I love using many different fabrics of the same color to generate interest in a quilt. On a recent design, I created red and green pieced borders and I love the way they turned out. They finished off a scrappy quilt quite nicely.
People often ask me about combining fabrics and how I do it. So let’s talk about those greens.
I hope you’ve discovered the serpentine stitch on your sewing machine. I could not do without it.
The serpentine stitch makes a pretty, wavy line. You just sew straight and the machine does all the work. It’s the bomb. I use the serpentine stitch for machine quilting with a walking foot. It’s easy and it looks terrific.
Serpentine stitch
Meet my favorite easy quilt block, a Baby Windmill.
I started making these 4″ x 4″ blocks about 10 years ago, and I can’t tell you how much fun I’m still having! Let’s get right to how it’s done.