Day 282 – Echo Maze

Then I created Circuit Board, which is essentially Stippling with straight lines and sharp angles. Now for Echo Maze I’ve just taken Circuit Board and echoed it.

Now if you totally didn’t understand a thing I just wrote, please raise your hand! I realize that I really haven’t done a good job of teaching the difference between each design category, where each design set will work best in a quilt, and what makes each similar / different.

It all works great in my head, but if you can’t understand it, what good is it? So I’m hoping to get a few new videos shot this week explaining more about each design set.

Now let’s learn how to stitch Echo Maze:

Difficulty Level – Beginner. This is surprisingly easy to quilt! Start with a simple straight lined shape, like the outline to the letter “L” or “E” then travel stitch a short distance away and echo this shape multiple times.

As I said in the video, how many echoes you use can change the texture and appearance of this design. Try playing with echoing some shapes 2 times, and other 5 to 10 times to see what I mean!

Design Family – Echoing. This design set will literally work anywhere in your quilt. If you need to quilt blocks, around appliques, fill borders, or stitch your sashing, these designs will work great.

Directional Texture – No Direction. Designs with straight lines and sharp angles tend to look like a flat stone walkway – no flowing movement, but still a beautiful, interesting design nonetheless.

Suggestions for Use – This design reminds me of the hardwired circuitry of a robot, but maybe that’s just because James can’t go a day without talking, building, destroying, and rebuilding a host of robots with blocks and Legos.

How about a robot quilt? This fun, funky design would look great stitched around robot appliques, or in the sashing and borders.

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day

Free Motion Quilting Design #14 – Circuit Board