QUILTsocial Issue 14

Wall quilt tutorial: decorative stitches and curved
piecing, let’s do it!
In this feature, I'm doing some fusible applique to create
a leaf design wall quilt using a few more of the many
decorative stitches available on this machine.
I used some scraps of Banyan Batiks by Northcott that I
had left over from previous QUILTsocial posts for my
leaves. I like batiks because I’ll do raw-edge applique
and the edges won’t fray. I used 5 different blacks for the
background (using up scraps again!) but you could use all
the same fabric if you wish.
Brother Luminaire Innov-ís XP1 machine and fabric for the Leaf wall quilt
Just recently, I introduced you to the new Brother Luminaire
sewing and embroidery machine and showed you how to
use decorative stitching, along with the projector feature,
to make a table runner and some placemats. You can find
all the instructions in my post, StitchVision on the Luminaire
for visible decorative stitch placement.
Here’s what you need to get started
• 5 strips cut 1½” – 3” wide and 8” – 10” long (you’ll be cutting
more strips later)
• ¾ yd [0.7m] for sashing, border and binding
• 2⁄3 yd [0.6m] black for backgrounds or a variety of black
scraps
• 1 piece of template plastic, 8½” x 11”
• 3 pieces of light-weight fusible web, 8½” x 11”
cutting instructions
• Lay 5 or 6 strips of varying widths on the cutting table.
• Using a rotary cutter, cut a gentle, curvy line on one side
of the 2nd strip.
Table runner with decorative stitching done using the StitchVision on the Brother
Luminaire machine.
Strips cut 1½” – 3'' wide
6 QUILTsocial | issue 14
Photos by Jean Boyd