How to Quilt Twisted Loops-with Jana Malanikova

February 25, 2020
Good Morning, Quilters!

Today we are going to learn how to quilt Twisted Loops!

It is a real treat to showcase the extremely talented quilter and seamstress Jana Malanikova from the Czech Republic! Jana has several sewing machines, but she does a lot of her free motion quilting on a treadle sewing machine! I first “met” Jana on Instagram.  She tagged me when she used a few of my motifs in her quilts.  It is so inspiring to see free motion quilts on a treadle sewing machine.

See Jana free motion quilting on her treadmill machine HERE.

It is not the machine–it’s the determination of the quilter!!!!

In the quilt shown here, Jana used my tutorial for The Square Flower (Page 96 of Free Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3)

 

When Jana is not quilting, she loves to hike the mountains near her home and she stops to knit or crochet!

Read more about Jana here

How to Quilt Twisted Loops

Begin by stitching a straight line with a small loop.

Stitch along the straight line 2-3 stitches, and closely echo stitch the loop and the line.

Stitch over 2-3 small stitches and echo stitch the shape.  Jana notes that you need to pause as you are stitching whenever you change direction.  This allows the sewing machine to complete a full stitch.

Continue echo stitching the shape several times.

Stitch anywhere along the line to begin a new loop with echo stitching.

Connect several twisted loops to create a background fill design!

Gorgeous!

Notice how Jana filled in the edges and any open areas with echo stitched circles or straight lines.  Use partial patterns to fill in smaller areas.

Doodle first!

Doodling will help you understand the pattern before you begin stitching and work out any “kinks”.   While the pattern is fairly straightforward, doodling first will help you work out where to create additional loops and how to fill in the small spaces.  You can overstitch any line to move to a new area.

One of the keys to this motif is keeping the spacing between the lines uniform.

 

Thank you, Jana!

The best part of the internet is making friends from all over the world!  I am so grateful to have met Jana–and so many of YOU!

Let’s all give Jana a big “thank you” for this fabulous tutorial. Be sure to follow her:

 blogspot here and

Jana on Instagram!

Happy Twisted Quilting,

Your Twisted Sisters,

Lori and Jana

PS…All tutorials, images and information found here are the property of Jana Malanikova  and Lori Kennedy Quilts and are intended for personal use only. Feel free to re-blog, pin or share with attribution to Jana or Lori.  For all other purposes, please contact me at Lori@LoriKennedyQuilts.com.  Thank you!

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