I made these three runners up, after I got back from Paducah, using some of the fabrics I bought while there. The pattern is a GE Design from one of her books. No affliation, I just liked the pattern.
I quilted the two on the left with an easy, fast allover hook swirl. Sometimes it was one hook, sometimes two or three hooks.
As I was quilting them I thought perhaps someone out there would be interested in seeing how I do them. The person I learned the single hook swirl from was Angela Walters. Then I went on to add my own thing. Number 1. shows the single hook swirl.
Number 2 has two hooks and number 3 has three hooks. Easy peasy right! Do you use a white board to practice your designs? If not run out and get one and practice, practice, practice (ppp). It really does make a difference to train your brain on the white board, your quilting will become easier and smoother. Really practice making nice smooth swirls. Smooth lines for the swirl is the key, not necessarily the shape so much.
Here you can follow my path a bit to help you on your way. Remember to change direction of your swirls from time to time. It's OK to make big and small designs to fit in. And one big thing is if you get yourself into a tight spot echo your way out OR throw in a swooping curve like indicated by the arrow in the photo above. If you decide to add something, just do it more than once throughout the quilt and it looks like you planned it all along;) If you have questions feel free to ask me. Now go quilt something, have fun with it!!
Hoping everyone has a great week
