Free Bird Quilting Designs

Free Bird Quilting Designs

Flowered Wreath

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This is such an easy process and yet gives such a great looking effect.

Choose your favourite fabrics.

Draw nice easy petals and leaves onto the visa flex, leaving enough room to cut around them.

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Iron the visa flex on to the wrong side of the fabric, feel free to fussy cut.

Now cut out your lovely petals and leaves.

 

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You can arrange them anyway you want but I think the easiest way is to draw a circle on to a piece of paper. Fold the paper into quarters and then eights. Lay the paper on to the middle of your fabric, I used a 100 cm square piece of fabric, I think thats about 36 inches. Now line up a petal with each mark on the paper and build from there. You can’t make a mistake, just have fun and enjoy how the fabrics work together.

 

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Once you have an idea of your placement, peel the paper off the back of each piece and iron down. I used a mini clover iron, first time I have used it and it was perfect.

 

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You can either attach the pieces by sewing down by hand, which is what I did the first time I appliquéd or sew using your machine.

 

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This time I am going to attempt to sew them down with my longarm.

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I decided to quilt this one freehand with a variegated gold thread on the longarm.

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Lots of stops and starts and threads to bury.

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Once all of the appliqué pieces were sewn down with the gold thread, I went around the pieces with a matching neutral thread.

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What happens next……….. This happened, lots of feathers and pebbles.

I had a different idea of how I wanted to quilt this one but I ran out of time to properly formulate my idea. So I ended up going with something quite straight forward and predictable.

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Quilted some feathers in the middle of the wreath and then filled it in with the pebbles and echoing.

The hint of purple light you can see in the top left corner is the black light, this makes it easier to see where I am quilting when quilting white thread on white fabric.

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And here is the middle filled in.

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Finally finished and  she doesn’t look too bad!

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Make sure if you make one you tag me on Instagram, I would love to see what you create!!

Comments

    • Hello Micelle,
      Thank you for commenting on my website.
      The flowered wreath quilt is finished now and i have updated the website with some more pics if you want to check them out!
      Carolyn

  2. Love your designs, I will try this. A great reason to cut into my KF collection. What type of fusible did you use?

    • hello Nannette,
      Thanks for commenting on my website.
      I brought the fusible from spotlight, i was really happy with it.
      make sure you send me some pics when you start yours, I would love to have a look.
      Carolyn

    • Hello Jan,
      Thank you!
      this quilt is finished now so there are more pics to check out on my website!
      Carolyn

    • Hello Gail,
      Thanks for commenting!
      So simple to make, its finished now!
      check out the new pics on my website!
      Carolyn

  5. Your work is just divine… I absolutely love them! Hopefully, one day in the not too distant future, I will make a quilt as equally stunning but I have to start practising FMQ yet… Sigh! Dream on…

    • hello Susan,
      Thanks for the compliment!
      keep practicing! this quilt is finished now, i have put some new pics on the website.
      Thanks again!
      Carolyn

  8. Spectacular! I look forward to watching your progress and thanks so much for this inspirational share!

    • Hello Pat,

      thanks for the comment!
      i have finished this quilt now so there are more pics if you want to check them out!

      Carolyn

    • Hello Clover,
      Thanks for the comment!
      You must try one, so much fun!
      make sure you send me pics when you do, i would love to have a look!
      This one is finished now so you can check out some more pics on the website.
      Carolyn

    • Hello Pauline,
      Thanks for the comment.
      So easy to make, you should try it.
      Mine is finished now so i have posted some more pictures on the website.
      Carolyn