Ready to tackle another Spinning Square block? Today we’re free motion quilting this block with an All-Over version of Stippling. Basically just wiggle over the block randomly and try to avoid those pesky areas of seam allowance.
The nice thing about this design is if you don’t want to quilt over your T-shirt fabric in the center, you don’t have to! Just wiggle around it rather than over it and your block will still look great and be secured.
The Spinning Square Block is definitely popular in the Building Blocks Facebook group where members have been showing off awesome blocks with all sorts of t-shirt fabric, decorative prints, and even embroidery designs in the center. Click here to join in the fun of the Building Blocks Facebook group!
Now for the video:
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If you really liked the way we quilted Stippling in this block, you might want to check out the collection of Independent Designs. These designs all work like Stippling, but they look very different, so you can find a cool design for any style or theme of quilt.
All over quilting really is a great way to finish a quilt quickly by adding texture to the surface and securing the layers together, but not throwing loads of time into the design. There will always be those quilts that just need to get together and get done and Stippling, or any of the Independent Designs is a great way to finish them.
So that’s it for today! Swing back by tomorrow to see how Josh quilted this design too!
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.