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Free motion Quilting - Maple Leave Runner

13/12/2014

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I took the Craftsy course Continuous Line Quilting by Ann Peterson.  I decided to try my new skills on this Maple Leaves Runner quilt. 

This course has excellent information one how to free motion quilt without having to mark your quilting lines.

A pattern is available for this quilt in my online store.

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I first stitch in the ditch between all the blocks.  Next I stitched in the ditch between the inner border and background.  Next I stitched in the ditch between the inner and outer border.

Then I free motion stitch around each of the leaves.

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I used a freemotion leaf for the plain blocks.  I stitched the leaf and then stitch the stem so I ended at the end of the leaf so I could start the next leaf.  I did find that I got cornered and could not always get easily to the next free space. 

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Next time I would sometimes just stitch a partial stem so I would end up at the start of the leaf and then stitch to the next space.

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This leaf freemotion technique worked really well in the border.  It was easy to stitch the leaf and stitch the stem to get to the next leaf.  I drew a few leaves to start with however I found that I didn't need to do that.

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For the corners, I tried to end the leaf end in the center of the corner so that I could turn the quilt and start the next leaf.

I was very happy with the border.  The plain block needs some practice to adapt this leaf quilting pattern.

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    I am the owner of Castilleja Cotton, a quilt pattern design company that has been in business since 1993.  The company has over 600 patterns most of which are design for the novice quilter. For older blogs, click here.

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