Doodles and more
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to doodle a whole cloth quilt similar to Henry’s car and truck quilt. The first thing to decide is the compositional style. What is a Compositional Style? Basically, a composition is a way of arranging the elements (motifs). Choosing a composition simplifies our design work by…
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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to doodle simple clover leaves to add to The White Clover motif we learned this week. I LOVE everything about white clover. They remind me of summer days and I adore the sweet, fresh scent. Apparently–YOU love White Clover too! This pretty posy received thousands of…
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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to doodle fabric patterns! We all have so many fabrics we love. We can use the fabric patterns as inspirations for our doodle practice. Look at each piece of fabric carefully. Repeat the shapes, continue the lines and then continue the design with your own patterns. …
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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are doodling overlapping motifs! But first– Double Email Notifications File this under–I’d rather be quilting (in fact, I’d rather be dusting or going to the dentist, or….) A note about DOUBLE DOUBLE Eemmaaiillss! Argh! Many people have written to me about the unsubscribe button and the double email…
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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today, we are going to learn how to doodle a whimsical sheep. The sheep’s body is the perfect place to practice machine quilting motifs! And just in time for spring! (Spring?!? It snowed in Minnesota last week!) The Whimsical Sheep Doodle Start with simple shapes to create the head like…
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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to create flower doodles in our series, Better Quilting Through Doodling… But First…. Another Art Heist ! Did you see the news that a VanGogh painting was stolen from a Dutch museum last week?! The masterpiece was stolen from The Singer Laren museum. It was on…
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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to doodle in color in our ongoing series, Better Quilting Through Doodling! First–a really fabulous announcement! Bluprint is offering their entire class library FREE for two weeks! This is a great opportunity to dabble in things you’ve never tried before or take a deep dive into…
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Good Afternoon, Quilters! Today we will continue to doodle with scallops and lines. Basic shapes can be combined to create a wide range of patterns. Just keep your pencil moving! See how many different shapes and patterns you can create with scallops, tapered scallops, circles and lines. (Tutorials and ideas below.) Scallops Tapered Scallops Circles…
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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to learn how to doodle with circles and lines! Well, “learn” is a strong word for doodling….We are going to practice doodling– circles and lines are the prompt. Today, your challenge is to only use circles and lines! I often find that limiting the elements, makes…
Doodles and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today we are going to learn how to doodle circles! Of course you don’t need a lesson in how to doodle circles… Our mini-class, Better Quilting Through Doodling is not so much a series of lessons as it is a list of prompts to encourage you to doodle. Doodling helps quilters develop…
