Hi Friend,

I hope you’re back into your sewing groove, I’m trying to get there and it’s exciting!! I have three quilts I’m working on, and hoping to finish this year.

I quilted this fun My Happy Place mini quilt for Madi Hastings from Laser Cut Quilts last year, and now I can finally share it.

So fun, right?!?!!!!

As you can see from the pictures, each strip has a different quilting design in it. Starting from the left a 45° pinstripe, my freehand grassy texture, 1/2” grid, my freehand overlapping circles, vertical pinstripes, wood grain, 45° half inch lines, next my freehand crackle, horizontal pinstripe, mixed freehand pebbles and swirls, my overlapping lines, and finishing off with a stipple.

If you’d like to learn how to freemotion quilt, I can help you with that!! I have a Quilting It Freemotion video course available in my shop. There are 10 videos to choose from or you can get the bundle of all 10. Seven of the designs on this quilt are taught in my course. Check it out!!

I quilted the machine down with a straight stitch along the edge, which I don’t love to do. Doing an appliqué stitch of your choice before taking it to your quilter is the best option.

These are the colors I used…yes I changed the thread for each strip of fabric. Madi didn’t request it, but knowing it was going into a magazine, I wanted to give her my best work. As you can see there are a variety of colors and brands of thread.