Tutorial: Cartwheel Quilting Motif
I got lots of questions about the quilting detail on the 100th Post Giveaway mini quilt. Some thought it was a simple square motif. However, you can see from the illustration above that it is a bit more complex than that. The shape is almost like a 4-leafed clover, with intersection-points in the center of each cartwheel. You can start at any point on the motif and quilt in a continuous line until you reach that point again.
Here’s the view from the front.
The mini-quilt was machine quilted, but I think this motif would work equally well with hand-quilting.
Stay tuned! The winner of this mini-quilt will be announced tomorrow.
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This is great! I’ll hopefully come up with something in the future to use this for.
Comment by willy-nilly — 8 June 2009 @ 12:04 pm
LOVE this, Mal! Thanks for the info!
Comment by amy — 8 June 2009 @ 2:53 pm
Nice to way to connect the squares without overpowering them, and much nicer than a simple square!
Comment by arlee — 8 June 2009 @ 5:16 pm
This is what I’d like to see more of! the ‘how to quilt’ part of the quilt. Trying to find designs that lend themselves well to continuous line quilting doesn’t come easy for me and this was an eye opener. Please do more of this!
Comment by Shelley C — 9 June 2009 @ 4:58 am