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Grid Designs – Level Up
Now that you know how to complete a continuous curve design, it’s time to level up our grid work. And it will be simple to do! We started with a curve, one of the five basic shapes. We can use the other four shapes using the same stitch path as we did for continuous curve. […]
Read MoreGrid Designs – Free Motion Quilting for Beginners
Recently, there was an HQ Watch and Learn Show about quilting grid designs. Wait, what? You haven’t heard about HQ Watch and Learn? Every Tuesday at noon Mountain time (2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, 11am Pacific, 7pm London, 5am Wednesday Melbourne, Australia) we present a video on our Facebook page. It’s entertaining, informative and inspirational! If […]
Read MoreGallery – Educator Challenge Quilts 2021
If you have ever been lucky enough to visit Handi Quilter, you know we have a gallery on the 2nd floor. There’s always a quilt show there! A new collection was recently hung, the 2021 Educator Challenge quilts. The Challenge A little history: most years the Handi Quilter national educators are issued a challenge of […]
Read MoreEcho Quilting Designs – Free Motion Quilting for Beginners
Building on last week’s post about echo quilting, this week we will talk about creating designs with simple shapes and echoing. Now that you’ve practiced a bit and have that skill in your toolbox. These echo quilting designs work well for both Edge-to-Edge and background fills. It just depends on how large or small you […]
Read MoreCan You Hear the Echo? Free Motion Quilting for Beginners
Another free motion skill you will want to master is echo quilting. It has so many uses! Echo quilting is uniformly distanced quilting lines that outline or echo a shape. This simple technique can have really big impact on your quilts. If you want to showcase a patch or applique or a quilting motif, echoing […]
Read MoreHappy New Year!
I want to wish each of you a happy new year! What a wonderful thought it is that some of our best quilts haven’t even happened yet. I hope some of what I write here will help you make your best quilt EVER! My wish for you ……. that your seam ripper will collect dust […]
Read MoreHappy Holidays!
I hope your holidays are filled with warmth, cheerful celebration and a little magic. The love and laughter of family and friends, good food and treasured traditions. Thanks for joining me here on the Handi Quilter blog! With warmest wishes, Mary Beth
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Free Motion Quilting for Beginners – Backtrack Spiral
Last week we got started with the spiral, hook or swirl shape. This week we will talk about another kind of spiral. I call it the backtrack spiral.
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