Quilt Along #36: Quilting Trapped Paisley

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.

6 Responses

  1. Molly says:

    I totally agree with you about pressing seams open for optimal quilting Leah. I recently quilted a quilt for a customer which had lots of HST and they were all pressed to one side… some of the corners were so bulky that my darning foot would get caught up on them and not want to move. On one particular corner my foot got stuck, it wouldn't move, and so I tugged to try to get it free and well- I ended up sewing right through my finger! The needle went through my nail bed, out the back and a chunk of it broke off inside my finger. It was very painful and I couldn't quilt for a week, though it took over a month for it to heal and the needle fragment to work it's way out. Not only can quilting pressed to one side seams be tough to do, it can also be dangerous!

  2. Pat Merkle says:

    Love the trapped paisley. Can't wait to try it out.

  3. Sandra says:

    When you press seams open, do you use a regular size iron? I recently completed a rail fence top with lots of seams and decided to reduce bulk by pressing open. It was really a chore to get all those small seams pressed open. Any hints on how you accomplish this?

  4. Anonymous says:

    I haven't been around in quite some time, but this design caught my eye. I do love paisley! After errands, its FMQ practice. Looking forward…

  5. Denise says:

    Beautiful texture combining the Goldilocks with the trapped paisley. Thanks for sharing.

  6. TWOnline says:

    This is a beautiful design, and of the designs I've tried, is the one that comes most naturally to me. Thank you for sharing your progression in FMQ and your wonderfully informative tutorials. I always, always tell my quilting friends to "Google" you for inspired designs and instructive videos. Again, thank you!

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