Good Morning, Quilters!
It’s a busy week here at The Inbox Jaunt! Tomorrow my new Craftsy video, Creating a Quilting Plan: Approaches for Any Quilt is released! Be sure to check in tomorrow for all the details!!!!
And today we have a giveaway!
I LOVE HOME BLOCK OF THE MONTH
Block 4 is available HERE from Jacquelynne Steves
Block Four is the final block. Next month we add borders and finishing touches!
While you are stitching the blocks, it is helpful to start planning how you will quilt different areas of the quilt. Each area of the quilt will need it’s own “quilting plan” including batting, thread and motifs.
WHICH MOTIFS TO CHOOSE?!
There are so many possible motifs to quilt, we need to narrow the focus.
One way to choose motifs is to stick to a theme.
For this quilt, I looked for motifs that fit our I Love Home theme like hearts and houses.
The Sweetheart Border and Row Houses are perfect for the borders. Find the Sweetheart Border HERE and the Row of Houses HERE
Both motifs can also be found in my book, Free Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3 HERE on Etsy (Personalized, signed copies make great gifts!)
To test your motifs, use a vinyl sheet and a wet erase marker.
Read HERE for more tips on this method.
OLFA GIVEAWAY!
This month’s prize is from Olfa– a cutting mat, rotary cutter, and package of Endurance blades. Olfa mats come in a variety of sizes and I have used them for more than twenty years! Thank you, Olfa for transforming quilting with rotary blades and mats and for this fabulous giveaway!
To enter, please tell us YOUR biggest quilting challenge. Is it planning the quilting, choosing the motifs, picking the right thread…or is it something else? Leave a note in the comment section by the end of the day on November 9th.
***Please note that this giveaway is open to US winners only this time, due to shipping costs.
MORE CHANCES TO WIN
There are seven other quilters participating in the I LOVE HOME project. Be sure to see their blocks and enter their giveaways for more chances to win!
- The Crafty Quilter
- The Inbox Jaunt
- Designs by Sarah J
- Farmhouse Quilts
- Penguin and Fish
- Podunk Pretties
- The Quilting Nook
- The Sewing Loft
Good Luck!
Tomorrow: Turn YOUR UFOs into completed heirloom quilts with —Creating A Quilting Plan: Approaches for Any Quilt!
Happy Stitching,
Lori
PS…All tutorials, images and information are the property of Lori Kennedy at The Inbox Jaunt and are intended for personal use only. 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!
589 comments
ADKKate
Getting the quilt sandwiched and stable is a challenge for me. Have been using some of the spray to help with this on larger pieces. Then deciding what to quilt on it that will enhance rather than detract.
Diane Callahan
Picking fabrics for a new project. I often find a quilt pattern that I love and then get stuck picking out my fabrics (not using the ones in the pattern).
worldpresscom986
I would suggest buying from a collection of fabrics. They all go together, and often you can buy precuts; charm packs, cakes, jelly rolls etc. It might be a bit more expensive, but our time is valuable, too. I am retired, but at my last job I made $11.00 an hour. If I spend an hour hemming and hawing over what fabric goes with what, I could have bought some precuts and been on my way to quilting instead of hanging out in the store.
Mary K Finn
I have pieced several quilts but have only tried free motion quilting on a few small quilted items. I think it’s the fear of ruining my pieced top with my less-than-average quilting skills that deters me from moving forward. The whole process seems a bit overwhelming as well. I definitely need a quilting plan in order to move forward with my small quilt top collection! Thanks.
Jenny Garcia
Finishing the quilts is my biggest challenge. I’m like a kid in a candy store when it comes to buying fabric and planning. I like sewing so getting the top done is usually not the hangup. But alas, the quilting and binding… With my new FMQ skills, this is becoming less and less a “thing” though. I’m very happy about that!
Wanda Calderwood
The biggest challenge I have with any quilt is finding the time to do it. I admire those that get so many done in a quick amount of time. I love quilting.
Karen
Biggest quilting challenge was designing a challenge quilt for my guild!!!
Jennifer Stewart
Cutting! I hate it
bobbiesews
My biggest problem is getting the planned quilting on the quilt without going wonky. How is this avoided. I think I’m lined up but somehow between my staring and ending I’ve gone awry. Hoping I’m not alone in this.
Pat in WNY
Choosing the best quilting design is always an issue, and in the case of an overall fmq design staying on a path that doesn’t constantly box me into a corner needing to cut thread and begin again!
Susan Shamekh
I panic when I get to the quilting part- I’m always worried I’ll ruin my project.
swakins
I am always color challenged, spend forever picking fabric and then change my mind.
Bronwyn hobson
Mine has just been quilting a king size quilt on a domestic machine. It was a Xmas block design and I had no idea how to free motion quilt it. Tried rulers but it was too heavy. Thread for ever breaking. In the end I did a different design for each block, including freemotion writing like merry Xmas, quilting trees, presents etc. Looks better on the back! Finally got it completed, washed and the die ran. 10 washes later most die took out. Hard work also when you have shoulder surgery but the free motion work turned out better than I thought when doing it. Over month to quilt it!
Thanks
cathy k
I find choosing the fabrics the hardest.
Elizabeth Porter
I would say my biggest challenge is picking the fabrics for the project.
susanstitch
My biggest challenge is pinning the quilt sandwich. I have to do it on the floor, which is bad news for ‘tricky’ knees and back!
Jan LaBeause
My challenge is always finding time! So many quilts to make … so little time!
Barbara Kaup
Planning the quilting so it is pretty much continuous is a challenge!
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Margie
Deciding on the quilting design is my biggest challenge.
Sally
Picking the motifs can be challenging. Sometimes that’s easy, but actually executing what I’ve picked is the hardest! I’ve been pushing myself on the complexity of what I think I can quilt.
Rikki Larese
I just started quilting thank goodness for how to videos. So far my biggest challenge is cutting even sides just when I think I did two sides evenly I found out I didn’t.
Anita
The title of your Crafty class is a little confusing to me. For my own clarification, the class is about planning the stitching design to do on a quilt sandwich and not planning of a piecing design to create a quilt top? Am I correct?
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It is about creating the machine quilting plan once the quilt is complete
Linda Williamson
I have a hard time deciding which quilting design to use that will compliment my pieced top/back and which color to use.
Melody Lutz
Finding enough space to layout a king size quilt for basting is my biggest *ugh* challenge. I payoff my next door neighbor with triple chip chocolate chip cookies to use his driveway, laying painter’s plastic down first.
Sandy Wenger
My biggest machine quilting challenge is trying to get a steady line without jags or other unwanted deviations.
GrrannyH
Planning the quilting. I hate it when the pattern says, “Quilt as desired.” However, with more practice at FMQ and using stencils and grids, I am getting better at planning the whole quilt.
Diane Reuter
My biggest challenge is deciding how I will Quilt it and then practicing until I can make the motif flow easily on paper. It’s a lot of fun though.
Diane Oakes
Mostly, my biggest challenge is deciding how to quilt it. Thanks for sharing with all of us.
Michele
My biggest challenge is finding time to finish the quilt. I start off at good pace then start to slack off more and more..Way to many UFO’s!!
Lisa Garrett
Free motion is my biggest challenge. I just can’t connect my brain with what my hands are doing!
Paula Hedges
I believe my most difficult, but not “only”, part of the quilting aspect is quilting sufficiently but not “over” quilting. Plus, it seems like by the time I get to the quilting stage, another project is needing my attention, so I do an all over edge to edge and tell myself at least it is another one done. Mantra for next year – “slow down and enjoy the process”.
knittingdancer
choosing the right color of fabric for a certain pattern is my biggest challenge.
Patty
My biggest problem is deciding what project I want to work on. I have so many things I want to do.
BEVERLY L AGUILAR
I think my biggest problem is lack of confidence. I KNOW I can do it but I don’t FEEL I can do it when I sit down to start. Therefore I end up doing simple quilting. I really want to get more confident to try better motives.
Terri Williams
Quilting is a challenge for me overall as I am must learning. I’ve done small projects and am working towards the ‘quilt’. I love what I do. Quilting has opened a whole new world for me.
Regina DeCapite
My biggest challenge is deciding how to quilt it and then tracing the pattern or marking it. Thanks for all you do for us!
Barbara
I’ve been really afraid to true your beautiful designs and tutorials. This pattern group has made me a try all.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Susan L.
My biggest quilting challenge is definitely the planning part, but all the other things you listed are really close behind. I much prefer to take my quilts to my quilter, but it is unrealistic to have them all done on a longarm.
Rochelle Summers
My biggest challenge is not losing focus part way through the project, usually at the point where it is time to put rows together, add borders, pick backing, get to the quilting. Thanks for the opportunity.
Robin Wright
I never knew there were so many different threads. I have a very hard time choosing one.
Carolyn Wilson
My biggest problem us that I am new to quilting and attempting my first piece– encouragement please!
Ann
I find planning the quilting and choosing the motifs both very challenging. There are so many choices.
Maureen P.
My biggest quilting challenge is keeping all the designs the same size!
Judy
My biggest challenge is cutting all the pieces (tedious) and choosing which motifs to quilt.
Sandy N
Coming up with a plan for the quilting is the hardest part for me. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
barbara woods
i love doing fm for my quilts
Judy Buzby
My biggest problem is getting started… I have tons of fabric that I just love but find it difficult to cut into it… or even find a pattern that will do it justice. would love to win your give away… bon chance!
Joni Keskey
My biggest challenge is finding the time !
Sue singer
I have trouble keeping stitches even. Love the “s”quilting design. I think I might be able to do it.
Angela Bowling
Picking out fabric is so very hard for me. I can pick 2 fabrics that go together well but when it comes to 3 or more, I am lost. That is why I like scrappy quilts so much. Everything with a scrappy quilt is so wild and chaotic. Makes it so much easier for me.
Kay McClain
My biggest challenge is finishing. I have too many ideas.
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