In this post, I will be sharing with you a simple tutorial how to free motion quilt feathers and examples of feather quilting. While there are many ways to go about quilting feathers, the method I am going to teach in this post is one of the methods that I have found that works for me in order to create those organic looking feathers with practically boundless possibility.
I am sharing with you today how I quilted block 5 – July Fourth. I had a lot of fun playing with another feather border with custom quilting and a rather quick to do allover quilting design.
If you are new here, this post is a part of my quilt-as-you-go my Sewcial Bee Sampler, a sewalong hosted by Sharon Holland and Maureen Cracknell. I plan to share along the process with some tips and tutorial.
As usual, I have two blocks made for two quilts, one and one with allover quilting. Both would be a great practice if you are looking towards improving your free-motion skill. I am still practicing myself, especially with the custom quilting. I am learning as I go too, so let’s do this together!
f you are new here, this post is a part of my quilt-as-you-go my Sewcial Bee Sampler which I plan to share along the process along with some tips and tutorial. Click here to related Archive posts.
I am sharing with you today how I free motion quilt block 4 – Crow’s Nest. So far, this is by far my favourite block! I made two version – with different fabric placement and they both look different and beautiful in their own way. Following the theme I have set up for these blocks, one of the block is quilted with custom free motion quilting and the other one with allover free motion quilting.
If you are new here, this post is a part of my quilt-as-you-go my Sewcial Bee Sampler, a sewalong hosted by Sharon Holland and Maureen Cracknell. I plan to share along the process with some tips and tutorial.
Both would be a great practice if you are looking towards improving your free-motion skill. I am still practicing myself, especially with the custom quilting. I am learning as I go too, so let’s do this together!
If you are new here, this post is a part of my quilt-as-you-go my Sewcial Bee Sampler which I plan to share along the process along with some tips and tutorial. Click here to related Archive posts.
If you are new here, this post is a part of my quilt-as-you-go my Sewcial Bee Sampler, a sewalong hosted by Sharon Holland and Maureen Cracknell. I plan to share along the process with some tips and tutorial. In this post – you’ll get the guide to free motion quilting half square triangles and square loop mendearing.
I am sharing with you today how I quilted block 3 – Flock. I have two blocks made for two quilts, one with custom quilting and one with allover quilting.
Both would be a great practice if you are looking towards improving your free-motion skill. I am still practicing myself, especially with the custom quilting. I am learning as I go too, so let’s do this together!
f you are new here, this post is a part of my quilt-as-you-go my Sewcial Bee Sampler which I plan to share along the process along with some tips and tutorial. Click here to related Archive posts.
If you are new here, this post is a part of my quilt-as-you-go my Sewcial Bee Sampler which I plan to share along the process along with some tips and tutorial. Click here to related Archive posts.
I am sharing with you today how I quilted block 2 – A Dandy. I have two blocks made for two quilts, one with custom quilting and one with allover quilting.
Both would be a great practice if you are looking towards improving your free-motion skill. I am still practicing myself, especially with the custom quilting. I am learning as I go too, so let’s do this together!
I am sharing with you today how I quilted block the Patience Corner. I have two blocks made for two quilts, one with custom quilting and one with allover quilting.
Both would be a great practice if you are looking towards improving your free-motion skill. I am still practicing myself, especially with the custom quilting. I am learning as I go too, so let’s do this together!
If you are new here, this post is a part of my quilt-as-you-go my Sewcial Bee Sampler which I plan to share along the process along with some tips and tutorial. Click here to related Archive posts.
I am joining Sewcial Bee Sampler, a sampler sew-along hosted and designed by the talented Sharon Holland and Maureen Cracknell, which is already running beginning of February and will be finishing in August. You can find out more about the schedule here or here.
We are already onto our 4th block out of 25 blocks all together. So far, I really enjoyed making the block and the sew-along. The instructions were clear and the design of the finished quilt really looks amazing. I even have mine planned with their free colouring page. Well, the final might look a little different than my plan but I pretty much will have the colours scheme like planned.
While taking photos of the blocks I already made together, the idea to quilt it as I go struck me. I was also refreshing my old blogpost which had me revisiting my old quilt-along back in 2013 here. In that quilt along, I have included tutorials for blocks and free-motion quilting each block. At the end of that quilt-along, I ended up with a beautiful quilt that I cherish till now – although it was a little small, it made a perfect wall hanging. I totally love the idea of having different backing which made the quilt reversible too!
Now, for this Sewcial Bee Sampler, I planned to do something similar! And I thought, why not I include a tutorial as well along as I quilt-along my blocks! So, if you want to join along, make sure you follow along Sewcial Bee Sampler Sew-along and come here to quilt each block together!This is only optional – Sharon and Maureen will have a how to piece and quilt them at the end of the sew-along. I just feel like quilting as I go because I want to custom quilt it and have the quilt done quicker and on the spot ready to use at the end of the sew-along.
I am going to give a tutorial on how to custom quilt them and also include a simple quilting instruction for those who are beginners, who may want to try out Quilt As You Go (QAYG) technique but not so ready to do custom quilting. So basically, I will be doing two quilts – one with simple quilting and another with custom quilting on it. You can follow either one, depending on your confidence level and your commitment.
I am a big fan of custom quilting but realise that it is not easy to do custom quilting on large quilt with a domestic machine!
So, I find that quilt as you go (QAYG) technique is perfect for that matter.
If you have been wanting to learn free-motion quilting with your own domestic machine, this IS definitely the time. We are going to work with small blocks (12.5″ square) which make the whole thing more manageable but still gives you that experience you need to improve your free-motion quilting skills!
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If you are already in the Sewcial Bee Sampler Sew-along, you can get ready basting your quilt blocks in three layers as we are going to start quilting in a couple more days. You can also go to this post to have an idea how we are going to join the blocks together.
You can baste as following : (I prefer 
Quilt block on a 13.5″ square 
If you haven’t jumped on the Sewcial Bee Sampler sew-along bandwagon – make sure you drop by here or here and download all the patterns and get sewing! We still have about 20 Weeks to go, so don’t worry, you are not yet late to the party. Even if you are late, I think Sharon and Maureen will still have those pattern up for sometime later to the sew-along and my post here will remain, so you still can sew and quilt at your own pace.
I will update in a few days with the first instruction on how to quilt the first 2 blocks! In the meantime, get basting and keep updated. Drop a comment down below or on my Instagram if you are interested to follow along or if you have any questions! I am all excited to start and hopefully, you are too!
Quilty Hugs,
Amira
It may sound a little weird to some people as to why we should bring one possibly heavy quilt to travel! But, as a quilter – I think it is necessary! ….unless you want to spare room for fabrics, of course 😛
If you are looking for a retreat, try airbnb and search for farmstay. I booked mine through airbnb and totally recommend it. If you have never used airbnb before, use my links to get $40 off your first booking. That is a lot of saving!!
The minute you reach the hotel room, laying down those quilt on the white hotel bed suddenly looks much cozier and feels much more like home. Your quilt might even look better in the hotel setting too. I take the opportunity to enjoy the quilt on hotel beds as there is less clutter in the hotel room as compared to our room back at home.
Someone might be interested in your quilt and it can be a great conversation starter.
The standard reason and need for a quilt. I don’t normally bring big quilts. Only lap size ones – perfect for putting on laps on those long car journey or plane.
I use my quilts for sitting/relaxing on, when on the beach – or the park. They wash easily in the washing machine so I don’t worry much. They are so much beautiful than those regular picnic mats. There are many times that I forgot to bring any quilts or mat to travel that I simply regret not having a quilt in the car boot somehow.
This is the main reason why I bring my quilt! I love taking photo of them in the wild – in the beautiful nature. The perfect lighting. The perfect background. I love outdoor quilt photos, so whenever we travel, I almost always bring a quilt!
This quilt is the rainbow wash Medallion Quilt I made sometimes ago, and I had the most wonderful farm stay at Kangaroo Valley, NSW and was so pleased to have some photo of the quilt there!
Have you brought your quilt travelling before? Let me know and share a photo if you have – tag me on instagram!
If you are looking for a retreat, try airbnb and search for farmstay. I booked mine through airbnb and totally recommend it. If you have never used airbnb before, use my links to get $40 off your first booking. That is a lot of saving!!
I have always quilted my own quilt ever since my first quilt. The reason is because I fell in love in free-motion quilting the minute I got the hang of it. It is therapeutic, and a lot fun at the same time. Well, let’s save that story for later, as I know you come here for the tips – not the “why I free-motion quilt story” – so.. we’ll save that for later.
In this post, I list down 5 very important tips before you even start to free-motion quilt in order for you to experience a better go at free-motion quilting on your own domestic machine. Well, let’s get strapped and right to it:
In this post, I am sharing with you the progress of my double wedding ring quilt in this post plus……. a video too!
I have been posting the progress of my double wedding ring quilt on Instagram and have been asked a lot about what template I use, what pattern I use and etc, so I decided to make a video to just quickly answer that.
In the video, I sew a couple of pieces together too and hopefully you will get some points if you plan to sew your own double wedding ring quilt too!
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