How Do You Draw Free-Motion Quilt Designs?
Drawing your own free-motion quilting motifs is a wonderful way to put your creative signature on your quilting work of art. You can find inspiration for your designs from the quilt itself, from nature or from the work of other quilters. By drawing patterns which you custom fit to your quilt, you can give it the perfect finishing touch. Choose a quilting motif for the open areas of your quilt. The open areas can be nonpieced blocks or the centers of pieced blocks which are large enough to require quilting–in general, spaces of more than 4 inches across need quilting. To choose an appropriate motif, look at examples at your local quilting store, in quilting books or dream up your own. Adapt your quilting motif. When drawing stitching lines for free-motion machine quilting, make them as continuous as possible to avoid breaking the thread. Your quilting will be smoother and more durable through upcoming years of use. One way to avoid starts and stops is to sew over previous stitching in
