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How do you want it quilted?

August 1, by Scarlett Burroughs. 4 Comments

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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