I have a customer who makes quilts for the Linus Project. She is prolific in her quilt making. It’s always a challenge to do something different on these quilts. She usually give me 4 to 6 quilts at a time. Some times I use a printed pantograph. But I usually try to use these quilts to practice some new designs, at least new to me.
A couple of years ago, I took a class with Elaine Huffman entitled ” Fabric Inspired Quilting”. Elaine showed the class how to use elements in the quilt fabric as the quilting design. I have tried that a few times. In the last batch of Linus quilts, there was a particular focus fabric that sparked my imagination. I used the flower, leave and swirl motifs to create a design. I think it came out great. I know my customer loved it.
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This is another design I was playing with. I like the way it looks. It’s a simple design but look very elegant.