QUILTsocial | Issue 11

Adding interest with linear quilting
Feels bitter sweet: it’s nice to finish the
quilt but the fun is over?
I started and finished quilting the quilt,
so that I could show you the results. As
you’ll see, it’s very linear. This is a style
of quilting that is very popular with
modern quilters.
My first step was to stitch in the ditch
along every previously sewn seam in the
half log cabin blocks.
Using the edge of my quilting foot as a
guide, I followed the first seam and then
repeated the same steps over and over,
sewing parallel lines.
that isn’t so linear
In the quilt’s large negative space, the quilting lines go in 2 directions. I did this to add
more visual interest to the quilt.
TIP The easy way to sew lines going in 2 different directions is to use the seam
between blocks as a pivot point.
Quilt along every seam of the half log cabin blocks.
I kept sewing parallel lines until the very
large negative space was filled along
with the half of each log cabin block that
had negative space.
Use a seam as a turning point to pivot direction when quilting.
I marked a very thin diagonal line in the
half log cabin blocks section. I then used
the line as a pivot point where there are
no seams to use for this purpose.
Following the seams and pivoting
once at the line will give make nice,
sharp corners.
As in the larger negative spaces, I also
used the edge of the walking foot as my
guide to make the parallel lines.
Mark a thin line where your pivot point should be.
Interest and movement are added to
the quilt through the use of multi-directional quilting lines. With all these tips, you’re
now ready to quilt your own modern masterpiece quilt.
Use edge of your quilting foot to make nice
parallel quilting lines.
Pivot 90° on the line.
Parallel lines are also sewn in the half log cabin
portion of the quilt’s block.
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