Good Morning, Quilters and Morel Lovers!
Yesterday we worked on a basic motif–A Mushroom for Rose.
The key to smooth quilting is to doodle the motif many, many times. The repetition creates the muscle memory required for smooth quilting, but it does much more…
It helps you create variations, and variety is what turns a basic mushroom into a magic mushroom!
If you are really creative, you may even create dancing mushrooms! Thank you, Susan for sharing this Fantasia link to mushrooms dancing to the Nutcracker Suite!
Last week we quilted a basic airplane and many of you saw the potential to change the motif to whales or fish or other things! Doodling will help you work out these ideas!
So when you can’t get to your sewing machine-Doodle!
When you are stuck in a dull meeting–Doodle!
When you are watching TV–Doodle!
YOU will be amazed at how much better your quilting will be and you will begin to create your own designs!
All good designs start with a doodle!
What about YOU?
How many times do you doodle a motif before you stitch it?
Do YOU ever try to create variations of a basic motif?
What’s YOUR favorite doodle?
We’d LOVE to hear!
Happy Quoodling (quilt+doodling)
Lori
PRE-ORDERS OF MY SECOND BOOK!
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7 comments
pat zimmerman
i just wanted to let you know that as a senior of 82 living in the forest by the canadian boarder you emails are very important to me. thank you for the bright morning messages and i look forward to seeing more. patz
Diane Watkins
I spent part of the winter away from home and my sewing machine. I had two baby quilts waiting to be quilted upon my return. I used my iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and the Procreate app to develop and practice my quilting motifs while I was away. The best part of this set up is the ability to create a fluid drawing line and to erase with two finger taps. My muscle memory was ready to go when I returned home.
Suzanne .
This is adorable and the mushrooms make me remember Fantasia too! My parents took me to see it when it first came out and I loved it. It was not appreciated back then as it should have been; it was ahead of it’s time. The dancing fairies were so beautiful and the swirls they made would make a wonderful FMQ pattern.
I saw a tutorial the other day of a paisley pattern and challenged myself to try it. I doodled it a dozen or more times before trying it on my machine. My first effort was pretty awful but the second turned out much better than I expected! Now I’m ready to use it on a quilt top I made. Thanks to you, I’ve learned learned two important lessons. 1) Doodle, doodle, doodle and doodle first and 2) ALWAYS do some warmup before working on a quilt. You’re a wonderful teacher Lori.
p.s. I’m on the east coast in Pennsylvania where winter is making it’s “last hurrah”. Out the windows the snow is coming down fast and the trees are bending in the wind. Most people will think I’m nuts but I love it – it’s so beautiful. But then, I’m retired and don’t have to go anywhere. My prayers are with all who are traveling today. May they get to and from their destinations safely.
Ann
I was doodling graffiti quilting while listening to the message in church one Sunday. After the service the man sitting behind me said, Ann, that was a very impressive doodle. So now, I realize I need to be responsible about not distracting others at inappropriate times and places.
Marilyn Heffelfinger
Please share the owl motif!
Rita S
Interesting to see your doodle of the owl along with your stitching. I need (literally) a kick to work on more than straight line quilting. I have your first book, wonderful.
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