Re-drafting:

• Saves time

• Saves money

• Saves frustration

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If you like the pattern but it does

not fit the areas…

CHANGE IT!

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• Even spacing

• Patterns flow

• Good angles

• Forms a great secondary pattern

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• Even spacing

• Rule of thumb is your thumb

• Mind large open spaces or plain fabrics

• Make pattern more prominent in “open”

or light spaces

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• Pattern Flows

• Easy to quilt

• Size of design works in space

• Use 45 ̊ angles, 60 ̊, 90 ̊, 180 ̊,

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• Secondary pattern

• Design in corners

• Design behind sashings

• 3 sashings, 3 borders

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• If it does not fit . . .

• Change area

• Change size

• Change angles

• Adapt the pattern

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• Each pattern has it’s own

• Rhythm

• Spacing

• Motifs

• Adapt the pattern

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Stuck in a rut?

You want this……

but your brain sees this!

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Stuck in a rut?

You want this……

but your brain sees this!

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• The Language of Quilting™

• All patterns break down into the 5

Basic Shapes, even your signature.

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• The Language of Quilting™• Read the pattern

• Focus on the needle/where you want to go

• Make each shape one stroke

• Count for consistency

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• The Language of Quilting™• Use for textures and fillers

• With border patterns

• Large meanders

• Fill in awkward areas

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• The Language of Quilting™

• Build in “WIGGLE ROOM”

• Put in a “ringer” before you need it

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• The Language of Quilting™

• Build in “WIGGLE ROOM”

• Put in a “ringer” before you need it

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• Use Asymmetrical Designs

• Same space, different shapes

• Use centered motifs

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Thank you so much for taking the class…Quilt Happy

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