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How do you want it quilted?

August 1, 2015 by Scarlett Burroughs

Quilt Pattern Catalog long arm free motionWhether you finish your quilt top at home or send it out to a professional long arm quilter, selecting the ‘right’ pattern to finish your project (stitching/quilting the three layers together) can be daunting, even for experienced quilters.

Enter Lee Cleland and Barbara Weiland, authors of the book, Quilting Makes the Quilt. I own it (bought in the 90’s), and I think you should too. Psst, in a separate post, I’m going to give away a copy to a Craft Gossip reader. But I digress. In the book, Lee, and Barbara show you 12 quilts, each one made up in the same fabric, but quilted 5 different ways. Most valuable is their discussion of each choice.

Professional longarmer, Melissa at Sew Shabby Quilting, shares with her clients a catalog of quilt designs she can use on your top. Now that’s handy for clients, and informational for us. All are free-motion style, meaning they are not programmed in the machine. Shown here, are 6 of her designs. You gotta see them all.

Click the link, Pattern Catalog, and have a look around.

{Image credit: Sew Shabby Quilting}

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Comments

  1. Kay Taylor says

    August 8, 2015 at 11:29 am

    that book looks wonderful. I haven’t seen it before It would be wonderful to win it Kay Taylor

  2. alida says

    August 8, 2015 at 4:49 pm

    I really should have seen this book before I started quilting, its excellent !

  3. CATHY MARTIN says

    April 19, 2016 at 9:06 pm

    I need this book. I always have a hard time coming up with something good.

  4. Scarlett Burroughs says

    April 21, 2016 at 7:00 am

    Same with me Cathy. We both need this book! I usually just send mine out and give general guidelines. –Scarlett

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