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Step by Step: From Doodle to Quilt

August 26, 2015

PurpleDoodleQuilt.LKennedy.TheInboxJaunt.004Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers!

Remember this doodle exercise from last Thursday?

Circle Doodles, LKennedyI couldn’t resist the question:  Can this doodle become a quilt?

I did not trace the page of doodles…the idea was enough.

Instead, I used these circle templates–purchase at an office supply store-to compose right on my fabric.

Lori Kennedy The Inbox Jaunt CirclesI stitched all of the circles in dark purple thread. Aurifil 50 wt cotton

Aurifil 50 wt cotton was perfect!

And of course, I was stitching on my domestic sewing machine–the lovely BERNINA 770QE.

Lori Kennedy The Inbox Jaunt Circles

LKennedy CirclesOnce the circles were complete, I changed to a heavier weight, white thread–Superior’s Magnifico.

Superior's Magnifico Thread

I stitched flowers into all of the circles.Lori Kennedy The Inbox Jaunt CirclesNext, I used Pixelles–from Signature–in a variegated purple to fill in between the flowers!PurpleDoodleQuilt.LKennedy.TheInboxJaunt.007

 

LKennedy.TheInboxJaunt.FMQThis was finished in a flash–because the ideas were all worked out in the DOODLING PHASE!!

To learn more about using Thread as YOUR palette-continue to follow The Inbox Jaunt…

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Also, Thank you to Paula at Sweet P Quilting and Creations for her blog post about the Craftsy Video!

Paula claims to be my #1 Fan–(but I’m taking auditions–LOL!)

MORE THAN ONE WAY TO QUILT A DOODLE

Today’s step by step of how to quilt a doodle is just ONE way this doodle could have been interpreted.

What about YOU?  Have you stitched any of your doodles?

We’d love to HEAR–and love to SEE!

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!

 

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18 responses to “Step by Step: From Doodle to Quilt”

  1. nnstitches says:
    August 26, 2015 at 7:05 am

    This project makes me want to start RIGHT NOW!!! Thanks for the inspiration and the great tutorial!

  2. elizajane120 says:
    August 26, 2015 at 7:17 am

    Amazing! It’s a work of art!

  3. Judy Buzby says:
    August 26, 2015 at 7:32 am

    Yum, yum, and yum…. I am right on it… the different types of thread really make the piece…

  4. Vivian says:
    August 26, 2015 at 7:46 am

    I’m so glad you did this! When I saw the doodle post, I did think it would make a great quilt. I want to do the same thing as a way to try out different decorative threads and thread weights. It’ll also give me more practice using a circle quilting template I have and general FMQ practice. Win, win all around!!

  5. RuthB says:
    August 26, 2015 at 8:06 am

    That looks fantastic and so much fun – thanks!

  6. Marcia R says:
    August 26, 2015 at 8:49 am

    Super idea to use circle template to mark the design!

  7. Suzy Webster says:
    August 26, 2015 at 10:51 am

    So much fun! I love doodling and it really helps my designs

  8. June Neigum says:
    August 26, 2015 at 1:51 pm

    Beautiful, I love purple. What kind of batting did you use? It pops in between the stitching of the flowers Its on my to do list..

    1. Lori Kennedy says:
      August 26, 2015 at 6:41 pm

      I used Warm and Natural cotton batting. For more pop I would recommend using a wool batting.

  9. Karen says:
    August 26, 2015 at 2:07 pm

    Just watched your Craftsy class and LOVED it! Thank you for all of the fantastic information!

    1. Lori Kennedy says:
      August 26, 2015 at 6:41 pm

      Thrilled to hear you enjoyed it! Can’t wait to see what YOU make with it!

  10. jackinka331 says:
    August 26, 2015 at 3:41 pm

    An absolutely beautiful
    If your taking nominations for #1 Fan, I’m nominating myself. 🙂
    Question. Rod hi uses Stitch Regulator to achieve the perfect uniformity of your stitches?

    1. Lori Kennedy says:
      August 26, 2015 at 6:40 pm

      The Stitch Regulator is used to achieve stitch uniformity. Is that your question?

  11. Tammie says:
    August 29, 2015 at 2:20 pm

    You make this look so doable! Wow! 🙂

    1. Lori Kennedy says:
      August 30, 2015 at 7:07 am

      It is! Give it a try!

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  13. Connie Schroeder says:
    September 16, 2015 at 8:53 pm

    Do you use you sewing machine for all designs or do you use a longarm?

    1. Lori Kennedy says:
      September 16, 2015 at 9:54 pm

      I do all of my work on a domestic sewing machine. I don’t have a long arm.

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