Next Steps in Machine Quilting - Free-Motion & Walking-Foot Designs

Natalia Bonner first learned how to piece and quilt on her home sewingmachine and has now been quilting professionally for years. Natalia is anaward-winning teacher, pattern designer, and popular blogger. She lives inHeber, Utah. pieceandquilt.com

• Introduction Machine Quilting Basics QUILTING DESIGNS ALL-OVER DESIGNS AND BACKGROUND FILLERS Arcs and Circles * Rainbow * Macaroni * Noodles * Pearls * Polka Dots * Orange Peel Straight Lines * Checkerboard * Modern Cross-Hatching * Textured Straight Lines * Chevrons Soft Rectangles * Tubes * Maze Wavy LInes * Waves * Ocean Waves Swirls * Swirly Feathers * Pebble Swirls * Wavy Swirls * Angel Hair * Seaweed BORDERS Triangles * Modern Embellished Triangles * Cones * Perpendicular Straight Lines * Point-to-Point Chevrons * Point-to-Point Zigzags Straight lines * Mod Lines * Faux Piano Keys Feathers * Corner Feathers * Faux Trapunto Feathers Faux Scallops Text SQUARE BLOCKS Orange-Peel Variations * Starburst * Double Orange Peel * Triple Orange Peel Echoed Feathered Circle Straight-Line Motifs * Square Spiral * Diamonds * Alternating Straight Lines * Sunrise TRIANGLE BLOCKS Small Half-Square Triangles * Little Feathers * Arches * Arrows * Off-the-Block Lines Large Half-Square Triangles * Double-Feather Swag * Pebble Feather * Small Swag * Point-to-Point Arrow * Dashes and Ovals * Stripes Flying Geese * Point-to-Point Rays * Point-to-Point Straight Lines How to Choose Quilting Designs Patterns Resources About the Author

Achieve professional free-motion quilting results with this superb book. There are 50 contemporary designs for all skill levels. Use the full-size patterns for practice or to mark quilt tops. These free-motion patterns are the quilts of my dreams. This book not only gives the patterns, it talks about placement, scale and other design considerations. There's a good basics section, great patterns and superb layout and design with clear instructions. This book simplifies free-motion and walking-foot machine quilting designs for professional results that are achievable at home. Step by step instructions help to make the designs fool-proof and full-size template patterns are given for some of the designs. This is an excellent book for the confident machine quilter. Fresh and inspirational.