We are back to walking foot quilting with another fun machine quilting video tutorial for you to watch. Check out Diagonal Crosshatch and Irregular Crosshatch. Click the image below to watch and let me know which design you prefer!
It’s one thing to practice your designs on small samples, but you really get the hang of things when quilting them on a real, full sized quilt. I’ve been having fun putting together all sorts of fun kits from my fabrics I’ve designed. I often make the same quilt more than once, just to try out different machine quilting plans.
Have you been watching my free series of domestic machine quilting videos? New episodes drop each week and you can watch them anytime, on your own schedule for FREE! This week I have 2 for you to catch up on. First of all, learn how to quilt fun free-motion wavy lines. They are fast and easy to stitch! Check it out below:
If you want to take your quilting up a notch, stitch this design in both directions and it becomes an interesting, organic wavy grid! You can stitch this as an edge to edge design, or in smaller areas of your quilt wherever you want to add texture. Watch and learn below:
Grab My Book and Follow Along!
All of these designs can be found in my Book, 99 Machine Quilting Designs. The digital download includes images of each design, diagrams and step by step instructions showing how to quilt each design.
Grab Some Scrap Fabric to Make Practice Sandwiches!
As a fabric designer, I love coming out with fun new fabric collections for you to play with. However, to keep things fresh, I’m clearing out the old to make way for the new! Be sure to check out my current clearance section to grab a great deal on yardage and bundles. These are great to use for quilting practice!!
My goodness summer is already flying by! I’ve had a banner year of teaching domestic machine quilting so far in 2025 and I plan to continue a robust travel schedule into 2026 and beyond. So with that said, here are highlights of the big events coming up this fall and next spring. Be sure to click the links below each event to register or get more details. They sell out quickly!
American Quilters Society – Lancaster, PA Sept 10-13, 2025
Registration is open for members of AQS, with a discount on all workshops! General registration opens to the public June 17, 2025 for any workshops that are not yet sold out. Below is my schedule of events at a glance:
International Quilt Festival – Houston, TX Oct 6-12, 2025
Registration is open now for this event. It will be extra special for me to attend this year because I have a couple of quilts hanging in the show!! Check out my full schedule of events below:
This is truly one of my favorite events of the year. If you love modern quilts, and haven’t attended yet, this needs to be on your bucket list!! Check out my lineup below:
Thurs 2/19/26 – 1:30-4:30 PM Quilting Between the Lines
Thurs 2/19/26 – 6-9 PM Free-Motion Improv
Fri 2/20/26 – 1-2 PM Modern Machine Quilting Lecture
Sat 2/21/26 – 9-12 PM If You Can Sketch It, You Can Stitch It (Option A)
Sat 2/21/26 – 1:30-4:30 PM If You Can Sketch It, You Can Stitch It (Option B)
Click here for the interactive catalog. You can filter by day or by instructor. Member registration opens August 20th at 9 AM Central Time and workshops sell out right away.
Empty Spools at Asilomar, CA – March 1-6, 2026
This event is going to be epic. You’ll be spending entire time with me quilting a real, full sized quilt. This is the most comprehensive, intensive class I offer, and I promise we will be besties at the end of the week. Make plans to attend because this is definitely a destination retreat!
Today I’m playing catchup with 2 new videos from my 99 Machine Quilting Designs series. These are free videos I’m sharing each and every week, from my book of the same name. I like to teach a variety of walking foot AND free motion designs to make the best use of your home sewing machine! First, check out this fun pebbles variation called Cobblestones:
This is a dense design that I would use sparingly, and it looks great as a background fill surrounding other, less dense designs.
Walking Foot Wonders
If walking foot quilting is more your thing, be sure to catch Episode 18 where I show how to turn simple straight lines into a stunning grid. You can be precise or random with it, and both variations are fun to do! Watch and learn below:
New Quilt Kits Galore!
I’ve recently added lots of new quilt kits to my shop, all made from fabrics I’ve designed. You can grab the Color Weave quilt kit featured in the video above as well as many others all made from fabrics I’ve designed.
If you are a new follower of my machine quilting videos, be sure to watch this bonus video showing how I set up my machine and prepare for domestic machine quilting. It serves as the introduction to my 99 Machine Quilting video series and is like the cliff notes version of my in-person workshops!
We are making some changes around here (all good I promise) so I really need to clear out some of my older fabric lines, like ASAP! I’ve just reduced all clearance fabrics by the yard to just $7.95!! This is a great time to stock your stash with borders, backings and lots of gorgeous color. Hurry though, because these are all out or print, so once they are gone they’re gone forever!
In addition to my sale fabric by the yard, I also have a few too many bolts of this fun rainbow fabric, so when you purchase them in 5 yard increments for $35, you’ll save even more!
Stock up on 10 inch Layer Cakes, 2 1/2″ precut jelly roll strips, or 5″ charm packs. This includes everything from my oldest fabric lines, while they last!!
Multiple yards of the same print will be cut continuously. Sale prices not valid on prior purchases. Flat rate shipping via USPS to the US. International shipping is available and recipient pays all customs fees.
My latest episode of 99 Machine Quilting Designs covers three variations of one of my staple designs: Pebbles. This is one of my favorite designs to use in my quilts, as it’s easy to quilt once you get the hang of it and endlessly versatile. Check out the video below if you want to give it a try:
Featured Quilt: Beaded Lanterns
This week’s featured quilt comes from one of my free quilt patterns, titled “Beaded Lanterns.” I originally made it in solid fabrics to really show off my free motion quilting. I quilted pebbles in the background which really gave this piece so much texture!
I’ve updated the pattern to feature my newest fabric, Dazzle Dots 2. And the best part is, it includes the step-by-step quilting plan showing how you can combine pebbles with loopy L’s for amazing results!
While supplies last, I’m offering 3 variations of this kit with 3 different background fabrics. Which background do you prefer – Tan, White, or Ice?
Tired of stitching in the ditch? Try out these three variations of straight line quilting from my youtube series, 99 Machine Quilting Designs! Don’t be deceived by their simplicity–these designs are easy to stitch with a Walking Foot but they add a lot of complexity to your quilt. Check out how to do it below:
Featured Quilt: Rain
The quilt behind me in the video is titled “Rain, from my first book, Machine Quilting With Style. This book includes 12 quilt patterns as well as how-to instructions on how to quilt them! You can purchase the PDF version or a physical copy from my online store.
I also feature “Geese in the Garden,” a versatile quilt that can be done in a variety of sizes and colors. You get the pattern on my Etsy shop as a PDF or a physical copy on my online store. Try making and quilting this quilt with straight lines, or any of the 99 Designs we’ve gone over in the series so far. The possibilities are endless!!
This week for 99 Machine Quilting Designs I’m showing how to free-motion quilt a dense design called Leaves. Take a look by clicking below:
Watch the Entire Series over on My YouTube Channel!
Each week when I share a new video tutorial, it gets added to my playlist. As you can see, I’ve shared 14 videos so far, and there will be 60 of them in all. Click below to start at the beginning and watch them all in order. The videos will stay up indefinitely so you can watch the over and over again, as much as you want!
I’m so excited to check something off of my bucket list! I’ve been wanting to teach at Empty Spools Seminars in Asilomar, CA for as long as I’ve been a quilter and 2026 will finally be the year, whoo hoo!!
Normally when I travel and teach I give a one hour lecture and 1-2 days of machine quilting workshops. I love it, but all we have time for in that short period of time is to quilt out a bunch of practice samples. I also discuss how students can apply what they’ve learned to an actual quilt but of course, they’ll need to go home and do that on their own time.
Well, I’m bursting with excitement to let you know that my week long workshop at Empty Spools takes it to the next level. In this class, you’ll get to bring in a real, basted quilt (or 2) and learn how to actually quilt it all week in class! We will go through a series of exercises to get you comfortable with the process and then I’ll guide you step-by-step to quilt and finish your own quilt. Won’t that be fun??
Take a look below at the schedule for the week. Click on the image to enlarge it if needed:
I will be teaching this in-depth workshop, called “Quilt That Quilt!” during Session 1 which runs from Sunday, March 1 through Friday, March 6 of 2026. This gives you plenty of time to gather supplies and make arrangements for your visit. Registration includes alls meals and you can either stay on campus, or make your own accommodations.
Click the image below to enlarge for details on costs:
This workshop/retreat is a chance for you to go through the entire process of making a quilt from start to finish. Once you sign up, I’ll be in touch with students so that they can prepare a quilt of their choice so it’s all ready to quilt once they arrive to class next year. I can’t wait to see what quilts students choose to make, and I’m so excited to help them experience the joy of making their own quilts.
This is a big event and commitment but I promise its worth it to set aside the time and money to attend. Do you have any questions? Please leave them in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer them ASAP!
Want to see how I actually apply my quilting designs to a “real” quilt? Check out this week’s bonus video, tutorial, where I show you how I quilt two different designs on two different versions on the same quilt:
Get the Surplus Strips Quilt Kit!
Interested in making these quilts yourself? You can grab quilt kits with either the light or dark background. This quilt is made from my Dazzle Dots 2 fabric, which is also available in my online shop in both precuts and yardage.
Already have fabric? Click here to purchase the pattern for Surplus Strips! A PDF version is also available!
And just in case you’d like to make something completely different from Dazzle Dots 2, here’s a little eye candy for you. The soft pastels are perfect for a spring-time quilt!
Christa Quilts 