Free Bird Quilting Designs

Free Bird Quilting Designs

Tula ‘Ring of Flowers’ Quilt

by

I first got the idea for this quilting design when I saw my daughters henna designs on her hand and wrist.

I very quickly, one afternoon, made the quilt top choosing Tula Pinks fabric because I thought it gave the same look as the one I was trying to create with this quilting pattern.

I made the petals and circles and ironed them to the fabric with visa flex.
I chose to sew them to the quilt top with the longarm saving precious time.
I decided to double batt this quilt using 2 layers of Hobbs Batting 80/20 in black and used Aurifil Mako 50 2625.
IMG_0698
IMG_0652

IMG_0677

IMG_0679

IMG_0817

IMG_0813

IMG_1040

IMG_1046

IMG_1056

IMG_1074

Comments

  1. This is very cool. I too have been feeling inspired by henna, but have yet to translate it to fabric. Thanks for sharing, you do amazing work!

    ~Brandy

  4. Omg….absolutely magnificent….u hope to one day get to this range of talent…my free hand motion is not the best

    • Thanks Barbi, it’s really just practice, keep practising and you will definitely see an improvement, good luck.

  5. The quilting is awesome, and so are your color and design choices. For the color and design did you have an inspiration piece?

    • Hello Lori, not really a lot of planning went into this one, it was a very quick quilt so I could practice my quilting.

  7. Your lay out colors and quilting are beautiful.Thank you for sharing with the world.
    Janice Kellogg

    • Hello Dawn,

      I tend to double batt my own quilts to give them extra puff.
      Most of the time I use the Hobbs 80/20 on the bottom and there wool on top!