44. Circles and Wiggles in a Basket Block

Let’s knock out another basket block today with circles and wiggles!

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Yes, I know circles are the least favorite design of the year. They are challenging even for me, even marking every single shape on the quilt. I’m not exactly sure why – maybe it has to do with swinging around the circle and not being able to see the entire thing as you stitch it.

Even if you make a mistake, remember the trick about filling in circles with spirals to hide mistakes. It’s a nice way to add more texture and it stops you from picking up your seam ripper to rip out a wobbly circle.

If you haven’t seen this spiral in a circle trick check it out in this video:

Wishing you could join in the fun of this quilt along? Jump into this project and get everything you need – both piecing AND free motion quilting designs in the Building Blocks Quilt Pattern.
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I know this design isn’t the easiest and I bet Josh is going to change it up a lot tomorrow so make sure to swing by to check out his take on this design!

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day

LeahDay

Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

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