Sketch Book......Cobblestones Motif

Free Motion Quilting INSPIRATION can come from

anywhere...

This is an image of a batik fabric:

As soon as I saw this, it screamed to be sketched out

as a future quilting motif...

 This is my first attempt at drawing it out:

I started by drawing random wavy lines.

Then filled in each section with cobblestones.

Give it a try!

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Sketch Book.....Spines with Curls & Plumes

Here is a curvy spine with 

curls and plumes added to it:

I drew out the very curvy spine.

Then added the big curls.

Then decided to add plumes between the curls.

Note:  I make a note to keep spine curvy, not too straight.

In the next image you can see how I worked out

this design as I went along:

I highlighted the steps 1 to 4

(they aren't in order, but you get the idea)

I worked my way drawing out this design until it

looked they way I wanted it to.

I would chalk out the spine and big curves.

Then go in and begin the quilting on the machine.

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Sketch Book.....more Plume Designs

Here are a couple more plume designs:

This time the spine is upside down.

Left Page.......Spine with extra curl on left side

Right Page.....Plumes added to spine

You can draw out long spines or short spines.

 This design is just curves that create

the impression of a spine:

Draw out curves, alternating their direction.

They create a spine to add the plumes to.

Left Page.....curves

Right Page.....plumes added to curves

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Sketch Book.....more Spine Designs

More designs created from a curvy Spine:

This is a basic curvy spine, 

but I have added an extra curve 

on the bottom right side of the spine.

Left Page......Curvy Spine w/extra curve at bottom

Right Page.....Plumes added to Spine

This spine has 2 extra curves added to it:

Left Page....curvy spine with extra curve on each side

Right Page.....Plumes added to spine

This is basically the same design as above:

I have drawn the plumes longer and wider...

the bigger plumes take up more space.

 Again, this is the same design as above:

The plumes are much longer and take up more room.

Again, the design is the same as above:

The plumes here are drawn out to fill space...

They take up all available space!

You can do most anything you want with

this basic spine design...

Grab a pad and start drawing...

You will learn as you go.

p.s.  when I am working on fabric, 

the spine line is drawn out in chalk.  

It gives me a guideline to stitch on.

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Sketch Book....more Designs on Spines

Here are a few more designs

that start with a spine:

Left Page....Basic Spine Shape

Right Page....Leaf shapes added to Spine

This is the same design as above but enhanced a bit:

Left Page.....Basic Spine Shape

Right Page...Leaf Veins and curly tendrils have been added

 One more design from a spine:

Left Page....Basic Spine shape

Right Page.....Leaves, plumes & curls have been added to spine

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Sketch Book.....Stem & Spine Designs

When drawing out a design I usually begin with a

Stem or a Spine

On the left page is a curvy stem

On the right page I have added leaves to the stem

This design is basically the same as the one above.

The stem isn't as curvy, the leaves are larger.

You don't have to add leaves to the stem.

You can add anything you want that will fill the space.

I added curls to this stem/spine:

This design resembles a feathery shape.

Instead of a stem, this would be called a spine.

Left Page....Spine

Right Page.....Curls added to each side of spine.

I start from the bottom of the spine and work my way up.

I add curls to both sides of the spine as I go up.

Left Page.....Spine

Right Page.....Long leaves and Curls

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Patsy Thompson Designs.

Her instructional videos are the very BEST!

Spider Dahlia

Green Bug.....has taken up residence in spider dahlia

 I went to visit Gramma B today...

I wasn't her only visitor...

This mama raccoon and her babies wandered into the yard...

I was able to take a few photos through the window...

Enjoy your day!

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Inspiration...

I walked around the yard today,

this is what I saw...

Enjoy the Inspiration!

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