The $7 Better Quilting Challenge

Today’s Topic: The $7 Better Quilting Challenge

Good Morning, Quilters!

Would YOU pay $7 to become a better quilter?

What if I told you that for just $7-and a money back guarantee-YOU could become a substantially better quilter? Would YOU join me in a 100 day challenge?

The Doodle Habit

For those of you who have followed Lori Kennedy Quilts or taken any of my classes, you know that I think doodling is one of the most important habits any free motion quilter can develop.

Doodling helps hand-eye coordination and muscle memory for quilting, but it does so much more!

Doodling also helps you:

      • determine the quilting path or the most efficient way to travel between motifs
      • play with motif combinations
      • choose the best scale or size of motif for your quilt
      • become more creative

The $7 Better Quilting Challenge

For the price of a ream of copy paper ($7) YOU can become a better quilter through doodling!

Here’s the challenge-over the next 100 days, fill a ream of paper with doodles.  When inspiration strikes-try quilting your doodles.

That’s it!  If YOU do that, I personally guarantee YOU will be a better quilter in 100 days.

That’s just 5 sheets per day–and if you miss a day–get on it! Just like laundry, if you miss a day, you have double-duty the next day!

Ground Rules

Fill the page or most of the page.

Don’t think too much–just make marks.  Scribble if you must, but keep your pen moving!

Do not judge your doodles!  This is the most important rule!

Initial and date every page.

Save EVERYTHING–even if you hate it! (We will sort later.)

Hints

Try a variety of pens, pencils to find your favorites

Don’t worry about creating continuous lines for all the doodles-we will learn more about that later.

Do not judge your doodles!  (I know I’m repeating myself!)

Not sure what to doodle? Try one of these exercises:  Best Doodle Lessons

Or type “doodle” in the search function here on LKQ.  And of course, my Free Motion Quilting books are filled with motif ideas!!

Better Quilting Through Doodling

This challenge is extremely important in your development as a quilter whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced.

Extensive doodling like this will get the ideas flowing and keep them flowing. It will allow you to break free of judgement and move into creativity.

When you work quickly and regularly you will tap into the intuitive part of your brain.

Just get your pen moving and don’t worry that you are “wasting paper”!  Think of it as a $7 investment in your quilting education.  At the end of the 100 days of doodling, we will sort the pages–then and only then–will you be allowed to toss some of the pages.

When inspiration strikes (and it will sooner or later) quilt your doodles!

Please Share

Are YOU ready to become a better quilter?

Will YOU join me in this challenge?

Do YOU have a stack of quilt sandwiches at the ready for when inspiration strikes?

We’d LOVE to hear!

Your Doodle Diva,

Loodles Loori

 

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91 responses to “The $7 Better Quilting Challenge”

  6. Ok, I’ll do it. But I’m going to see if I can find a 100 page spiral pad. I’e got pages flying everywhere in my sewing room. I have to get organized!

    1. That’s what I was thinking too. But that would be a thick pad. Several cheap spiral notebooks might work better. Easier to move around.
      Great challenge Lori, thanks.

  10. Good Day Lori,
    I’m so glad you are back 😉 I have gone through 2 plus reams of paper and so many sandwich samples. Practice makes perfect -almost.
    Loved seeing pic’s of your beautiful grandchildren. takin time w/family and self is so important.
    Glenda R.

  11. I have a question – am I doodling like I am free-motion quilting the design on the whole paper or a little bit of this and that. Sorry – Help! 🙂

  12. I’m in! I started a notebook of “Lori doodles” several years ago and had so much fun. Glad to be challenged to get back in the groove😉

  15. I accept the challenge.. I think I have the paper, I have a binder. Recovery from surgery is keeping me slowed down; perfect project to entertain me for a while…looks like for 100 days 🙂

  16. This is what I call serendipity because I have been contemplating participating in the 100 day challenge this year. I love doodling, happen to have an extra ream of copy paper, and a book. “365 Free Motion Quilting Designs” that i have been wanting to dive into for a doodling daily practice. Not only will this help with quilting, it is a great way to destress. Thanks for this challenge..

  18. My first thought was Oh no, we’re traveling soon, but read on and it’s doodling. Yeah. Can doodle anywhere! Getting the doodle paper out now!

  22. So ready to return to doodling! I am looking forward to your emails again!!.
    You are an inspiration 🙂

  27. Oh my goodness, this is phenomenal! I’ve been wanting to create my own pantographs for a while now. This sounds like exactly what I need.

  28. YES! (But I know I’ll have to cheat and skip days, leaving multiple days to accomplish at once) I don’t understand what “5 sheets of paper,” “$7” mean, and when the 100 days start. I see that I missed some recent blogposts during a bunch of calamities, so I guess I have to catch up.

    1. Lori said that a ream of paper is about seven dollars, and at five pages a day, the ream should last all year! I didn’t catch a starting time either, so looks like it’ll be today!🙂 Might be fun!

    2. Hi Donna! I love that you started with a YES!
      $7 is the price for a ream of copy paper–which is 500 sheets of paper.
      When you doodle five sheets a day for 100 days-you will fill 500 sheets of paper with doodles.
      And we start NOW! Raid your copy machine if you must!

  32. Sounds fun. I will have to think about it. I never doodle. I just sit down with a quilt, look at it and decide. I do use some sandwich things to practice a new design a bit but mostly I just go. I probably could develop new designs if I tried.

  35. I’m raring to go! I just you started a little earlier! I’m doodling to practice for a quilt I’m ready to quilt. Unfortunately, there are places where I have to make short jumps and I could certainly use your expertise in jumping around a quilt! But it will help whenever the lesson is posted.

  36. Okay, I’m not good at sticking with things like this, but I really want to improve my quilting so I’m going to challenge myself!

  43. I love the idea and the only way to improve my quilting is
    * practice – practice – practice *
    Thank you Lori 😍

  44. I would love to join your challenge and improve my quilting on my domestic machine. I have your books and have learnt a lot.

  46. The main reason why fmq seems so hard to me is that I don’t draw and I can’t visualize a design to quilt! Maybe making myself doodle with help me with the problem–I hope so!

  48. I save legal size envelopes from the mail exactly for this purpose. I have a pile of them that I need to start doodling on!

  50. I’ll do my best. I’m not the best at following through on things (trying to change) but quilting is something I really want to do. Really. I have a couple of your books and some from others too.

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