Custom Quilting: What, Where, and When? Part 6 of 6

Do you have en extra special quilt deserving an over-the-top quilting design? Are you frustrated with quilting one design over your whole quilt? Custom quilting is your answer! Let's learn more about this quilting style and how to give it a try on your special project.

What is Custom Quilting? Custom quilting honors and elevates your piecing or applique designs and gives you an opportunity to play with both largescale motifs, like feathers and rope work designs, and filler designs like Undulation, Loopy Hearts, and the other fills we’ve learned in this article series. This patriotic medallion quilt top found on eBay is a great example of a quilt that deserves a custom quilting design. The rows of patchwork, open background spaces, and borders are the perfect canvas for quilting creativity. Where Do You Use Custom Quilting? Think of all the different spaces in your quilts—the patchwork blocks, the background around applique designs, the sashing between blocks, and borders. Each of these spaces can have its own “custom” design. For Freedom Rings, each “ring” of the…

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