Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #486

New Free Motion Quilting Design #486, "Sunny Blooms"

This new, free motion quilting design is stitched with partial, overlapping, and full flowers for lots of visual depth.

There were so many imaginative name suggestions and plenty of votes.

In the end, it came down to a tie.

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, July 5, 2026.

This design is now called “Sunny Blooms”.

Thank you and congratulations to Lydia St. Onge-Baker for suggesting this wonderful, winning name.

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #485

New Free Motion Quilting Design, "Floating Kelp"

This new, free motion quilting design, inspired by ocean plant life and creatures, has been named.

The winner was chosen by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, June 28, 2026.

This design is now called “Floating Kelp”.

Thank you and congratulations to Kathy Coupe Walker for suggesting this wonderful, winning name!
Kathy is from Port McNeill, British Columbia.

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #484

New Free Motion Quilting Design, "Everything Coming Up Roses"

This new free motion quilting design continues to be inspired by an old-fashioned rose.

It was named by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, June 21, 2026.

This design is now called “Everything Coming Up Roses”.

Thank you and congratulations to Karen Jackson from Oakdale, Louisiana, USA for suggesting this wonderful, winning name.

What Fun!

Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #483

New Free Motion Quilting Design #483, "Rambling Rose"

This new, free motion quilting design, inspired by my beautiful old-fashioned rose, has been named.

The winner was chosen by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, June 14, 2026.

This design is now called “Rambling Rose”.

Thank you and congratulations to Susan Shaw of Aurora, Ontario for suggesting this wonderful, winning name.

When a name is suggested in multiple places I go by the time stamp to determine the winner.
Susan’s suggestion was made with the earliest time stamp of 3:27 PM on Saturday the 13th.
All subsequent suggestions counted as votes.

Thank you everyone for all of your lovely, imaginative suggestions!

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Julies Name Game - Free Motion Quilting Design #482

New free Motion Quilting Design #482, "Scrolled Leaf Pattern"

I’m still playing with the combination of leaves, feathers, and ferns for a workshop I’ll be teaching this Summer.

This new, free motion quilting design was named by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, June 7, 2026.

It is now called “Scrolled Leaf Pattern”.

Thank you and congratulations to Susan Shaw for suggesting this wonderful, winning name!
Susan is from Aurora, Ontario.

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #481

New Free Motion Quilting Design #481, "Autumn Falling"

This new free motion quilting design was created while playing with the combination of leaves and feathers for a workshop I’ll be teaching this Summer.

It was named by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, May 31, 2026.

This design is now called “Autumn Falling”.

Thank you and congratulations to Colleen Golden for suggesting this wonderful, winning name.
Colleen is from Livermore, California.

For those of you who asked, this sample was stitched with FabuLux, 40-weight, trilobal polyester, FB38 “Giddy” from WonderFil.

Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #477

I love the way nature imitates nature as a form of camouflage!

This hidden creature kept wanting to peek out from my design, so this week it was allowed out to play.

Named by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, May 3, 2026, this design is now called “Butterfly Leaves”.

Thank you and congratulations to Cathy Hodge Crawford from Mill Bay, B.C. for suggesting this wonderful, winning name!

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #475

New Free Motion Quilting Design #475, "Palm Breeze"

This new, free motion quilting design was inspired by my previous two and a tree that is often planted on Vancouver Island, but isn’t from here.

The first VI palm trees were planted by the City of Nanaimo in 1967 as part of the inaugural Bathtub Days.

This design was named by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, April 19, 2026.

It is now called “Palm Breeze”.

Thank you and congratulations to Karen Jackson of Oakdale, Louisiana, USA, for suggesting this wonderful, winning name.

Happy Quilting!

Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #473

New Free Motion Quilting Design #473, "Wings of Fire"

This new, free motion quilting was inspired by the wings on a cartoon of a flying dinosaur.

There was an abundance of fabulous name suggestions and a four-way tie.

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, April 4, 2026.

This design is now called “Wings of Fire”.

Thank you and congratulations to Karen Jackson of Oakdale, Louisiana, USA for suggesting this wonderful, winning name.

Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design # 472

New Free Motion Quilting Design #472, "Flower Dance"

When playing with design, small changes can have a big impact.

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 (PDT) on Sunday, March 29, 2026.

This design is now called "Flower Dance".

Thank you and congratulations to Irene Harvalias of New Westminster, BC, for suggesting this wonderful, winning name.

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #471

New Free Motion Quilting Design, "Peacock Feathers"

Designed while listening to folk music, this new free motion quilting design has been named.

There were so many marvellous and imaginative name suggestions, and the voting was fierce.
In the end it came down to a tie.

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, March 22, 2026.

This design is now called “Peacock Feathers”.

Thank you and congratulations to Karen Jackson from Oakdale, Louisiana, USA for suggesting this wonderful, winning name.

Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #470

New Free Motion Quilting design #470, "Cosmic Cosmos"

 I love how subtle changes create an entirely new design.

This new, free motion quilting design is the result of these small changes to design #469.

It was named by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, March 15, 2026.

This design is now called “Cosmic Cosmos”.

Thank you and congratulations to Mary M Fleck Robinson for suggesting this wonderful, winning name!
Mary is from Okotoks, Alberta.

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #468

New Free Motion Quilting Design #468, "Flower Affair"

This new, free motion quilting design is so much fun to stitch.

It was named by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) with a little help from a random name picker, at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, March 1, 2026.

This design is now called “Flower Affair”.

Thank you and congratulations to Cathy Hodge Crawford of Cobble Hill, BC for suggesting this wonderful, winning name!

Did you notice something different about the thread?
I’ll reveal the answer in my next post.

Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #467

New Free Motion Quilting Design #467, "Be My Valentine"

Heart-based designs are always so much fun to stitch, and this one is no exception.

This new, free motion quilting design was named by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) with a little help from a random name picker, at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, February 22, 2026.

This design is now called “Be My Valentine”.

Thank you and congratulations to Karen Jackson for suggesting this wonderful, winning name!
Karen is from Oakdale, Louisiana.

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #465

New Free Motion Quilting Design, "Oaks In My Garden"

This new, free motion quilting design was inspired by the sound of recent high winds blowing through a stand of trees.

It was named by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, February 8, 2026.

This design is now called “Oaks In My Garden”.

Thank you and congratulations to Glynda Pruetz Croix, from Tomball, Texas for suggesting this wonderful, winning name.

I wasn’t purposely thinking of oak leaves but, through your name suggestions I learned that there is a type of oak (Chinkapin) that looks just like this! Who knew?

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #464

New Free Motion Quilting Design #464, "Star Burst"

This new, free motion quilting design was inspired by a frosty, winter evening, under the light of a full moon

There were 17 fabulous name suggestions for this design, and some very lively voting!

In the end, one name edged its way to the front.

The winner was chosen by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, February 1, 2026.

This design is now called “Star Burst”.

Thank you and congratulations to Kathi Medina for suggesting this wonderful, winning name!
Kathi is from San Diego, California, USA

Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #461

New Free Motion Quilting Design #461, "A Travelling Vine"

To stitch a free motion quilting design in a continuous line (without breaking your thread), there needs to be some way of connecting the individual design elements.

I usually make this “travelling line” blend into the design, but I wanted to play around with an obvious, straight, joining line.

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 (PDT) on Sunday, January 11, 2026.

This design is now called “A Travelling Vine”.

What a brilliant play on words!

Thank you and congratulations to Irene Harvalias of New Westminster, BC for suggesting this wonderful, winning name.

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Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #460

New Free Motion Quilting Design #460, "Space Dots"

I'm in the home stretch of my game of catch-up. 😂

The first new Free Motion Quilting design of 2026, inspired by the New Year and exciting advances in technology, has been named.

The winner was chosen by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram) at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, January 4, 2026.

This design is now called “Space Dots”. What fun!

Thank you and congratulations to Susan Davis of Carpinteria, California for suggesting this wonderful, winning name!

Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #459

New Free Motion Quilting Design #459, "Poinsettia Pleasure"

The final new, Free Motion Quilting design of 2025, was inspired by the poinsettias used to decorate our homes for the holidays.

I find these plants incredibly beautiful in both their original vibrant red and all of the lovely new colourful varieties.

The winning name was chosen by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram), with a little help from a random name picker, at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, December 28, 2025.

This design is now called “Poinsettia Pleasure”.

Thank you and congratulations to Cathy Hodge Crawford for suggesting this wonderful, winning name!
Cathy is from Mill Bay, B.C.

Hot Tip!
Practice stitching new designs on small fabric “sandwiches” before quilting your quilt.
This will allow you to learn how to move fluidly through the design without having to think about where to go next.

Julies Name Game - New Free Motion Quilting Design #458

New Free Motion Quilting Design #458, "Spruce Berry"

This new Free Motion Quilting design was inspired by all the beautiful greenery used to decorate for Christmas.

It was named by popular vote (Facebook & Instagram), with a little help from a random name picker, at 6:00 PM (PDT) on Sunday, December 21, 2025.             (Yep, I'm behind and playing a fun game of catch-up!)

This design is now called “Spruce Berry”.

Thank you and congratulations to Pam Bretz Sommers of Forest, Indiana, USA for suggesting this wonderful, winning name.

Hot Tip!
The best way to design, or learn how to stitch the repeat of a new, Free Motion Quilting design is to draw it first.