Do you remember when I was playing around with this design a few weeks ago? I've finally written up instructions and fabric requirements! Honestly there isn't much in the way of instructions but I've worked up layouts and fabric requirements for 6 sizes from crib to king. I've also put together 3 color palettes that I think would look great in this pattern. You can see the palettes and download the Rainbow Quilt Pattern here.
I am fortunate to be able to teach new longarm owners at The Longarm Network in Virginia. I also try to quilt at least 40 charity quilts each year from my local quilt club. I often use my quilting designs on these quilts to teach my students that they can be a good longarm quilter from the first quilt by following a path to proficiency. I show them many ways to quilt simply and easily while still creating nice designs and learning new skills. Yesterday I shared this snowball block quilt. I pondered on this quilt for several days to come up with a quilting approach. I almost settled on an all-over design but really wanted a design that would show off the blocks. Now that I'm on the new website I'm going to do a better job of creating tutorials and am going to create lots of easy/beginner longarming tutorials....starting with this one! This tutorial shows one way to quilt snowball or kaleidoscope-type blocks. It's fast and easy, a great way to build some longarm skills and it creates a great pattern on the back of the quilt. Get the tutorial here. When I moved the old blog content to this new site I got to read through some of my older tutorials. A few of them weren't nearly as clear as then needed to be. One of those was my tutorial on centering a quilt back on the longarm. I used the QOV quilt this week to take all new photos and completely rewrite it. If you are a longarm quilter I hope you will find this technique useful. Just so I don't leave you without photos. Here are the 2 quilts that forced me to figure out how to do this. You can read all about these special quilts here. These photos of the backs were taken after the quilts were quilted and bound. If you are in need of a custom dyed quilt back I can dye one for you in any color combination or pattern.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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