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Quilting: Windmills for Dutch babe
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Windmills for Dutch babe

Pattern Info

Pattern info for this project can be found here:

Instructions

paper pieced using stash fabrics.

Category: Quilting

Type of item: Home Decor

For: Children

Style: Classic


Materials

stash of cotton fabrics: white on white, yellow, blue, and green

What was your inspiration?

baby shower gift for d-in-law's sister's first baby (she married a young man from The Netherlands) --- so of course I wanted to do Windmills! the top stitching is Wind to turn the windmills.

What are you most proud of?

love the blade edge and the wind FMQing!

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

paper piecing is so easy! I love Carol Doak's cd's of patterns and her Foundation Factory program that allows you to size up or down, change/add/whatever you want to do to a pattern. Love her programs and they are very affordable.

 

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SharonArnold on craftsy.com
Mar 02, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Where can I find this pattern?
Karee on craftsy.com
Mar 08, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
I designed this quilt using windmills sized to 7" from Carol Doak's software Foundation Factory (it allows you to enlarge or reduce your blocks to any size to whatever you want). And then added the 3.5" blades as borders all around, creating a 45" square baby quilt!
SharonArnold on craftsy.com
Mar 02, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Where can I get this pattern? Please!!
Sew Blessed on craftsy.com
Aug 13, 2011    Flag as inappropriate
I have never seen this pattern, very pretty. I am needing to make a quilt for a baby boy think this would be great! Do you do your own machine quilting. I am trying to learn myself your pattern of the quilting it self looks amazing. How do you achieve it to look so uniform?
Karee on craftsy.com
Aug 13, 2011   Flag as inappropriate
because this was baby quilt sized: I traced it on with the sewing blue markers, using a stencil. On big quilts I just practice the design on paper and then I go for it!
Karee on craftsy.com
Aug 13, 2011   Flag as inappropriate
by the way, there were plenty of goobers but thankfully they are not noticeable.
Karee on craftsy.com
Mar 08, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Yes, it was one of my first free-motion efforts! At the time I used a water erasable marker and a template. Now I just freehand it all. Practice and you wil find great joy in fmqing!
difair on craftsy.com
Aug 12, 2011    Flag as inappropriate
I love your quilt! Everything about it is so wonderful! Your quilting is beautiful!
Karee on craftsy.com
Aug 12, 2011   Flag as inappropriate
thank you!
Karee on craftsy.com
Aug 12, 2011   Flag as inappropriate
thank you!