Doodle Lesson-Large Scale Motifs

16 responses to “Doodle Lesson-Large Scale Motifs”

1. I have a pad of graph paper for a flipchart. We use it on a annual quilt retreats and I wanted to hang it to keep it neat. I put two cup hooks on the back of a door. I’m going to try your doodles today. Great idea!
   My friend and I bought a sitdown longarm together. I still FMQ on my regular sewing machine, but it is a lot easier on the big one. I can see how big doodles would translate easily.

2. congratulations on your new machine!!! I had a sit down for several years, but found that I am just not strong enough to quilt a king sized quilt on it……! So I have upgraded to a new long arm…… now my goal is to quilt all those large ufos in my cabinet…..but practice for a while will come first. If you did not already, get the extensions for the table, and enjoy that machine. that larger space just makes life so easy……!

3. This is quite timely for me. I have a customer quilt to do where she has provided me with a photo of the quilting she wants done! The motifs are ones I’ve done separately but I need to practice the transition areas! I have a roll of newsprint and it will fit the bill wonderfully for my “doodle pad”! I had thought to use my white board to practice but the newsprint will work much better.

4. I misunderstood at first glance. Going “large” seemed to mean a leaf would be 8 or
   12 or even 16 inches big or whatever !! I kept reading and see what you meant.
   Our butcher uses lots of white paper to wrap meat after he has used another thin type paper that wraps the meat. I wash the big paper and iron it and love it to draw on.

5. I get giant post-it notes – 2′ x 3′ – from Amazon for work. I also use them for large doodling, too. Nice thing about them is they will stick to the wall without damaging it (unlike some types of tape), and the aspect ratio is close enough to a quilt that I can lay out an entire design on one sheet, at a much larger scale than a notepad. Not terribly expensive, either.

6. The large paper is a good idea. I want to quilt larger motifs on my quilts and this will help.

7. I love this idea! I also really love the random flowers and petal motifs you added. Really spices things up! Thanks for the inspiration!

8. Hi Lori,

   I have a quick question, can coat and clark 30 wt thread work for fmq in the top and bobbin? or would you prefer to use Isacord. just wondering. thanks

   1. Glenda, I recently quilted a top with coats and Clark 30 wt, used the same in the bobbin. It worked out great. My machine is a Janome 6600. Hope this helps. Debbie

      1. my problem is I have a JUKI 2010 (3 yrs) still have problems when moving (larger quilts) when pulling the material towards me, my thread shreds and breaks every time even w/Isacord, so frustrated. just purchased a Janome 8200 QCP, it will arrive next week hope that solves all my problems (2000.00 later) thanks Debbie

9. No worries Lori, they transfer quite well to larger sizes on the sitdown machines. Loving the combo designs.

10. This was a great post for me. FMG on my domestic machine just doesn’t look good enough for me but I have found that FMQ on a longarm with stitch regulation looks really nice. I tend to quilt large motifs because the quilts are large but I have not tried the honeycomb. I tend to doodle a lot and sometimes I just go for it without practicing on the domestic before renting the longarm. I try to increase the complexity of the quilt design every time I rent and I’ll add this design to my list. Thank you.

11. Gosh, I’m exhausted after so much exercise! Thanks Coach Lori !

12. Will have to try this I find quilting large very difficult everything goes wonky and my stitches get larger.

13. Hey, youngster! How do you even know about Jack LaLane? Thank you for a nice chuckle. 😊

    1. My thoughts exactly. I watched him in my early 20’s and I’m late 70’s now.