Hi Friends,

Happy weekend!! I hope your having a wonderful day. I have another fun quilt to share with you, and this one is fresh off the longarm. Yes, it’s quilted. I’ll get to that in a moment.

Kathy made this fun Timber lumberjack quilt for her grandson. The pattern is by Buttermilk Basin.

First close ups…that beard. I love quilting freehand texture in beards, hair, fur, or other things along those lines. I’ve quilted several Santa quilts or pillows over the years, so beards have become a fun thing for me to quilt. That mustache has some great textures, too. I did quilt around the nose piece. Kathy requested no quilting in the face or hands. She is putting buttons on the face for the eyes.

Why is it so hard the see the quilting, you may be thinking? I used an Omni Medium Gray thread, color number 3024, from Superior Threads. It was a perfect match, and blends great on all the fabrics. I used my favorite 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline Textiles.

Now let’s talk about the quilting. I quilted a freehand small stipple in the background, as well as a variety of different lines in the lumberjack.

As you can see here, I quilted 45° angled lines 1” apart in the shirt, with a vertical 1/2” line in the overalls.

I quilted a triple pinstripe in the axe, with a softer line on the handle. The boots have angled quilted lines 3/4” apart, and the cuffs are pinstripes.

The tree has some fun freehand wood grain in the blocks, starting at the top and working it’s way to the bottom.

One of my favorite parts of the quilting, were the triple pinstripes in the inner border. Which I did with a Edge ruler from Linda at The Quilted Pineapple. If you’re interested in starting freehand or freemotion quilting with your longarm, check out my Quilting It Freemotion course in my shop. I teach 10 different freemotion quilting designs, starting with Stippling and going through the basics…loops, swirls, wood grain, and so on, including two of my personal designs Overlapping Circles and Overlapping Lines. Check them out!!