Simple Quilting with Decorative Stitches
If you only quilt, you probably have a bunch of fancy stitches on your sewing machine that you never use. Why not use them in quilting? It’s fun to do and looks great.

If you only quilt, you probably have a bunch of fancy stitches on your sewing machine that you never use. Why not use them in quilting? It’s fun to do and looks great.

I love the colours in this table runner. I was looking in my stash for some fabrics to make a table runner and I found these two fabrics.

Simple quilting with outlines means following long lines across a quilt top or outlining large shapes. This type of quilting design works best with patterns like fence rail or log cabin that have large all-over patterns.

This quilted table runner was a quick project that I made as a gift. The soft colours blend together so there is some contrast, but no a lot.

Sometimes wavy diagonal lines are the perfect choice for finishing your quilt top. If your quilt has points that go across the quilt, but not in a perfectly straight line, these can be used as “landmarks” for stitching. Wavy random lines give a modern feel to a quilt and are easy to sew.

A big spiral (or two) is a fun quilting design. It adds a lot of interest. Often it reminds people of a record.