Julie’s Wagon Wheel Quilt

Hi Friends,

I’m excited to share with you this fabulous quilt that Julie made. I was hoping to blog the details and share it a few weeks ago, but life has been busy. I shared some progress pictures of the first section on my Instagram, but not much more.

The pattern is called Wagon Wheel and is shared on the Quilting Daily website. Julie did a beautiful job. When I first looked at it, I was hoping that she would choose custom…and yay!!! She did!

I used a tan Omni thread from Superior Threads to match the outside border. Which Julie suggested, and I thought it was a perfect choice. I also used my favorite 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline Textiles.

Everything but the pebbles is done with a ruler. I ended up using 6 different rulers. I used my 3”, 4”, 5”, and 11” Circle2 machine quilting circle rulers for all of the curves, except for the curve in the wheel itself. I used Linda from The Quilted Pineapple’s -15- curve and I also used her edge ruler. I love all of the curves together. I had so much fun custom quilting this one. Rulers give me so many options, I love it!!

I used my 4” Circle2 ruler to quilt the circle and petals in the motif pictured below. The circles I quilted freehand.

I used Linda’s -15- curve for the pointed curves around the wheel, and her Edge ruler for the straight lines in the sashing. I used my 3”, 4”, and 5” Circle2 rulers to quilt the circles in the middle of the block. Starting with the 5” on the outside working down to the 3” in the very center.

I used my 3” Circle2 ruler and Linda’s Edge ruler to quilt the lines orange peel in the squares. It’s easy to quilt, and creates such a beautiful design. I used my 11” Circle2 ruler to quilt the curves in the tan outside border. I love that design too, it frames blocks or quilts beautifully.

Here you can see the center of the quilt, which allows you to see the four full motifs in the background. I quilted the same background motif along the edges and in the four corners. Which continues the overall design.

I love all the textures quilting adds to a quilt…especially custom quilting.

Here is a look at my 5”/11” Circle2 ruler, the 3” and 4” are similar. The 3” is paired with the 9”, and the 4” is with the 10”. The great thing about this circle ruler set…well there are many great things…you get two sizes of circles per ruler. There are six rulers and they start at 2” and got up to 13”.

- Design Patent D875,574 -

My Circle2 rulers come in clear or green high quality acrylic, and they are made in America. For more info on them check them out in my shop.

Here is a look at my drawing that I sent to Julie. I let her pick the background, and I’m glad she picked that bottom left one, it turned out great!!!

Thanks for stopping by!! I have lots of quilts to share with you…stay tuned. I also have two giveaways coming up in October. Please watch for those on my Instagram.

I still have lots of edge to edge and some custom quilting spots available before Christmas. Send me an email at quiltingit@gmail.com and I’ll add you to my calendar. Happy quilting!! -leisha