The Christmas Rose–A Free Motion Quilt Tutorial
Good Morning, Quilters!
With just weeks to go before Christmas, today’s tutorial is a quick and easy motif to add to any Christmas quilt!
While Poinsettias, Mistletoe and Holly are all traditional Christmas flowers…
Roses always look elegant at Christmas!
THE CHRISTMAS ROSE FREE MOTION QUILT TUTORIAL
Begin by drawing a line across the fabric. The line can be straight or wavy.
Stitch a spiral along the line.
It doesn’t matter if your spiral is neat or messy–either way it will look gorgeous!
Cluster two or three spirals of different sizes together, then add a leaf or two.
A simple leaf will work great.
Continue along the drawn line, adding spirals and leaves of different sizes. It is best to avoid a pattern like three spirals, two leaves…instead keep the sizes, shapes and leaf placement random.
Perfectly Elegant…
I wonder how this would look on white fabric with red thread?
Or on linen with red and green thread?
Or on white wool—I have a piece in my sewing room….Got to go…
Don’t call me for dinner!
Lori
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Wonderful design! Right up my alley. It is so inviting.
Dec 1 banner?
Love roses–esp at Christmas! KEK
Great idea!
Oh I love this one! So pretty!
This is so pretty! Thanks, Lori. Your “stitch imagination” is incredible. Thanks for the non-stop beautiful designs.
Thank you for all your help along the way!
Love this but I love ALL your work! This is perfect for a border which I plan on using in the future…..after foot surg. Ugh!!!!!
Sorry to hear– but you still can doodle!
This is so pretty!!
Absolutely beautiful rose. So elegant. Thank you for the inspiration and the great tutorial.
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Thank you for this beautiful tutorial! I found your blog a few weeks ago, thankfully. It helped me get past fear I was experiencing about FMQ a quilt that was ready to go. My fear was that I did not have the skills to make it look perfect, even though I had done some FMQ in the past with pleasing results. So, I chose one of your tutorials and gave it a go. It looks great! Now I realize that, for me, “perfect” is not even what I like right now. I actually prefer the free-range look. And, like you say, perfect or a little messy it all looks great in the end. Thank you for liberating me and my art. ~Susan
Music to my ears! So glad you are enjoying FMQ and discovering your own brand!