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Echoes & Curves Free-motion Challenge Quilting Along

Echoes & Curves Free-motion Challenge Quilting Along

6 Classes
1hr 22m

We are kicking off the Echoes and Curves Free-motion Challenge with a versatile design that is perfect for thinner borders, sashings and even irregularly shaped blocks. In this video, you’ll see how to quilt the serpentine line design, learn how to troubleshoot common serpentine line frustrations and watch as I demo the design on a sewing machine and a longarm.

Learn how to create fun variations of the serpentine line design, plus I’ll show you how to turn corners with this design. In this week’s video challenge, you’ll learn several variations of the serpentine lines. See how to turn the corner with this design, watch as I demo the design on a sewing machine and a longarm.

In this week’s challenge we are leaving the blocks behind and will be quilting Serpentine lines in the background of our quilt. Using Serpentine lines as an allover filler may seems a little far-fetched, but the truth is that it gives your quilt a gorgeous texture and helps you manage large areas.

In the last video, when we worked on the allover serpentine line design, we did just what the name implied, we quilted it allover the quilt without taking the piecing into consideration….unless it was a piece we wanted to highlight. But this week, we are going to be using the piecing as our guide to create echoes and curves.

Overview

During the series, we will be learning two contrasting designs and how to use them to show off different parts of your quilts. I will demystify the Serpentine lines design and show you how to use them to fill irregularly shaped areas, create motifs, as a background filler and more! I’ll show you how to use echoing to emphasize different sides of blocks, make bigger areas more manageable, and how to create secondary patterns with the quilting!