In the meantime, here are a few tidbits of information about one of the cute projects shown on the MBS post.
Pretty in Pink - Grunge was created using acrylic templates to guide a special free motion quilting foot on my domestic machine.
If you've not tried quilting with templates or rulers, you're missing out on a great creative avenue.
Consider learning the basics of ruler work by taking a class at your local shop, viewing online *free* YouTube clips and/or jumping on-board with a Crafsty class or two (see suggestions below).
I so enjoy stitching these lightly spaced feathers and tendrils inspired by Bethanne Nemesh -- a variation of "Nemeshing".
To enter the giveaway, leave me a comment telling me which project you like best on the Moda Bake Shop Basics post.
Jump over, read the reviews, check out the trailers and get on-board with one of these great classes.
Of course, if you have the opportunity to take a class in your local shop or at a show -- I ALWAYS recommend doing that first or in-addition-to an online course.
I enjoyed.reading your free motion tips that you published today. I especially appreciated your detailed information I Am just venturing into free motion quilting and find the tension issue to be standing in the way of my being able to improve. The tips on having your machine flush with the table makes a lot of sense and is probably another reason I'm struggling but when I see pieces of work like your small pink quilt I think it's worth trying to figure out. Thanks for sharing.
Your Redbird and Berries Mini quilt just can't be beat. I love it every time I see it. Thanks for a chance to win those rulers.
I just love the Family Tree Envelope Pillow. And your fast feathers and swirls are wonderful! There is so much to learn from your MBS post, I'll have to go through it a bunch of times. Thanks for sharing!
All of the work was beautiful and the information was great. I am looking forward to the next installment. I am particularly interested in ruler work on my domestic so I have to go with Chevron with a Twist. Hoping you'll be in Texas sometime!
They are all gorgeous but the Redbird and berries has caught my eye ever since I first saw it. On my want to do list for a while now!
How do I just pick one favorite on Moda…? The Chevron with a Twist is gorgeous, the Hearts Content Decorative Pillow would make a great gift for my mom or anyone! Love them all!
Si am a moda bake shop follower that found you here I love the red bird and berries. And I can not wait for the rest of your free motion series. Thanks for the chance to win. Drhodes9@cox.net.
I really enjoyed your recipe on Moda Bakeshop today and loved every quilted piece you shared. I especially liked the first pink piece because of how the quilting was the star. Thanks for the inspiration and great instruction...now I just need a bit more practice and I will be off and running!
The Redbirds has always been a favorite of mine but I especially liked the feather galaxy today. It was really helpful reading those tips. I didn't know there were special feet for using the rulers. Very helpful tips. Thanks.
The Moda recipe was a great tutorial of the basics, always good the review the basics! I liked everything I've seen of your work. It's gorgeous quilting! Now I have a new inspiration to work toward! The rulers would be a great help too.
Karen, your work is stunning as usual! There's nothing I DON'T love! From your signature Redbird to the gorgeous Feather Garden Lattice, everything you do is just beautiful! Great "lesson" on Bake Shop, will be using repeatedly! lstangl482 at aol dot com
Pick one?? Love the pillow, just beautiful! Love the chevron twist quilt, and the center of chevron shuffle. Your quilting is beautiful and very inspiring! Please continue to share.
It is so hard to choose a favorite because they are all so beautiful!! However, if I had to pick one it would be the bright pink sample "Ruler Work with Free Flowing Flowers" because feathers have always been a favorite of mine and ruler work is something I have long wanted to do. I just can't imagine being able to do that, but hopefully this old dog can learn a new trick!! Love all your work and thank you for so generously sharing your tips with us.
Love getting your blog on email. Body position, that's probably my biggest problem, thanks for the tips. Would love to see a video on those free form feathers & try rulers!
I like Feather Galaxy and Pretty in Pink. I need to try wool batting. The feathers look so pretty with that. Thanks for the info.
Your quilting is amazing! I love them all but having to choose one is so hard. Your Cone Flower needle appliqué is gorgeous. I love the feathers placement. Thanks for the tips. I've never used rulers before and would love to give it a go after seeing your beautiful designs.
I really like wholecloth quilts, and my favorite is Feather Galaxy, though Pretty in Pink is a close second!
I still love your redbird and berries quilt the best - It draws me back every time. thank you for sharing such wonderful tips and tricks
I love the redbird and berries. I'm drawn to them for winter quilts. Your tips are wonderful and now bookmarked!
I have always loved the redbird and berries, but also very fond of the hearts content pillow. Decisions, decisions. . . :-) Thanks for all you share with us. robinsheloratearthlinkdotnet
I. Am. So. Jealous. I love all of the projects you shared with us. Sigh, I just need to practice, practice, practice. Thanks for the giveaway!
You are so very talented. Love them all; but if I had to chose just one it would be the Cone Flower Needle Applique. Your work is remarkable. Thanks for the give-away.
Great post on the Bakeshop! I looking forward to the next chapter. My favorite project is the Heart's Content pillow.
Honestly - I liked the Chevron Shuffle! the colors and the stitching! I also used your link to 'grab' a class, too! I can use *all* the help I can get in learning more about FMQing! I'd love to win the rulers - that would give me additional challenge! Thanks for all your inspiration! :-)
I like them all...if I have to pick one then I probably go for the Feathered Garden Lattice. Lovely FMQ. Great post, enjoyed looking at all of them.
I think my heart skipped a beat when I saw Heart's Content Decorative Pillow! How I adore that pillow and would love to be able to make one like it! Such a beauty.
This is the post on Facebook where I shared your blog post. Your work is beautiful! https://www.facebook.com/?_rdr=p
Chevron with a twist caught my eye. I love how you quilted that one. Thank-you for the opportunity to win the rulers also
I too am absolutely crazy in love with the Heart's Content Pillow. I am trying to figure out how I am going to save this wonderful Moda Bake Shop post. I have already shared it and will leave another comment about that. I just save too much stuff and I don't want this to get lost in all of that, ha ha.
Posted on my FB time line - Marti Morgan - pinned it to my Pininterest page and bookmarked the site. Gosh I want to do this so badly!!!
I love all your work including the recent Pretty in Pink in Grunge, Chevron Shuffle, and Simply Spring Fleur. Your quilting on a domestic machine is beautiful and inspiring. I haven't tried template or ruler work yet. My struggles with tension, needle, etc. are discouraging then I go to your blog and website and feeling positive again.
Your Moda Bakeshop post was very helpful. I am not fearless when it comes to fmq on my home machine but have tried something new with each quilt I make. None of my work is "professional" looking but it's all mine and full of love. I especially liked your very little bird piece. I could see many quilting possibilities for a quilt that size! I may start a tryptic today!
I have been FMQing for many years but was just reminded of several things that I should pay more attention to. I have been tempted to buy the rulers but just can't do it yet. Love your work.
I love your Redbird and Berries. It's what caught my eye when I started following you. Your quilting is amazing!
I really enjoyed your Moda Bake Shop post today Karen! You definitely shared great information for free motion quilting! Beautiful quilt!
Although I love cardinals, your Feathered Galaxy just sings for me. I see ocean waves rushing up on the beach at Sanabel Island in that piece and part of it is the fabric color. Thanks for all the tutorials you do!
Such beautiful quilting! My favourite would have to be Feather Galaxy, although it was a tough choice! Thank you for all the inspiration!
I love the beautiful quilting. I just can't seem to get the hang of machine quilting. I so want to learn this but time and maybe patience plays a big part. I will keep trying. The pink grunge piece is beautiful, I wish I could take one of your classes. Going to be in St Louis anytime soon?
I love the doodles and the chevron shuffle, they are both sastify my need for contemporary and classic combined perfectly!
My favorite is the Hearts Content pillow...but I love seeing all your free motion and ruler work! Hoping to take a class from you in the future....I don't have the hang of domestic machine quilting yet...but you inspire me!
Well, I knew choosing a favorite was going to be near impossible, because I follow everything you do and always love it! However, your Hearts Content Pillow is quite magnificent and looks like something I could actually make! Karen, thanks for this opportunity. Kristy aka quilterkg
Your quilting is amazing! I really want to leant FMQ using my home machine. Thank you for all your tips and information. I love everything! I think the Red Bird and the Cone Flowers are my top two.
It was so difficult to choose a favorite: each was more stunning than the last. I guess I would have to say the Coneflower was perhaps that teeny-tiny more breathtaking! Thanks for the chance!
I love Red Bird and Berries but I also love Coneflower!!! Your creations are beautiful and your tips have been very helpful!! Thanks!!
To be honest, your Redbird and berries is what caught my eye from the very beginning and why I started following you! It's still my #1 favorite because my younger brother, who is handicapped loves everything Cardinals....including the St Louis variety! Lol it always reminds me of David! ❤ stunning work!💕💕💕💕
Thank you for the opportunity to win the templates! So excited about this giveaway and the possibility of creating beautiful quilts with them by using your courses! ❤❤
Those QP rulers have been on my wish list for many many months now. It's hard to decide thread or rulers. Well you have to quilt so you need thread first. Rulers still on wish list
So many beautiful quilts to choose from but I do love birds so I would have to pick Red Bird and berries mini quilt. Thanks for the giveaway!
Absolutely love the Red Bird and Berries. Your blog is so informative. I just love it! avollm @ fuse.net
I have always loved your Simple Spring Fleur. The piecing as well as the quilting was beautiful. I would also love to see a tutorial on your free feathers and how you fill in odd shaped spaces with those. I would also love to win the quilting templates from Linda. You have taught me so much since I started following you. Thank you for all you do!
The feathered borders on your garden quilt are spectacular. I have never tried rulers and think I will try the class by Angela so thank you for the discount. You are generous to share your knowledge and talent
Hey Karen, I follow you on IG--your quilting is very inspiring, as is your enthusiasm! My favorite piece on the Moda post is the red cardinal, I know you do that one a lot. I have the QP curves, but no straight rulers. Thanks for the contest.
The Chevron Shuffle is amazing! I'm pretty good at stippling, but really need to expand my abilities and these rulers would go a long way to helping me do that. Thanks for a great giveaway!
I have been following on Instagram, you have been very inspiring for my own doodle time and quilting those doodles. I would love to be able to add some ruler work to that. I will have to say that A Quilter’s Doodles with Needle & Thread are my favorite. It brings out the quilter's creative side and personality more I think.
Although I've long been enamored of your Red Bird & Berries quilting project, I really liked the Feather Galaxy with circles on the aqua Grunge pictured in your Bake Shop FMQ Basics posting.
your quilting is gorgeous, my favorite project is Chevron Shuffle because i think it is something a beginner like me could do
I love the whole cloth quilting and all your tips. You are so great about sharing all your design techniques.
I really like the red bird and berries. When I was a child, we lived in Houston, Texas. We had a bird feeder and watched many families of cardinals at the feeder. ljbisme at msn dot com
I love the pillow tutorial. I've even made one and it turned out great. I will be sharing your giveaway on Facebook.
My fav is probably the cone flowers because I love cone flowers in all shapes, sizes, and mediums, LOL. But then my eye caught the chevron shuffle, hmmmmm. A new favorite? Do I really have to pick just one?
Karen....all of your quilts on the blog are exceptionally stunning, but I am particularly drawn to the chevron with a twist.....I have a chevron quilt on my "to do" list as well as some applique and this ties the 2 together so beautifully....thanks for the inspiration!!!
Oh my gosh how do I choose!!! Cone Flower fell in love with and attended your class for needle turn .. the Chevron with a twist the wonderful flowers I remember being in awe then after the trunk show how to make them! Every creation you do is so unique and inspirational. I really can't pick one with all the feathers and other free motion designs that leads me to thank you so so much for the class I attended for FMQ you are the BEST instructor as before then I had never quilted. Thanks again for all the tips and tricks.
Well, this is like answering 'which of your children do you like best?'!!!!! Your designs are wonderful and the quilting exquisite, and you know I have used your family tree pillow in wall hanging variations, but I am a bit partial to cardinals so lean towards the Redbird and Berries mini-quilt. You are a continual inspiration and generous to share so abundantly. Thank you! Ruth from Michigan
Like them all but the Redbird & Berries mini is my favorite. You are such an inspiration and if I will practice more, I will get better. Someday I hope to get to the ruler stage! Thanks sew much! Diane
The really mini red bird and berries is overall favorite quilt. I love all the FMQ. You make look easy. Like I could do it. Thank you for your tutorials. I am posting you on my fb page.
I love the fact that you offered a FMQ along for 2016 and I'm going to go back and work through it. I hope you'll do another one in 2017. You really have a gift for teaching!
I love all the quilts you share here and at Moda Bake Shop but the the coneflowers quilt is calling my name.
I have to say "Chevron with a Twist" has to be my favourite as it is this quilt that I first found you Karen.
Well, it was a hard choice. I just love that Heart's Content Decorative Pillow though so it wins first place IMHO! The Redbird & Berries mini was spectacular too, I must say.
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