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Tumbling Blocks Quilt - Modern Motif

9/17/2017

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Tumbling Blocks Quilt
Tumbling Blocks Quilt
My friend made this quilt and asked me to do the quilting on it.  With no particular recipient and permission to quilt what I thought would look good, I decided on a semi-custom design that included a different motif in the 3 main areas of the quilt: border, background and blocks.

Here are some test motifs on my clear plexiglass. It's my go-to tool when I want to see how a design will look on the quilt.

practice quilting designs
I felt like this top "wanted" a more modern or masculine quilting motif. A lot of times if you think "modern" you'll think of designs that work for a guy's quilt.  Pointy, straight lines and geometric shapes work well.  As you can see, I used the 2 designs on the left side of the plexiglass.
modern quilting designs
Wavy points and spiral squares
Wavy lines with points were quilted in the background and spiral squares in the squares!  You can see how I easily moved across the quilt from square to square. 
Modern Quilting
Moving across the quilt can sometimes be tricky and the less stops and starts, the better. I was able to quilt the long curves in the border, then the first set of wavy points in the background, then a row of spiral squares, then the next set of wavy points and so on.  I really love how this quilt turned out. Thanks, Susan, for letting me quilt your lovely creation!
Quilt ready for binding
Ready for binding
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