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Bring your quilt to life with quilting! Explore free-motion quilting designs, hand quilting techniques, walking foot ideas, and practical tips to help you add texture, movement, and personality to your finished quilts.

How I Plan My Free Motion Quilting Before I Start
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How I Plan My Free Motion Quilting Before I Start

One of the hardest parts of free-motion quilting can happen before you ever sit down at the sewing machine: deciding…

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Real-Time Free Motion Quilting: Light in the Dark Mini Quilt
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Real-Time Free Motion Quilting: Light in the Dark Mini Quilt

Sometimes it’s nice to simply sit down and quilt. No talking. No rushing. Just the rhythm of the sewing machine…

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Quilting the Soulshine Mini Quilt
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Quilting the Soulshine Mini Quilt

I recently finished up a Soulshine mini quilt, and I wanted to share the process with you, especially the quilting…

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When Free Motion Quilting Tension Goes Wrong and How to Fix It
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When Free Motion Quilting Tension Goes Wrong and How to Fix It

If you have spent any time free motion quilting, tension issues have probably shown up at least once. Sometimes they…

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A Free Motion Quilting Pillow, Start to Finish
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A Free Motion Quilting Pillow, Start to Finish

There’s something really special about sitting down with a quilt sandwich and letting the design unfold as you stitch. This…

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What’s Happening Right Now in Quilty Club: Quilt as Desired
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What’s Happening Right Now in Quilty Club: Quilt as Desired

If you’ve been curious about what’s happening inside Quilty Club right now, I wanted to share a little update about…

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Quilt as Desired Begins December 1
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Quilt as Desired Begins December 1

Quilt as Desired is my newest free motion quilting class, and I am so excited to begin this one with…

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FMQ – Quilting the Little Maple Mini Quilt
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FMQ – Quilting the Little Maple Mini Quilt

The Little Maple Mini Quilt is such a fun project to finish, and today I am sharing a look at…

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Practicing Hand Quilting Stitches on a Pincushion (No Perfection Required)
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Practicing Hand Quilting Stitches on a Pincushion (No Perfection Required)

If you’ve been wanting to try hand quilting stitches but feel intimidated by working on a full quilt, a pincushion…

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Free Motion Quilting the Dilly Dally Quilt
Dilly Dally Quilt | Quilting

Free Motion Quilting the Dilly Dally Quilt

I’ve just finished free motion quilting the Dilly Dally quilt, and I’m so excited to show you the texture and…

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FREE MOTION QUILTING Fillers on Carolina Mingle Quilt | Swirls, Pebbles & Elongated Swirl Flowers Demo
Carolina Mingle Quilt | My Quilts | Quilting

FREE MOTION QUILTING Fillers on Carolina Mingle Quilt | Swirls, Pebbles & Elongated Swirl Flowers Demo

I’m free motion quilting my Dreamland quilt today with feathers and flowers. There’s a new long form fmq real time video up today. Link in profile.

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Ruler Quilting the Carolina Mingle Quilt | FREE MOTION QUILTING DEMO
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Ruler Quilting the Carolina Mingle Quilt | FREE MOTION QUILTING DEMO

I’m free motion quilting my Dreamland quilt today with feathers and flowers. There’s a new long form fmq real time video up today. Link in profile.

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My Happy Home fabric collection is now in stock! My Happy Home fabric collection is now in stock! 

Happy Home is an 18-print collection filled with sweet florals, little houses, checks, and those soft, cheerful colors I love so much.

We have a limited amount of bundles and yardage available now, plus two Happy Home wide backs for finishing your quilts. Find all of it at meanderandmake.com
One of the new lessons up in the Lulu Louise class One of the new lessons up in the Lulu Louise class. We’re planning our FMQ. Come quilt with us! Quiltyclass.com
The Lulu Louise quilt top is finished! 💕 Chapter The Lulu Louise quilt top is finished! 💕

Chapter 4 of the Lulu Louise Quilty Class is all about bringing everything together, and I tried something a little different with this one.

Instead of attaching all of the background pieces to each foreground column individually, I chain pieced them. It definitely required a little extra brainpower to keep everything in the right order 😆, but it made the process feel so much quicker.
Then it was just a matter of sewing all those finished columns together and watching Lulu Louise finally become a quilt top.

And now we get to move on to one of my favorite parts... free motion quilting!

Chapter 4 is available now inside the Lulu Louise Quilty Class. 💕
• Pattern included
• Beginner-friendly
• Completely self-paced
• Quilty Club members already have access
There are 4 of these Balance Background bundles le There are 4 of these Balance Background bundles left over at meanderansmake.com all 1/2 yards, all low volume.
I LOVE my job! 🥰 Chapter 4 of the Lulu Louise quil I LOVE my job! 🥰 Chapter 4 of the Lulu Louise quilt class is now available at quiltyclass.com (pattern comes with). We are FMQing it next!! 👏

I haven’t been journaling much, so I thought I’d just put a few things here…
• 🎶 - currently obsessed with Benson Boone
• 🏃🏽‍♀️- up to 4.75 mi
• 📖- Knave and the Moon
Handful of new bundles at meanderandmake.com Handful of new bundles at meanderandmake.com
Some pics from chapter 3 of Lulu Louise Quilty cla Some pics from chapter 3 of Lulu Louise Quilty class. LOVING making this one in all the new sizes. 🩷 quiltyclass.com

Cabinets from @arrowsewing
Time to cut the strip sets for my Lulu Louise. 🩷 Time to cut the strip sets for my Lulu Louise. 🩷
The Lulu Louise Quilty Class is officially underwa The Lulu Louise Quilty Class is officially underway! 💕

We're beginning with all the little things that make the actual sewing go so much smoother: getting familiar with the quilt, gathering supplies, walking through the pattern, and choosing fabrics.

Lulu Louise is a beginner-friendly quilt made with simple, efficient strip piecing, and there are three sizes to choose from: Crib, Throw, and Bed. The quilt pattern is included with the class, so everything needed to begin is waiting inside.

👉 Want to join us? Start the Lulu Louise Quilty Class here: https://quiltclass.southerncharmquilts.com/courses/lulu-louise-quilt
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