I’ve been looking forward to sharing this guest post from creative contributor and UK friend, Jo Westfoot from the Crafty Nomad. When I started free-motion quilting I really didnt get meandering. Jo shares some excellent tips about how to strategically plan to succeed machine quilting your quilts. (Also, you know that I love this first quilt that she shares. It might be my most favorite quilt made with Notting Hill fabric. Hey there, I’m Jo Westfoot from The Crafty Nomad. I’m a quilter, pattern designer and teacher. I love helping quilters learn new skills and improve their current ones so they see improved results and get more satisfaction from their hobby! I teach online courses on free motion quilting, foundation paper piecing, block of the month programmes. I also have an online learning membership (Quilt Hive) for quilters where I teach a whole host of different patchwork & quilting techniques. I particularly love helping people get to grips with free motion quilting so they can finish their quilts themselves. I got to know Amy earlier this year whilst I was using her fabulous Notting Hill range of fabrics to stitch up my British Sew-a-Row Jubilee quilt. Now, let me tell you a funny story about that quilt…Įarlier this year I thought it would be a good idea to enter four quilts into the Festival of Quilts competition. Did I mention only one of them was fully finished at that point! Of the other three, one was pieced ( Glitter Ball BOM quilt ), one was part pieced (Jubilee quilt) and one was simply a figment of my imagination (Kaleidobloom BOM quilt )! Crazy, right?! By the time I had finished the Glitter Ball and Kaleidobloom quilts, I had just 4 days left to finish piecing, basting, quilting and binding the British Sew-a-row Jubilee quilt. I literally had about 3 hours to quilt the quilt! I really hadn’t planned properly. I didn’t even know if I had enough thread. In my head, at the time, I was wondering if I had enough time and thread to do an all over english rose pattern. It was a safe option and I knew I wouldn’t run out of thread, and I knew I could do it fast! But you know, I could have done so much more.īut fear or running out of both got the better of me, so what did I do? Just a boring all over free motion meander. If only I had had time to plan, practise, and ensure I had all the supplies.
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