Did you buy your candy for Halloween Trick or Treat yet? Only days left…
Perhaps you might snatch a few pieces for inspiration for today’s tutorial: Sweet Candy!
THE SWEET CANDY FREE MOTION QUILT TUTORIAL
Begin by drawing two lines or “rails”…just to keep things tidy. In the practice piece below, the lines are two inches apart.
Begin stitching inside the drawn lines. Stitch a rounded rectangle.
Stitch around the corner and sew a squiggly line.
Stitch out from the squiggly line to create a triangle. A wavy triangle is best.
Stitch into the triangle. Then stitch two long loops. Stitch out of the triangle under the squiggly lines and into the rectangle.
Stitch along the length of the rectangle, curve back and forth and stop on the outer right edge of the rectangle.
Repeat the squiggly line, the wavy triangle and the loops inside the triangle.
Then stitch out and under the piece of candy.
SWEET! The first piece of candy is ready to EAT!
For the next piece…stitch a spiral…
Be creative, fill the basic candy shape with any decorative stitches.
OR …change the shape of the candy...
Also, use this pattern as an All-over motif by adjusting the lines connecting the candy.
Remember, it’s YOUR candy—YOU get to choose!
(Tootsie Rolls— for ME!)
May YOUR stitches be sweet,
Lori
NOTE-This tutorial was stitched on Robert Kaufman’s Kona cotton with Sulky 40 wt Rayon on top and Aurifil 50 wt cotton in the bobbin -Topstitch 90 needle -on my Bernina 150 without a stitch regulator. (The Bernina 150 is a standard, domestic sewing machine.)
PS…All tutorials, information and images are the property of Lori Kennedy at The Inbox Jaunt and are intended for personal use only. Feel free to share with attribution to The Inbox Jaunt. For all other purposes, please contact me at lckennedy@hotmail.com. Thanks!