Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #359

 

New Free Motion Quilting Design #359 "Forever My Heart"

Inspired by February and Valentines Day being just around the corner, this week’s soft and romantic new free motion quilting design has been named.

With an amazing 35 name suggestions, the winner was chosen by your popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) with a tiny bit of help from a random name picker at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, January 28, 2024.

This design is now called “Forever My Heart”. 

Thank you and congratulations to Roy Plotniko, my sweet husband for suggesting this wonderful and very special winning name!

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #358

New Free Motion Quilting Design #358 "Biscuits and Connamon Rolls"

This year is off to a wonderful start with 21 fantastic and imaginative name suggestions and fierce voting to name this design!

The winning name was chosen by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, January 21, 2024.

This design is now called,

“Biscuits and Cinnamon Rolls”.

Thank you and congratulations to Laura Oloteo from St. Charles, Missouri, USA for suggesting this wonderful and fun, winning name.

This sample was stitched with Mirage, 30 weight rayon thread colour SD24, Primary Colors from WonderFil Specialty Threads. 

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #357

New Free Motion Quilting Design #357 "Snow Flurries"

It’s been too cold and windy to give us much more than a flurry of snow but that hasn’t stopped the blizzard of name suggestions for this design!

There were an unbelievable 40 different names submitted, each and every one a winner in my eyes!

I am so grateful to everyone who took the time to suggest a name or vote for their favourites!
Your creativity continually inspires me.

Named by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, January 14, 2024 this Winter inspired design is now called “Snow Flurries”.

Thank you and congratulations to Janet Smith from Turlock, California, USA for suggesting this wonderful winning name!

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #356

New Free Motion Quilting Design #356 "Spring Is In The Air"

My first free motion quilting design of 2024, inspired by a Winter garden, has been named.

The winner was chosen by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, January 7, 2024.

This design is now called “Spring Is In The Air”.

Thank you and congratulations to Diana McCorkall of Cobble Hill, B.C. for suggesting this wonderful winning name!

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #355

New Free Motion Quilting Design #355 "Holly and Ivy"

My final new free motion quilting design of 2023, inspired by an ancient legend has been named.

The winner was chosen by popular vote, (Facebook & Instagram) at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, December 31, 2023 this design is now called “Holly & Ivy”.

Fittingly, it was named simultaneously by two people on two different sites.

Thank you and congratulations to Sheila Porter Coburn from Syracuse, Utah, USA and Kathi Ewen from Keeler, Saskatchewan for suggesting this wonderful winning name!

Drawn in Freeform on my iPad.

Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #354

New Free Motion Quilting Design #354 "Blooming Christmas"

This new FMQ design was inspired by a beloved and old fashioned flower known as the Christmas Rose.

To accomplish the colour and pattern separation in this design it is stitched in three parts.

The flower centres are stitched first to determine the spacing of the pattern.

The flower petals are then stitched once clockwise around the centres then a second time to add the internal echoes.

To complete the design, simple leaves form a background fill around the flowers.

Named by popular vote, (Facebook & Instagram), with a little help from a random name picker at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, December 24, 2023 this design is now called “Blooming Christmas”.

Thank you and congratulations to Irene Harvalias of New Westminster B.C. for suggesting this wonderful winning name!

The original drawing of  "Blooming Christmas"

For me, drawing is usually the first step in the design process as it helps me work out the stitching order and pattern repeat.

Here is the original drawing of "Blooming Christmas".

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #353

New Free Motion Quilting Design #351 "Holly Jolly".

This design is based on my design #351 “Holly Jolly”.

I wanted to add some red berries in keeping with the beautiful contrast of red and green found in real Holly.

Variegated thread would be OK but to accomplish the colour separation that I want, this design has been quilted twice.

The leaves were quilted first then I followed the looping pathway a second time to add the berries.

Named by popular vote (Facebook, Instagram) at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, December 17, 2023, this design is now called “Berry Nice”.

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

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #352

New Free Motion Quilting Design #352 "Plumeria Stars"

This new Free Motion Quilting design has been named.

The winner was chosen by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, December 10, 2023.

This design is now called “Plumeria Stars”.

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

Hand guided on a standard bed machine.

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