How to Quilt Goddess Tears – #464

It’s high time we learned a new machine quilting design together! Today’s design is a beautiful variation of a previous free motion quilting design called Blowing Wind, except with this new design you leave the tear drop shapes open like this:

I love the texture this creates on our quilts! In the video I’m quilting this design in a Goddess Face cheater cloth panel so you can see how it works in an applique-type shape:

Are you looking for more inspiring designs for your quilts? Check out the book 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, a beautiful picture book of machine quilting designs perfect for all styles of quilts.

As you can tell in the video, Goddess Tears will work in all styles of quilts and just about anywhere you’d like to free motion quilt it!

You can expand the space between the lines to create bigger shapes that will fill a bed quilt very quickly.

You can also shrink down the Goddess Tear shapes so they fit into small areas as well.

I really like the effect of this design quilted in the Peaceful Goddess cheater cloth panel. This panel is a great way to practice lots of quilting designs in a small, cheerful project!

Update! I posted this new design on Monday and that very evening I got a ping from Instagram with this beautiful photo from ElizabethKRay:

Elizabeth posted – “@leahdayquilting just released a new fmq design Goddess Tears. I was instantly in ❤️ and had the perfect spot to try it in my #starlightstardarkqal. Thanks Leah for this great new design, it’s wonderful!”

This is excellent! I love seeing designs used in real quilts and love the way Elizabeth used Goddess Tears in this beautiful star block. Great job!

So where do you plan to use Goddess Tears? Do you have any questions about how it’s machine quilted?

Definitely share your thoughts and questions in the comments below and don’t forget to share the video with your friends!

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day