How to Quilt Chain of Pearls – Dream Big Quilt Along #7
We’re nearly finished with our Dream Big Quilt Along and this week I have a beautiful design to share with you. This Chain of Pearls design is quilted with a combination of ruler quilting and free motion quilting. Learn how to stitch it and multiple ways to fill the circle shapes in this video tutorial:
Click Here to find the Dream Big Guidebook – This is an optional guide to help you get ahead on this quilt along. You can learn which petals I turned into Double Petals and how the designs will fill the quilt panel each week. This guidebook also includes information on making both the Dream Big Quilt and Dream Big Jacket!
Click Here to find the Dream Big Fabric Panel in the beautiful purple / teal aurora colorway. If you decide to make a quilted garment too, you may need more than one panel!
Quilting Homework for Week 7
Chain of Pearls will be the most time consuming design in this quilt along. Circles are always time consuming because they are slower to visualize and stitch on your quilts. Take your time first stitching the smooth curves with the Super Slide or Mini Slide Rulers, then fill in the gap spaces with a row of circles like this picture:
If you’d like to know which petals I quilted with Chain of Pearls, check out the Dream Big Guidebook here. This guide includes all the designs we will be quilting together as well and helpful diagrams to follow along.
Let’s go quilt,
Leah Day
Find more Dream Big Quilt Along Posts
Week 1 – Kicking Off the Dream Big Quilt Along
Ruler Quilting Leaf Veins – Week 2
Week 3 – How to Quilt Gridlines with Rulers
