We’re back to walking-foot quilting this week with another decorative stitch design! This time, I’ll teach you how to quilt a round spiral. If you need a refresher on how to stitch the straight-line version, refer all the way back to episode 24. It will go over all the steps needed to start a spiral on your domestic machine. If you want to learn more, click on the video below:

Optical Illusion Quilt Pattern

This week’s featured quilt is called Optical Illusion. The pattern is inspired by a real life parallel line optical illusion. Yes, that’s right, the lines in between the black and white blocks are actually straight! To achieve this you just need dark and light colored fabric, with a middle value in between them. I’ve provided a link below to the pattern, so you can make the quilt yourself!

Click Here to Grab the Optical Illusion Pattern PDF

Grab The Optical Illusion Quilt Kit

If you want to try quilting decorative spirals on a full-sized quilt, check out the quilt kit for Optical Illusion! The kit includes everything you need to make the B/W version of the quilt with fabrics from one of my fabric collections. Check out the link below:

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I haven’t actually quilted decorative round spiral on a full-sized quilt yet, but I use the straight-line version on this quilt. Since you can stitch any straight-line quilting with a decorative stitch, you can use the same quilting plan shown in the pattern.

Bonus Video – Setting Yourself Up for Machine Quilting Success

If you missed the start of this series – don’t worry. I’ve made an introduction video that goes over how to set up your machine and the basics of walking foot and free motion quilting. If you want to get started, check out this video for machine quilting success!

In this week’s episode of 99 Machine Quilting Designs, we’re bringing back swirls with a modified, or “squished” spiral that resembles a woodgrain texture. Refer back to episode 25 for how to quilt a basic swirl design. This might be a helpful refresher, since squished spirals is basically just a variation on this design. It’s a great way to add realistic texture to your quilt, so check out the video below if you want to learn more:

Get the Swanky Spirals Quilt Pattern

This week’s featured quilt is a fun, modern improv quilt called Swanky Spirals. I use this quilt as a design “sampler,” as I’ve quilted every design from 99 Designs on it! As you can see, it’s a versatile pattern that can be quilted with virtually any design you can think of!

Click Here to Grab the Swanky Spirals Quilt Pattern PDF

In this detail closeup, you can see where I quilted Squished Spirals. Since I’m using gray thread on gray fabric, the quilting blends right in.

The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting

Another quilt I’ve done a woodgrain texture on is called Choosing Colors. This quilt comes from one of my books, The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting. If you want to pick up the PDF version of this book, check out the link below

Click Here to Grab the PDF of The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting

Bonus Video – Free Motion Quilting Swanky Spirals

Want to learn more about how to quilt Swanky Spirals? I’ve included an in-depth tutorial on how I quilted it. This video also includes a bunch of tips and tricks for this particular pattern, so if you want to try making Swanky Spirals I highly recommend you check out this video to get yourself started.

P.S – Let me know what you think!

I always love getting feedback from my viewers. If you have any questions about the 99 Design series, leave a comment on any of my videos, I’ll be sure to answer!

For this week’s episode of 99 Designs, I have a very dense motif that works well to make a quilt more modern. As the design is rows and rows of little bricks, it could also work well to add realistic texture to a landscape or art quilt. To learn how to quilt this design, check out the video below:

Interlinked Quilt Pattern

The sample quilt used in the video is called Interlinked. It’s one of the quilts I’ve made several different variations of, from one that uses a monochromatic color scheme to one that uses a vibrant and saturated palette. Any choice of fabric will work! I also quilted it using a different but related design to Bricks, so even though it’s not exactly what’s shown in this week’s tutorial, the techniques used are the same. If you want to try out this quilt for yourself, be sure to grab my quilt pattern!

• Click Here to Grab the Interlinked Quilt Pattern PDF

Here’s a detail shot showing off the custom quilting of the colorful version of Interlinked. And since I’m using gray thread on busy gray fabric, you can see how it blends in and you can hardly notice any mistakes. Instead, you can only see the delicious texture!

Bonus Video – How to Machine Quilt a King Sized Quilt

In addition to the pattern, I’ve provided a longer tutorial that teaches you how to quilt Interlinked. It’s a great in-depth guide that really breaks everything down step by step, in case you need some extra tips. You can do a quilt this large with just your domestic machine. Also, if you want to quilt a different design from what is shown in the video, you can chose any design from this series to incorporate into the quilting plan. What will you quilt?

If you remember shattered lines all the way back in episode 7? We’re bringing it back this week and teaching you how to do a version with decorative stitching! Like all decorative stitch designs, you can change which settings you use for endless combinations and variety. Check out the video below to learn more:

Shattered Lines on Little Man’s Fancy

In the video I showed you how I quilted regular shattered lines on Little Man’s Fancy. This quilt actually comes from the first book I ever wrote, Machine Quilting With Style. It’s also the first time I quilted shattered lines on a full-sized quilt! If you want to learn how to make this quilt, check out the link below to get the PDF for Machine Quilting With Style:

Click Here to Grab the Machine Quilting With Style PDF

Here’s a closeup of the quilting. You can use decorative stitch shattered lines or any of the variants of this design on this quilt.

Bonus Video – How to Machine Quilt Shattered Lines on Bling

Another quilt I’ve stitched this design on is Bling. Like Little Man’s Fancy, you can replace the regular shattered lines with decorative stitching ones to give it a more elegant and traditional look. I’ve provided a tutorial below that gives an in-depth explanation on how I made this quilt from start to finish:

Grab the Bling Quilt Kit

Want to try making this quilt yourself? You can pick up a kit of the latest version of this quilt on my shop. Let me know how you chose to quilt it!

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I hope you enjoyed this week’s video! Join us next week for another machine quilting tutorial!

In this week’s tutorial, I’m continuing with more densely textured free motion quilting designs: Rainbows and Crescents. If you like last week’s tutorial, these two designs use the same concept. They are also very similar, so try quilting them together as part of the same motif. Check it out below!

The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting

The quilt featured in this tutorial is Quattrefoil, from my book The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting. Both Rainbows and Crescents are featured in this quilt, as I made to be a “sampler” quilt with many different designs. If you want to practice these designs on a real quilt, and learn how to make Quattrefoil or any of the other ten quilt patterns featured in this book, check out the link below

Click Here to Grab The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting PDF

In this detail shot, you can see where I quilted Rainbows (plus a few other designs from the rest of my 99 Videos series). On my Quattrefoil quilt, instead of using contrasting thread, I’m using a pink thread on dark pink fabric, which causes the stitches to blend in more and mistakes aren’t as noticeable. I think it shows off more of the wonderful texture of the quilting!

Bonus Video – Setting Yourself Up for Machine Quilting Success

Getting into this series a little bit later? If you missed the first few episodes, make sure to check out this introductory video I made at the beginning of the series that goes over preparing your samples and setting up your machine for both walking foot and free motion quilting.

If you have any questions for me, always feel free to leave a comment or what you think of the series so far!

We’re back to free-motion quilting this week with two dense designs that will add lots of texture to a full-sized quilt: Echoed Hearts and Geometrics. If you want to learn more about these designs, click on the video below.

Try these designs on Surplus Strips!

Want to try one or both of these designs on a real quilt? Check out Surplus Strips, a beginner-friendly design made from just one Jelly Roll and background fabric. You can get the kit (while supplies last) or pattern below. You can also take a look at all my Jelly Rolls to assemble your own custom kit.

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• Click Here to grab the Surplus Strips Quilt Pattern – PDF Download
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Here’s a detail shot of two different quilting designs used on this quilt. I love making different iterations of my quilts, as I’ve actually made Surplus Strips four times! There are endless opportunities to vary this quilt from fabric choice to what designs you quilt on it.

Bonus Video – Free Motion Quilting on Surplus Strips

This is a how-to video on how I quilted different dense FMQ designs on Surplus Strips. If you want a deep dive into making the quilting plan for this quilt, check out the video below.

I hope you’re enjoying this series! Leave a comment to let me know what you think!

This week we are practicing more decorative stitches with our walking foot. Any traditional “straight line” design be modified for this technique. Watch and learn below:

Quilt This Design on a Real Quilt!

Practice quilting decorative stitches on Ticker Tape! I have several colorways of this kit available (while supplies last). It’s made from one jelly roll of Dazzle Dots with a colorful background.

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Click Here to grab the Ticker Tape Quilt Pattern – PDF Download

I even used decorative stitches on the binding, too! It’s a fast way to finish and the binding stitches become part of the overall quilting design. I love paring decorative stitches with other walking foot designs like wavy lines.

Bonus Video – Watch Me Quilt 2 Versions of Ticker Tape

I put together a video showing how I quilted two different colorways of Ticker Tape. I will usually make the same quilt more than once, just to try out different machine quilting ideas.

Here’s my recoloring of Ticker Tape in 4 different colorways. Which is your fave??
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