Let’s Quilt Fiery Comet Flower, Design #519
Fiery Comet is an oldie Goldie design from the first 100 days of this blog. Now let’s take this design and see what happens when quilt it as Fiery Comet Flower:
Quick Links from this free motion quilting tutorial:
Click Here to learn more about my home sewing machine – You don’t need a massive machine to learn free motion quilting. You just need a sturdy machine and a willingness to practice!
Deluxe Foot Set – This set includes two styles of walking feet, a darning foot, and a ruler foot! These are the feet I use for machine quilting on my Eversewn machine.
I’m also quilting on a Janome 1600 set up on a Grace Hoop Frame. This makes quilting feel so much easier because the machine is moving on wheels instead of the quilt being pushed over a table.
Learn more about machine quilting Fiery Comet Flower:
Difficulty Level – Intermediate. The trickiest part of this design is stitching the cluster of circles at the beginning. Feel free to mark a circle to guide you, or mark all of the starting circles if you wish. Marking is not cheating! It can definitely save you some time and helps ensure the design is properly placed exactly where you want it n your quilt.
Need a good marking pen? Check out my two favorites here.
Design Family – Center Fill. Designs like this start in the center and radiate out. They are always very eye-catching and a terrific way to secure large parts of your quilt in one go.
Where to Quilt It? – Fiery Comet Flower is a great choice for filling large blocks or adding a dramatic element to a simple quilt. You could quilt a huge flower (15-30 inches in diameter) in the center of your quilt, then surround it with a simpler design like Stippling.
This would be a lot more interesting than quilting a single All-Over quilting design and if you mixed it up with yarn couching, it would definitely stand out from the crowd!
Are you still searching for the perfect design for your next quilt? Check out the latest designs shared to our Quilting Design Library here.
Let’s go quilt,
Leah Day
Watch more free motion quilting tutorials on both a home machine and longarm:
Free Motion Quilting Star Flower Stipple
Machine Quilting Tutorial for Olive Oil
Free Motion Quilting Deranged Feather
