Step by Step: From Doodle to Quilt
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers!
Remember this doodle exercise from last Thursday?
I 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.
I stitched all of the circles in dark purple thread. 
Aurifil 50 wt cotton was perfect!
And of course, I was stitching on my domestic sewing machine–the lovely BERNINA 770QE.
Once the circles were complete, I changed to a heavier weight, white thread–Superior’s Magnifico.
I stitched flowers into all of the circles.
Next, I used Pixelles–from Signature–in a variegated purple to fill in between the flowers!
This was finished in a flash–because the ideas were all worked out in the DOODLING PHASE!!
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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
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This project makes me want to start RIGHT NOW!!! Thanks for the inspiration and the great tutorial!
Amazing! It’s a work of art!
Yum, yum, and yum…. I am right on it… the different types of thread really make the piece…
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!!
That looks fantastic and so much fun – thanks!
Super idea to use circle template to mark the design!
So much fun! I love doodling and it really helps my designs
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..
I used Warm and Natural cotton batting. For more pop I would recommend using a wool batting.
Just watched your Craftsy class and LOVED it! Thank you for all of the fantastic information!
Thrilled to hear you enjoyed it! Can’t wait to see what YOU make with it!
An absolutely beautiful
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Question. Rod hi uses Stitch Regulator to achieve the perfect uniformity of your stitches?
The Stitch Regulator is used to achieve stitch uniformity. Is that your question?
You make this look so doable! Wow! 🙂
It is! Give it a try!
Do you use you sewing machine for all designs or do you use a longarm?
I do all of my work on a domestic sewing machine. I don’t have a long arm.