Machine Quilting Itsy Bitsy Spider, Design #486

Have you been searching for the perfect design for a spooky quilt? I have a great Halloween themed free motion quilting design for you today called Itsy Bitsy Spider!

Looking back through the quilting design gallery we have a few spider themed designs to check out. You could quilt a Spiderweb or Cobwebs in the Corners and use Itsy Bitsy Spider to fill around these bigger designs.

Do spiders creep you out too much to machine quilt? I realized you could also think of these as little sunshines instead while I was quilting this design for the video. Watch the tutorial to see how this design is free motion quilted:

Would you like to celebrate the coming autumn season and spice up your free motion quilting?

Check out my tutorial on quilting this magical pumpkin mug rug! I think I need to make another version of this super sized coaster but with spider themed designs instead. Click Here to find the tutorial.

Now let’s learn more about Itsy Bitsy Spider:

Difficulty Level – Beginner. This machine quilting design will be easy to quilt because it’s based on Stippling. So long as you’ve mastered this wiggly design, adding the little spider bodies and wiggly legs will be simple and fun.

As you will see in the quilting tutorial you can use Stippling to quilt around each spider shape and fill your quilting space consistently.

Design Family – Independent. This family of designs are quilted independently of everything around them. So long as you can wiggle into the area, you can stitch this design on your quilts. You may want to change how densely you fill the spider bodies when you quilt Itsy Bitsy Spider on a bigger scale. Instead of thread painting, just fill that center circle with a spiral instead.

Some similar designs include Wandering Clover, Frog Eggs, and Heart Scramble. The cool thing is you can use this design to add the extra spider elements to your quilts.

So where do we quilt it? You can machine quilt Itsy Bitsy Spider in just about any area of your quilt. You can quilt this design into blocks and add wiggly spiders over your pretty patchwork, you can also machine quilt the spiders easily into the sashing or borders of your quilts as well.

I love the idea of mixing spiders and spiderwebs in a spooky Halloween-themed quilt. I’m going to play with this more and make a new mug rug, but this time with a creepy twist!

So what do you think of this design? Do you like the ideas of spiders on your quilt orders that creep you out? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day