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!
590 comments
D. White
My biggest challenge is picking fabrics to use in my quilts, I just can’t seem to use my stash (which is very large). Just can’t make a decision on fabrics………..
Janet Sabol
My biggest challenge is deciding what to do for the quilting. When I finally sit down to do it, I love it. Of course, I’m not doing much free motion yet because I haven’t practiced enough.
suzanne guthrie
my usual challenge is deciding on a quilting pattern, and then staying focused on what I’m doing instead of planning the next project!
EllenB
My biggest challenge is starting too many projects! I’m a tool junkie and have to try all the new designs and patterns that come along.
Carol W
My biggest challenge is time!
Lillian K (TX)
My biggest challenge is managing the large size of my quilt on my Bernina B880.
juliaetta
Oh, Lori, my biggest challenge is ME! I get frustrated because my fmq doesn’t stack up to yours! But…I am BEGINNING to breathe and allow myself to make loads of mistakes. Hey! I use to tell my students that the only people who don’t make mistakes are dead. I’m here to tell you, I’m very MUCH alive! LOL
Carol Betts
My biggest challenge is always choosing the quilting pattern. I need a quilt whisperer.
Heidi
My biggest challenge is deciding what to make in first place. There are so many creative and beautiful patterns and techniques it can be hard to commit to a just one!
Cindy P.
I guess my biggest challenge is being afraid to “mess up”the quilt with my beginner skills of free motion Quilting.
Lori M
My biggest challenge is how to choose a quilting design.. I am still in the practice & practice some more stage of FMO..giggle.. It still seems to be a HUGE challenge for me :/
Jerri Pool
My biggest challenge is deciding what to quilt on a quilt.
Joanne
My biggest challenge was to embroider the Wilderness Wildlife quilt blocks from Lunch box quilts, then putting it together and quilting it. I am so proud I finished it and it looks soooo good!!
ScrappyCat
My biggest quilting challenge is just deciding what to quilt.
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Paula
My biggest challenge is deciding how to quilt the quilt. I’ve been piecing for many years, and can do some basic quilting designs, but I’d love to be more creative. Thanks for the giveaway!
Deborah Moore
My biggest challenge is squaring up the quilt and making my fmq look good but I’ve only made a few quilts. So now I’ve cut a ton of squares and am determined to make a bunch of fast quilts so I can work on my fmq. Thank you SO MUCH Lori for giving me the courage to even try!!!!
cactusshack
My biggest challenge is finishing quilting a quilt that needs repetitive quilting as I get bored doing the same thing over and over and over…
Michele Breault
My biggest challenge is quilting smoothly. I am a new longarm quilter and it isn’t pretty.
Maryln
Always challenged on selecting the proper quilt motif for the quilt. It takes longer to do that than making the top and quilting the darn thing. Very frustrating. I have at least a dozen books and go through all of them before coming up with a design. I have found the biggest help is going to quilt shows and photographing the quilting and going back and looking at those pics for ideas.
Tonie Peterson
machine quilting and the decisions on designs… need more practice for sure…..
susan
My biggest challenge is deciding how to quilt my finished tops.
Aileen Kline
My biggest challenge is Fear of messing up a quilt I worked so hard to piece. So I am making small wall art to practice on.
Aileen in FL
Faith Creech
Getting my points accurat!
Jean Ruter
It seems I get hung up choosing designs for the quilting. I usually end up doing some type of all over continuous design. I have several projects ready to quilt, but I go back to finishing more tops as I am confident with that part of the process
Becky
My biggest challenge is mixing up designs instead of repeating the same old ones.
Meriul
My quilting challenge is deciding on motifs and where to place them on the quilt.
Bette
My biggest quilting challenge is lack of confidence! I know how I want my quilt motifs to look, but I’m always worried that my skills just won’t measure up. I never feel like I’ve practiced enough before I start on my actual quilt. Usually I do ok, but it takes me forever to actually get those quilt “sandwiches” to the sewing machine.
Kay
My biggest challenge is trying to decide how to quilt the quilt!
Fran Johnson-Gregory
My biggest challenge is starting too many quilts. I have spent 2017 finishing WIP’s and not starting too many new projects.
Linda Fleming
My problem is synchronizing the speed of the stitching with the movement of the fabric…
Lynn
I’m still challenged with choosing the right mitif(s) for my quilts. It takes me a long time after finishing the top.
carol
My biggest challenge the last few years is starting too many block quilt along. I wanted to do everything. I got overwhelmed and didn’t get anything accomplished.
Karen Ishii
Mu biggest challenge is picking the motif, but I am always happy with the one I picked, after i am done with it.
Heather
My biggest challenge is having a ton of unfinished or some are even unstarted projects. I have a hard time staying motivated to finish a project.
Doni boyd
Lately it has been deadlines raining down on my. When I get overwhelmed I’m usually found on the couch under a quilt reading fiction!! Not a great coping mechanism!! -doni @ Oregon coast
Joellyn P.
Definitely planning the quilting is the biggest challenge for me.
Denise S
My biggest challenge is stuffing an 80″ wide quilt through the 7″ harp on my sewing machine.
Sue
I love all the parts of quilt making, enjoy the challenge of all of them
Laura P in NH
My biggest challenge is to make time for designing my own quilt top designs.
Pamela Jeffries
My biggest challenge is quilting bed size quilts on my small domestic sewing machine.
Pattie Swan
My biggest challenge is making the quilt sandwich.
Marie Peters
My biggest challenge is selecting an appropriate design for my quilt and following through to the end. I have way too many UFO’s. Am really trying to tackle them.
Wendy
Oh my….I would have to say that it is completing a project in a timely manner.
Carol Fleming
My biggest challenge after finally getting the quilt pieced, is to get up the nerve to FMQ it. You have given us so many tools to use, but I still lack confidence. I tend to do something easy or familiar to me rather than branch out to your amazing designs. I will keep practicing.
Karen Friedrichs
Hi Lori, My challenge is how to quilt a top and the best thread to use.
Susan Cohen-Pessah
Hi Lori! My biggest challenge is Quilting the quilt. I have a larger throat on my machine but it’s still too hard. I’ll quilt straight lines just because it’s easier. I would love to see a you tube video with you Quilting on your home machine and NOT STRUGGLING!!!
Sara Byman
My biggest challenge after finding time to finish a quilt is finding the time to practice new free motion designs. I end up doing the same patterns that I can do easily. I have Lori’s Craftsy Class and I have been doing a little better. I would like to try her new one, too!
Louise Haddon
My biggest problem is planning the quilting.
Carole Diehl
My biggest challenge is assembling the blocks into a finished top. I love doing blocks but dislike handling the bulk of doing rows and adding borders. Once the top is assembled, I enjoy the quilting process but I have many projects that have stalled in the block stage.
Pam Peterson
My challenge is trying to figure out what to quilt on a quilt top – and actually executing it! I’m new to quilting my tops (thanks to you, I’ve gotten up the courage to try!) so it’s all still tough!
Vicki
My biggest challenge is deciding what to quilt where and then to actually DO the quilting! And I’m only the quilter, my Mom and sister make the tops.
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