If you like the pattern but it does
not fit the areas…
CHANGE IT!
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• Even spacing
• Patterns flow
• Good angles
• Forms a great secondary pattern
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• Even spacing
• Rule of thumb is your thumb
• Mind large open spaces or plain fabrics
• Make pattern more prominent in “open”
or light spaces
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• Pattern Flows
• Easy to quilt
• Size of design works in space
• Use 45 ̊ angles, 60 ̊, 90 ̊, 180 ̊,
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• If it does not fit . . .
• Change area
• Change size
• Change angles
• Adapt the pattern
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• Each pattern has it’s own
• Rhythm
• Spacing
• Motifs
• Adapt the pattern
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Stuck in a rut?
You want this……
but your brain sees this!
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Stuck in a rut?
You want this……
but your brain sees this!
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• The Language of Quilting™
• All patterns break down into the 5
Basic Shapes, even your signature.
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• The Language of Quilting™• Read the pattern
• Focus on the needle/where you want to go
• Make each shape one stroke
• Count for consistency
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• The Language of Quilting™• Use for textures and fillers
• With border patterns
• Large meanders
• Fill in awkward areas
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• The Language of Quilting™
• Build in “WIGGLE ROOM”
• Put in a “ringer” before you need it
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• The Language of Quilting™
• Build in “WIGGLE ROOM”
• Put in a “ringer” before you need it
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• Use Asymmetrical Designs
• Same space, different shapes
• Use centered motifs
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Thank you so much for taking the class…Quilt Happy
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