Monday, September 24, 2012

Free Motion Quilting - Echoed Paisleys

This video walks you through the basics of creating an echoed paisley all over free motion quilt design.  This is a beautiful design that creates a chic and elegant finish to your quilt. The paisley shape is just like making half of a heart or a feather and then just echo inside, and then outside to travel.  And like all free motion quilting, practice makes perfect :)  Enjoy!!

Here is an example of the pattern :)


And here's the video :)


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15 comments:

  1. This is a wonderful video! I really like that you show the reality of quilting on an actual quilt with bulk, instead of just doing a sample piece. Samples are so much easier. Watching you do a real quilt is much better (and more true to life)! I have tried drawing paisleys and I'm not very good at it. Now with this video, I think I can do it now! Thank you.

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  2. You make it look so easy! I want to give this a try as Paisleys are my favorite. :)

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  3. Great video - I'm going to give it a try tonight!

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  4. Great tutorial Melissa! And btw, my quilting gloves look just like yours. The tips are stained from use :-)

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  5. Hi Melllisa, May I know what thread you use for this quilt? It look blended even on printed fabrics,..

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  6. I think it would take alot of practice to do this. Having done a bit of it I know it isn`t as easy as you make it seem. Sure does motive me to do more of it. Thanks.

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  7. More designs to add to my notebook - thanks!

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  8. Melissa -- thanks for the video -- I love the design and it seems straight forward! I'll have a chance to try it this fall -- can't wait!

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  9. Thanks for the tutorial. Definitely have to try this one. I love how it flows :)

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  10. I like this one. Have a quilt ready to go. Thank you !

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  11. Ingenious! Thanks so much for sharing. I can't wait to use this design. :)

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  12. This is a gorgeous design! Would you mind sharing a printable version of this design for the drawing impaired? I would love to try this on my embroidery machine with a quilt-as-you-go quilt.

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Thank you so much for your sweet comments. I just love hearing from you!!
Have a Happy Quilting Day :)

Melissa