quilting motifs based on applique designs

Jeparit Jewels 9, 10 from Virtual Quilter

I looked and looked for several minutes until I worked out what was different about the first design.

Finally worked out. It has 36 blocks … an even number across and vertically … something I rarely do in real or virtual designs.

I left my favourite until last today!

There is space for 25 applique blocks, but I left four of them blank for the quilting to shine, though there is a lot of space in the applique blocks in this design for the quilting to show.

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Quilting Thread and Beads 31, 32 from Virtual Quilter

The first design is neat and tidy, and rather pretty. I have used a multi coloured fabric for the beads, but they could be several different fabrics, scraps … or carefully selected combination of colours and prints.

This is one of my favourite project files … one of many to be honest … but it has been unopened for over a year.

There are over 300 block designs in the file, but only 40 quilt designs, but now that I have it open there just might be a few added in the near future … probably before you see these two.

The second design ...

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Fiddlebobs OP 25, 26 from Virtual Quilter

There are some intriguing little variations of the basic block in the first design today, which I created to echo what happened when half of one of the blocks disappeared when added to the filler blocks around the blocks set on point.

The second design looks very busy, partly caused by the quilting motifs which would be more discreetly coloured in a real quilt.

Lots of fiddly applique in this project file, so I am glad we have fusible webbing and sewing machines, unlike when I started … we did have sewing machines, but many of us had yet to update ...

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Aunt Annie’s Album 7, 8 from Virtual Quilter

There are some weird and wonderful shapes in this project file, which makes it easy to design some very different applique designs and quilting motifs.

I like the second design, but my favourite is the first one.

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Amazing Asters 7, 8 from Virtual Quilter

Very pretty, but it would be pretty time consuming to do the applique!

My favourite today is the second design, but it would also take a lot of time to make.

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Petal Power 15, 16 from Virtual Quilter

Very formal and very pretty!

The second one is also very pretty, and it is my favourite for today.

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Di’s Dream Time 9, 10 from Virtual Quilter

Very pretty!

The second design is also very interesting … and I love the colours and I know my Mum would have liked them too.

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Textile Inspirations 27, 28 from Virtual Quilter

Very nice, with space to be quilted with a motif based on some of the blocks in the project file.

I like the second design, which has a little less space for quilting, but I like the small applique designs on some of the blocks.

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Red and White Applique 9, 10 from Virtual Quilter

Choose any two colours and these designs would look great, but I think red and white might be the most stunning combination.

I cannot choose a favourite today … I like them both!

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Black on Gold 1, 2 from Virtual Quilter

Take a plain sheet, use it as the top layer of a quilt sandwich, pick a contrast thread and start quilting. The blank areas in the designs in this project file I would fill with a background filler such as stippling.

I started this project file ages ago, but it went into hiding on my computer, but now it has been found I am playing with the block designs and adding more quilt designs.

I love the second design, but would add cross hatch as the background filler in this design.

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Quilting Block by Block 3, 4 from Virtual Quilter

Love it!!!

Needs a little background filler in a thread to match the background.

I like the second design, but it is boring compared to the first design above.

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Virtual Wholecloth 10, 11, 12 from Virtual Quilter

I like quilting to have feature shapes in a design, with boring fill in patterns to fill the background, similar to the way pieced and applique designs are usually separated by a contrast background fabric.

The background filler in the second deign I would do with a thread matching the background, while the more decorative shapes would be in a contrast colour.

The design above is the last in this project series which was started a long time ago, and one day I should make myself start a new, and better, project with the same theme.

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EQ Dozen + Quilting 27, 28 from Virtual Quilter

Very interesting!

I would be tempted to embroider the quilting designs, but either leaving it as quilted or embroidered I would do background quilting in a thread to match the background.

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A Class of Their Own 9, 10 from Virtual Quilter

This project file started when I was teaching a small group some tricks to designing quilts in Electric Quilt quite a few years ago, using blocks from the EQ Library, but making changes to them to fit better into a design.

This colour collection sets a happy mood for me. Perhaps it is the combination of my Mums favourite colour, purple, Dad’s favourite colour green, and the gold of crops ready to reap so all the bills could be paid over the next year.

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Annie Clover Quilted 31, 32 from Virtual Quilter

I love the first design!

The quilting as shown I would do in a contrast colour, but I would add some fillers in a colour to match the background.

The second design appeals to me too, but nowhere as much as the first.

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Ferns and Flora 29, 30 from Virtual Quilter

Dainty!

Still dainty, but with heavier borders. This is the one I would make for our bed … if we didn’t already have three queen size quilts.

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Jamestown Jewels 7, 8 from Virtual Quilter

Very pretty!

I love the colours in this project … and they are in a lot of other projects in my Electric Quilt files.

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A Spoonful of Sugar 19, 20 from Virtual Quilter

The designs in this project file are very feminine ,and very pretty.

By the way, the spoon which inspired this series of designs is the spoon which is in my coffee jar, the one I use to add sugar to my coffee every morning.

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Black and Gold Petals 11, 12 from Virtual Quilter

Nine applique blocks plus lots and lots of quilting.

I like the second one … a bit more applique, less quilting.

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Virtual Wholecloth Sirius 25, 26 from Virtual Quilter

I would be happy to see either of today’s designs on our bed, but the chances of that happening is very low … too many UFOs in storage!

Mmm! Might be happier to see the second design than the first, but only slightly.

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