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February 23, 2014 By Mandy 7 Comments

Quilting Tutorial, Variations

I had meant to put this up around Valentine’s Day, because one of these looks an awful lot like hearts, and it’s probably as close to hearts as I get.  In any case, these three variations are based off the earlier tutorial, with the first line being some form of swirl.

The simplest variation is a simple swirl, followed by three S-curves.

I started at the bottom and worked my way to the top.  The next column will be to the right.

I started at the bottom and worked my way to the top. The next column will be to the right.

And what the “simple swirl” variation looks like with multiple rows

Swirl Variation 2The next variation is with a hooked swirl:

I think this would look cool with the point of the hook more vertical, along the line.  Would be a very different look.

I think this would look cool with the point of the hook more vertical, along the line. Would be a very different look.

And finally, the not-quite-a-heart version. This one has a simple swirl for the first line, and a C-curve for the second, followed by an S-Curve. Happy belated Valentine’s Day!

SimpleVariationHeart

Here’s a PDF of the practice sheets in black: OnionBackgroundFill

and in grey: OnionBackgroundFillGrey

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Filed Under: Tutorials Tagged With: domestic, fill, free, longarm, modern quilting, quilting, tutorial

Comments

  1. Tina Bulington says

    February 24, 2014 at 8:04 pm

    Thank you for sharing this! I like the hooked swirly one best :)!

    Reply
  2. Michele says

    February 25, 2014 at 11:28 am

    Looks great. I can’t wait to try it myself.

    Reply
  3. Mandy says

    February 26, 2014 at 8:58 am

    Glad you enjoyed it! I’d love to see it if you use it on something.

    Reply
  4. Elsie Vredenburg says

    February 26, 2014 at 3:11 pm

    I’m going to try this one. Thanks for posting it.

    Reply
  5. Chris Schnell says

    March 20, 2014 at 2:36 pm

    Thanks for sharing, this looks fun, and I hope easy!

    Reply
  6. Nancy Gross says

    April 6, 2014 at 8:50 pm

    Thank you for sharing your quilting design. I don’t own a long arm but l am looking forward to trying this on my sewing machine. Looks very interesting!

    Reply

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  1. Background fill tutorial, for longarm or domestic quilting | mandalei says:
    February 23, 2014 at 10:00 am

    […] ETA: I also shared these swirly variations.  Enjoy! […]

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