June 13th
2006
I finally made my own quilting design
This is one of the things I’m not so good at: designing my own quilting designs. I just have a mental block or something. I don’t know why, because it really shouldn’t be that hard, should it? I’ve always edited a pre-existing quilting design if I couldn’t find one to exactly fit where it was needed (except for feather designs, which are soooo easy with the Infinite Feathers Quilting Design Template!). Today I really sat down with a blank piece of paper in front of me, and drew the design you see here, and it wasn’t even difficult. I was so excited, I decided to share it with you. Click on the quilt design to get to the full size version, and save it to your computer. Feel free to use it on your next quilt!
Maybe this is one of those things that you just have to “do.” Hopefully, this is not an anomaly, and I’ll be able to keep going and make more! I’ll be using this design on an Irish Chain Quilt (one of those UFO’s!), and that’s what it’s designed for (it fits perfectly on a Double Irish Chain quilt made with 7.5″ blocks). It is a continuous line design, as well. I’ll post a pic when I start quilting!
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January 2, 2008 at 1:43 pm
[…] What could possibly be intimidating about freezer paper? It’s something akin to writer’s block, I think. This step in the long road finds me staring at a white piece of freezer paper, seeing a hazy picture of the quilted quilt in my mind and trying to get that picture to flow through my pencil onto the paper. I’ve said before that I’m not so good at designing my own quilting patterns and I’m not much of a doodler, at least with paper and pencil. So I’m staring at a blank sheet of paper and trying to come up with the perfect design that will fit in the space just right, go with the overall look and design of the quilt, give the effect I want, and be drop-dead gorgeous at the same time. Yup, it’s a bit scary. When I said I couldn’t wait to start drawing quilting designs, I think I meant it in a sort of relative way. You can’t get to the machine quilting part unless you draw designs first. *sigh* […]
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