Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #86

Trick Or Treat and Happy Halloween to one and all!

What do you think the name for this weeks new Free Motion Quilting design should be?

Suggest a name or vote for your favorite by commenting below or follow me on Facebook and/or Instagram and comment on the post for this design.

The winning name will be chosen by popular vote on Sunday November 4 at 6:00 PM (Pacific).


After a fierce and fantastically spooky battle this design has its name.

And the winner is, "The Pumpkin Dance".

Congratulations to Roy Plotniko of Parksville B.C.

WOW... that's two weeks in a row that my husband has come out the winner.

He is absolutely thrilled as he really does love playing along with the rest of you.

I had better watch out that he doesn't decide to start actually stitching the designs or I won't have a job anymore:)

Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design # 85

Here is this weeks new Free Motion Quilting design for you to name.

This Autumn design was stitched with a combination of both 12 and 30 weight Sulky Blendable variegated cotton thread.

Suggest a name or vote for your favorite by commenting here or on this post on Facebook and/or Instagram.

The winning name will be chosen by popular vote on Sunday Oct 28 at
6:00 PM (Pacific).

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The winning name for this design is "Natures Thread".

Thank you and congratulations to Roy Plotniko (my darling husband) of Parksville B.C.

Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #84

Our new Free Motion Quilting design would be lovely stitched as a small background fill with slightly contrasting thread.

This design was posted on Facebook and Instagram on Oct 14 and named by popular vote on Sunday Oct 21.

Thank you and congratulations to Stephanie Buckingham of 

Nanoose Bay B.C. for suggesting the winning name of "Morning Glory"!

QUILTsocial Blog Post: Perfect pairings - needles and threads work together for successful quilting

Join me on QUILTsocial for my blog series
Perfect pairings - needles and threads work together for successful quilting.

This five part series runs from Oct 8 to Oct 12 and can be accessed here or by clicking on the QUILTsocial button to the upper left of this page.

In it we will explore my favorite needle pairings for SCHMETZ needles using a variety of different techniques with several types of Sulky and Gütermann threads.

A small selection of SCHMETZ needles that can be used for quilting.

Have fun as we look at an assortment of cotton, polyester, rayon, metallic and silk threads.

Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #83

Here we are with Free Motion Quilting design # 83.

Comment below or on Facebook and/or Instagram to suggest a name for this design or vote for your favorite.

This design will be named by popular vote on Sunday Oct 14 at 6:00 PM (Pacific).

Wow ... we had so many wonderful imaginative names suggested!

And the winning name is

"Love Blooms"

Thank you and congratulations to Melissa Marginet.