this design should fit nicely in any area of your quilt.

Design Family – Pivoting. This family of designs all work by starting with an initial shape, then pivoting and echoing, either with the same shape or a new shape, to create an interesting design.

Directional Texture – All Directions. You can’t beat the flowing, free form texture this design creates on the surface of your quilt. If you like the curvy tear drop shape, consider adding extra echoes around the shape to make it stand out better on your quilts.

Suggestions for Use – Both Light Bulb Leaf and Hosta Leaves are going to be super fast designs you can quilt in a hurry. Another bonus is they’re not particularly feminine, so if you have some guy quilts to finish in time for the holidays, both would be excellent choices!