Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #284

New Free Motion Quilting Design #284 "Dancing Flowers"

Inspired by Design 282 and drawn while listening to 80’s rock music this weeks new Free Motion Quilting design has been named.

The winner was chosen by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) with a little help from a random name picker at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, Aug 21, 2022.

This design is now called “Dancing Flowers”.

Thank you and congratulations to Mercedes Rose,

somethingfromnothing_nl on Instagram for suggesting this wonderful winning name.

Mercedes is from Marystown Newfoundland.

Stitched on a standard bed machine with WonderFil FabuLux FB18 “Proclamation”.

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #283

New Free Motion Quilting Design #283 "Platypus Plants"

Inspired by the plant life of a wild marshland, this weeks new Free Motion Quilting design has been named.

The winner was chosen by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) with a little help from a random name picker at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, Aug 14, 2022.

This design is now called “Platypus Plants”.

Thank you and congratulations to Chrisanne Kotzian    of Parksville B.C. for suggesting this wonderful winning name.

Stitched on a standard bed machine with WonderFil FabuLux FB13 “Hint of Lime”.

Virtual and In Person workshops available in both stitching and design.

Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #282

New Free Motion Quilting Design #282 "Blooming Bonnets"

This weeks new Free Motion Quilting design has been named.

The winner was chosen by popular vote on Facebook & Instagram at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, Aug 7 2022.

This design is now called “Blooming Bonnets”.

Thank you and congratulations to Tracy Vermilyea Thompson of New Westminster B.C. for suggesting this winning name!

Stitched with FabuLux FB 09 “Paradise” available here from WonderFil Specialty Threads

Have fun stitching this design and remember to send me photos.

Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #281

New Free Motion Quilting Design #281 "Eloquent Surf"

Inspired by a brilliant hot Summer day and designed using a simple photo edit program, this weeks new Free Motion Quilting design has been named.

The winner was chosen by popular vote on      (Facebook & Instagram) with a little help from a random name picker at 6:00 PM (Pacific) on Sunday, July 31, 2022. 

This design is now called “Eloquent Surf”.

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

Classes (Virtual and In Person) available in both stitching and design techniques.

Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #280

New Free Motion Quilting Design #280 "Dragonfire"

Inspired by design 277 and the breath of a mythical beast, this weeks new Free Motion Quilting design has been named.

The winner, chosen by popular vote, 

(Facebook / Instagram) at 6:00 PM (Pacific) on Sunday, July 24, 2022 is “Dragonfire”!

Thank you and congratulations to Cathy Martino, cathymsews on Instagram of Nanoose B.C for suggesting this wonderful winning name.

Stitched on a standard bed machine with WonderFil FabuLux FB29 “Giddy” in both needle and bobbin.

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #279

New Free Motion Quilting Design #279 "Ferndale"

This new Free Motion Quilting design inspired by a walk in the quiet woods has been named.

The winner was chosen by popular vote (Facebook / Instagram), with a little help from a random name picker at 6:00 PM (Pacific) on Sunday, July 17, 2022.

This design is now called “Ferndale”.

Thank you and congratulations to Brenda Zaharichuk Grayston of Nanoose Bay B.C. for suggesting this wonderful winning name!

This sample was stitched with Fabulux trilobal polyester thread FB31 “Olive Trees” from                    WonderFil Specialty Threads 

Hand guided on a standard bed machine.

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #278

New Free Motion Quilting Design #278 "Romantic Viburnum"

This new Free Motion Quilting design has been sketched and run through a simple photo edit program.

This is a fun way for you to play with thread and fabric color choices as well as get comfortable with the flow of the design before you even take a stitch!

Romantic Viburnum Photo Edit 1

Named by popular vote (Facebook / Instagram) with a little help from a random name picker at 6:00 PM (Pacific) on Sunday, July 10 2022, this design is now called “Romantic Viburnum”

Thank you and congratulations to Olga Gill, (rubyredrosebud on Instagram) of Victoria B.C.           for suggesting this winning name!

Have fun stitching this design and remember to send me pictures.

Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #277

New Free Motion Quilting Design #277 "Serene Seagrass"

Inspired by Design 276, this weeks new Free Motion Quilting design has been named.

The winner was chosen by popular vote (Facebook / Instagram) at 6:00 PM, PDT on Sunday, July 3, 2022.

This design is now called “Serene Seagrass”.

Thank you and congratulations to Jackie Roy of Winnipeg Manitoba for suggesting this wonderful winning name!

This sample was stitched with Mirage 30 weight Rayon “Sea Foam Greens”  from            

WonderFil Specialty Threads 

Have fun stitching this new design and remember share lots of photos!

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #276

New Free Motion Quilting Design #276 "Golden Broom"

Inspired by a larger project that I am working on this new Free Motion Quilting design has been named.

The winner was chosen by popular vote (Facebook / Instagram) with a little help from a random name picker at 6:00 PM (Pacific) on Sunday, June 26, 2022.

This design is now called “Golden Broom”.

Thank you and congratulations to Val Ansell of Nanaimo B.C. for suggesting this winning name.

Stitched with Polyfast, 40 weight Trilobal Polyester PF3275 "Gold" in both needle and bobbin.

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #275

New Free Motion Quilting Design #275 "Duck Dance"

I had just driven through Stanley Park in Vancouver B.C. when I created this new Free Motion Quilting design and was thinking about all of our family visits to the Duck Pond when I was child.

Named by popular vote, (Facebook / Instagram) with a little help from a random name picker at 6:00 PM (Pacific) on Sunday, June 19, 2022 this design is now called “Duck Dance”.

It’s amazing to me how you always seem to know what I’m thinking of!

Thank you and congratulations to Val Ansell of Nanaimo B.C. for suggesting this winning name.

Classes available in both stitching and design.

My Workshops at Quilt Canada 2022 - Vancouver B.C.

Canada Place - Home of Quilt Canada 2022

 It was absolutely wonderful to get back to meeting "in person" at  Quilt Canada 2022 !

The event took place at Canada Place located on the harbor front in beautiful downtown Vancouver, British Columbia.

Welcome to Quilt Canada 2022

I was honored to be asked to display a quilt in the Teachers Invitational Show and chose my version of the Dream Big panel from Hoffman Fabrics entitled "Dreamland".

The Teachers Invitational 

  

"Dreamland"

There really is nothing like a classroom full of enthusiastic students.                                                      All of the attendees were amazing! So willing to try new things, take a risk and rise to any challenge.

I am beyond proud of them all!

In The Magic of Thread Painting students were introduced to photo editing, fusible applique, the when and why of stabilization and a variety of thread painting stitch techniques all in just three hours.

I think they all did a fabulous job!

The Magic of Thread Painting

Class machines kindly provided by Husqvarna Canada.

The Magic of Thread Painting

My next workshop was Free Motion Quilting With Stencils.

Students learned how to use a quilting stencil to mark their fabric, the importance of filling in the bridges until you are accustomed to working with a new stencil, how directionality affects the ease of stitching and how to achieve smooth hand movement for beautiful stitching.

Of course, all of this takes practice and once again everyone did great!

Free Motion Quilting With Stencils

Thank you to Janome Canada for the wonderful classroom machines!

Free Motion Quilting With Stencils

On Saturday I had the pleasure of teaching a full day workshop of Inspired Free Motion Quilting and I must say that all the attendees were absolute rock stars!

Students learned how to mark a whole cloth table runner to create defined areas for quilting, how to use Walking Foot or Free Motion Ruler Quilting to secure the quilt sandwich and add areas of visual relief, how to mark and Free Motion quilt a Stencil design and a variety of my Free Motion fill designs.

Preparing the design areas for quilting

Walking Foot Quilting

How to use a stencil for Free Motion Quilting

Quilting the Center

Quilting with gold thread on burgundy for a stunning effect

It was a busy day and I can't wait to see some of the finished pieces!

Inspired Free Motion Quilting

Machines for this class were kindly provided by Husqvarna Canada.

Inspired Free Motion Quilting

All of the quilts on display were gorgeous!

You can see the amazing award winning quilts here at Canadian Quilters, Courtepointes Canadiennes          NJS Award Winners.

As always, it was wonderful to see old friends and meet new ones.

Finally, my sincere thanks to all of the volunteers who made Quilt Canada 2022 such a success.

Events like this are only able to happen with your drive and dedication!