Quilt Along #29 – Fun with Hearts!

Great news! Harry is fixed!  Unfortunately my computer’s memory had to be wiped clean and a new motherboard installed, but this actually worked out well because it finally kicked me into getting Josh’s computer set up with the right software to edit videos, and if this week’s video is any guide, I think he’s going to do a great job!

This week we’re going to learn 5 new designs, which may sound like a lot, but in actuality this will be very easy.  All we’re doing is taking Stippling, Sharp Stippling, Zippling, Circuit Board, and Loopy Line and mixing them with Hearts!

Difficulty Level – Beginner.

Design Family – Independent.

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Now for the 5 designs for this week, let’s work on some new terminology.  Whatever design you start with (Stippling, Sharp Stippling, Zippling, Circuit Board, or Loopy Line), let’s call those our Base Line Designs because this line is what will be doing all the work, fitting and filling in the space and linking all the hearts together.

Another fun theme would be a Valentines day quilt.  If you’re going to bother appliqueing hearts, why not add them to the quilting as well?

The sky is really the limit for the number of designs you can create this way!  Play with different shapes and symbols you like this week and see what textures appeal to you the best.

How do you know if one of these designs will look good on your quilt? You’ll just have to audition them over your quilt top and see!

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.

5 Responses

  1. Leah
    How do you do your sharp points? Is there something I am missing, a trick , a stop?
    I have no trouble doing curves but struggle with designs with any sharp turns. Mine are always slightly rounded.
    Thanks
    Donna

  2. Teresa says:

    I just wanted to send a quick note to thank you for adding text to your videos. One of my bff is deaf, and now she can get the most out of your blog too!

  3. Anonymous says:

    No "day dreaming" while doing this exercise….hehehe!

  4. I love the hearts will have to have my wife come check them out.

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  5. They are nice. I recently did a star pattern for a Buzz Lightyear quilt I made for my grandson.

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