Flower of the Month-Larkspur Machine Quilting Tutorial

August 1, 2017
Larkspur, FMQ, Lori Kennedy

Good Morning, Quilters!

Can you believe it is August?!!  Time flies and summer flies faster!

Today, we are stitching the JULY flower of the month *sigh*…

If YOUR birthday was in July, Happy Birthday!

Larkspur and Water Lilies are YOUR birth flower.

(I spent most of the month working on a Water Lily. Unfortunately when in was quilted, it looked more like Pac-Man than a flower, but I’ll keep trying)

Larkspur represents strong bonds of love and a happy nature!

THE LARKSPUR MACHINE QUILTING TUTORIAL

This motif can be stitched quite large and will fill a quilt very quickly.  Use it as an All-over motif to cover an entire quilt (in lieu of stippling) or as a background motif to fill individual blocks.

Begin by stitching a sideways “V”.

Add a wide “V” Add a sideways “v” Complete the X with an upside down V.

Now you are ready to stitch the shape of the flower.  Stitch several shallow scallops around the X.Echostitch the flower 2-3 times.

Add another X anywhere along the echo stitching.Larkspur, FMQ, Lori Kennedy

To create the next flower shape, echo the line of the previous flower–this will make the flowers look clustered and over-lapping.Continue adding Xs, flowers and echostitching….

Easy!

Especially if you DOODLE FIRST!

Larkspur, FMQ, Lori KennedyAs I look at it now, it reminds me of a cotton boll too!

Hmmm….wonder if that is the flower for August or September–maybe I could say I’m ahead of schedule!

Happy as a Lark,

Lori

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9 comments

  • Kathleen Berry

    Wow! Beautiful work. And here I was out riding a bike all summer…can’t wait to get back to try this technique.

  • I really like the texture this motif gives.

  • Janaan Wortinger

    I really enjoy your doodles. I get wonderful ideas from you for my long arm quilting and I have a table topper I need to do today and I’m going to play with today’s doodle. Thank you so much. just me jan

  • Marta

    LOL… I thought cotton boll when I first saw the scallops photo! Love it.. as larks’ or ‘bolls! Down here in south GA the crepe myrtles are filled with blooms. (wanna see pac-man…!! did you rip him out? 🙂 )

  • Lori Hope

    I love the look of this one! I’ll be practicing this one for use in the near future!

  • Deb Mac

    I like this one! It would be beautiful used in place of feathers. I will certainly doodle this one.

    • K. C. Jackson

      I initially thought it looked like a cotton boll too! Thanks for the continued inspiration!

  • Cheri

    last week I finished a quilt for my granddaughter and added a border of your spiral flowers, then your trees and grass, it turned out very sweet and she loved it. This larkspur will be a nice addition to my next project. Thanks Lori!

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