#OCEAN WAVES QUILT TUTORIAL FREE#
If you are working on an Independence Day project…you might like the Swirling Stars free motion quilt pattern–one of my favorites! Now it’s YOUR turn… Practice doodling this free motion quilt pattern until you are comfortable with it on paper– Note how the “tucked” in tails look better–no overlapped stitches.
THE KEY to this motif is to avoid overlapping stitches–Overlapping stitches look messy–See below: Messy–overlapped stitches Swirl down to the bottom “rail” and begin the next Wave.įor each additional Wave-tuck the “tail” of the Wave into the previous wave–without touching the curved line…see photo below. Stitch very close, but not right into the previous stitches. Stitch right to the top line and then around to the center of the swirl. Stop here, then begin echo-stitching back around the curve… Next, echo stitch the first line, ending just above the first stitches. Stitch a long tail sweeping up – above the middle line and curve around TO the middle line. (More on marking tools on Thursday…)īegin stitching near the bottom “rail”. Though the patterns are similar, learning to free motion quilt the two patterns requires separate practice–īegin by drawing three lines or “rails” equidistant apart– In the sample below, the drawn lines are 1/2 inch apart. The Wave is the mirror image twin of The Wind–a free motion quilt tutorial we worked on last year… Today’s free motion quilt tutorial has us swirling and twirling on the high seas… My guess is that my new-found love for triangles is largely to blame (the Accuquilt is absolutely aces for half-square triangles.Surf’s Up! It’s time to ride The Wave. At market, I met some of the lovely people of Accuquilt, who both knew who I was (this always surprises me when it happens) and had noticed via Instagram that I seemed to have a Accuquilt (a telltale sign is the missing corners on half-square triangles–see below) and wanted to send me one of my very own when they found out I did not have one myself but was using my friend’s (that’s some quality quilty swag! I was so grateful!) I’ve already gotten quite a bit of use out of my Accuquilt even though I work improvisationally on most of my quilts. “You’d tell me if this was annoying, right?”Īnd luckily, my realization that I should really just acquire an Accuquilt of my own happened right before fall quilt market. “You’re sure it’s okay if I just borrow this?” “I have a few more pieces if that’s alright?” Then, I increasingly found myself wandering over to Pink Castle with some fabric… I thought, “oh, that’s rather nice,” but I wasn’t lusting after one. And it was not like a lightening bolt went off that first time. Also, um, the price is right….this pattern is $0.00!!!!Ī word about Accuquilt: I NEVER would have guessed that I would love this tool as much as I do! I only ever tried one because my friend Brenda (owner of Pink Castle Fabrics) had one and encouraged me to give it a try. As for the Ocean Waves, I know there are plenty of these patterns out there (it’s a traditional pattern), but mine is different because it uses the Accuquilt fabric cutter (either the Go! or the Baby) and it avoids Y-seams.
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