Good Morning, Quilters!
If it weren’t for the Evergreens, Minnesota’s landscape would be pretty bleak by now…
So let’s celebrate their faithfulness with a Tuesday Tutorial!
These motifs are Easy and have Modern flair–but don’t hesitate to use them on any quilt-Modern or Traditional.
THE EVERGREEN-A FREE MOTION QUILT TUTORIAL
Begin by drawing two straight lines 3-1/2 inches apart.
If you would like a snow drift look, re-draw the lines with slight curves. (Drawing the straight lines first, help keep everything look orderly.)
Begin stitching on the bottom line. Stitch a little snow drift, (along the drawn line) then stitch a straight line trunk.
Stitch to the left to create the bottom and then angle up to create the top of the tree.
Mirror the left side of the tree, creating a narrow trunk. stitch along the bottom line and begin another tree. Try to tuck some of the trees under the tree before it to create a more interesting look…
Make some of the trees small and others tall. Don’t worry if the trunk isn’t directly in the center of the triangle.
Continue stitching the entire row. Easy!
This looks great (very Modern)…
If you like, take a second pass of stitching: Echo stitch each tree, adding a star on top.
Create an Evergreen with boughs by stitching a straight trunk, then adding a swooping line:
Swoop (is that a word?) back and forth two or three more times to create the left side of the tree.
Stitch the mirror image to complete the tree.
Echo stitch the trees–
Don’t limit yourself to stars–add a variety of “tree toppers”!
Wouldn’t a few trees look great on a mug rug or pincushion? Great gifts!
“Not only green in summer’s heat, but also winter’s snow and sleet…
O Tannenebaum, O Tannebaum,
Of all the trees most lovely.”
Signed,
Johnny Spruceseed,
aka-LCK
PS…All tutorials, images and information are the property of Lori Kennedy at The Inbox Jaunt and are intended for personal use. Feel free to re-blog, pin or share with attribution to The Inbox Jaunt. For all other purposes, please contact me at lckennedy@hotmail.com. Thanks!
25 comments
Sue
Hi Lori, I am a long-time hand quilter and just started FMQ ( I need a loooooot more practice!) Your designs are beautiful, thank you! Glad I found your blog 🙂
Happy Holidays from Ohio
Bernie
This is adorable. Thanks so much for all of your tutorials.
Teri Coha
Such cute trees. Will have to try and incorporate into my Christmas quilt.
Carole @ From My Carolina Home
Your creativity in creating new shapes to quilt never ceases to completely amaze me!!
Leslie Schmidt
Very cute. I love the little swirls at the top.
Karen
I look forward to your tutorials and check out your site every time I get on the computer. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY IN SHARING. I have noticed that merchants that share seem to be much more happy themselves. We have a garden merchant by the name of Prairie Peddlar in Odebolt, IA. She has always shared so much with fellow gardeners and has an interesting place to visit – FREE!
Kathe
Hi Lori- I love your tutorials! Makes me think I could almost do them. (I know, you have to practice, practice, practice.) I was wondering if there’s any way you could make your tutorials more printer friendly? I am always printing out the pictures and instructions for my notebook of ideas.
Linda Fleming
These are beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
Галина
Лори, я в восторге от вашего энтузиазма!
Lori Kennedy
Thank you!
irsister7
So pretty! Happy Thanksgiving to my “Quilting Sisters” wherever they celebrate Thanksgiving. Although Scottish and don’t celebrate that holiday, we celebrate St Andrew’s Day (the patron saint of Scotland), but I still give thanks for discovering quilting, even at retirement age. Iappreciate so much people like you Lori, who share their talent so that we can all learn from you.
Anna
✂️✂️✂️
Dreamer
Question for you… If you’ve finished a quilt and do’t like the quilting (in this case a queen size with a simple meander quilting stitch), can you go back and fix it without removing all the quilt stitches? I should never have given it this particular long-armer.
Lori Kennedy
If the quilting is done with very fine thread-it will just provide background texture and then you can use a heavier weight thread to quilt over with different patterns or motifs.
That said, I would carefully consider whether it might be wiser to just chalk it up to experience and move on to the next quilt…time better spent?
Dreamer
Thank you!
Dreamer
Sincerely, Thank you.
Shirley M
Cute, cute, cute….. Perfect idea for my table runner.. Thanks Lori.
Brenda
fun! I’m going to try these.
Terri
Love it! Great for borders in Christmas themed quilts!!
Donna
This is definitely one of my favorites!! Really enjoy my morning “fix” with you.
Trish
I love this one. I’ve been practicing your tutorials lately and I agree, doodling first is such an important step – it really gets you in the groove of the motion. Thanks for your tutes! Happy Thanksgiving – gobble gobble.
Ness
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Carolyn Wainscott
love this tutorial, thank you
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