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Incredible texture with matchstick quilting

April 11, 2022 2 Comments

I am back to blogging! My blog remains my favorite way to keep in touch with you!

Here is one of my latest patterns – an easy patchwork heart design, stitched in horizontal rows.

Heart quilt patternsAll the pieces are cut from strips of the same width, making the piecing of the block quick, easy and fun.

Heart quilt patterns

The designs made out of narrow rows are so easy to quilt with straight lines, with the walking foot.  This is a project that gives confidence to beginners!

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Heart quilt patterns

This dense, straight line quilting is named matchstick quilting and it is absolutely gorgeous for table runners or wall hangings.
You can stitch horizontal or vertical lines, depending on your design or desire.

Heart quilt patternsMy first stitching lines followed the horizontal seams of the design then I stitched between these lines (in the center), then again between the lines and so on until I was happy with the density of the stitching lines. They are spaced at about 1/4”.

The way you baste the quilt sandwich makes a difference: you have to baste the quilt very well- I used a lot of basting spray for this (I would not use pins for such job!).

I am in love with this texture and I am sure I will use it again soon!

Heart quilt patterns

An orphan block turned into a pillow; I combined here free motion quilting with quilting done with the walking foot.

Heart quilt patternsHeart quilt patterns

Another design for bigger quilts- great for using beautiful prints from your stash.

Heart quilt patterns

Heart quilt patterns

I finished them as baby quilts and the quilting is simple: just stippling.

Heart quilt patternsHeart quilt patterns
If you want to make your own versions, the patterns for these quilts are here.

Happy quilting!

 

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Comments

  1. Sharon Costello says

    April 11, 2022 at 5:11 pm

    When you do match stick quilting do you always go in the same direction or do you alternate directions?

    Reply
    • Geta Grama says

      April 11, 2022 at 5:39 pm

      Because the quilt was narrow, I quilted in the same direction the entire piece. Now I remember that I quilted in the same direction even a wider piece (with another design); I started at the right edge, not in the center, as we usually start quilting.
      I don’t have much experience with this type of quilting, but I think that if you go in both directions and the quilt is not basted VERY WELL, you will end up with a distorted quilt.

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