It’s week four of the Amelia’s Star Quilt Along, the June quilt for Quilt Along 2020. The first week the second week last week
For 2020, we’ve collected 12 of our most popular quilt patterns. We’ll make a quilt a month and cover the creative process from selecting colors and fabrics, piecing and assembly tips, and quilting ideas to help you finish your quilt. Click Here
Amelia’s Star Schedule
Over the next few weeks, we’ll make our Amelia’s Star quilts. Check out the schedule below.
And you can click here  to find all of Quilt Along 2020 in one place.
Amelia’s Star Quilt Along 2020
60″ x 60″
by Emily Cross
Quilting Amelia’s Star
Making a Quilt Sandwich
Lay the backing down on a flat surface, wrong side up. Place the batting in the center of the backing. Center the quilt on top of the batting right side up. Baste with spray, pins, large stitches, or any other method you prefer.
Check out this video on how to spray baste a quilt!
VIDEO
Select a Quilting Design
As you select or create a quilting design, it’s important to keep your machine in mind. Straight lines and gentle curves lend themselves to a walking foot.
Quilting designs with dramatic curves and fluid lines lend themselves to freemotion quilting. If your machine can drop its feed dogs and you have a hopping foot, you can freemotion quilt on your home machine.
Here’s a video on setting up your home machine for freemotion quilting.
VIDEO
And of course, hand quilting goes great with quilt as you go. Traditional hand quilting brings elegance to every design, and more modern big stitching brings a lot of whimsy and playfulness. Click here for a big stitch quilting tutorial!
Big stitch quilting by Sarah Fielke
Factor these options into your creative choices for your quilting designs. Now that we’ve covered the basics, let’s take a look at some ideas for quilting Amelia’s Star.
Quilting Ideas
In a quilt with as strong a motif as Amelia’s Star, there are so many ways to emphasize the piecing with quilting. You can use all kinds of curves and fills, but you can create a lot of visual impact with straight lines. Experiment with echoing shapes, creating segmentation that isn’t in the piecing, and density of quilting to emphasize different areas. Or make an X through the center of the quilt and echo it out. Try creating different distances between the echoing lines. Straight line designs are easy to quilt on a machine by using a walking foot, or they can be quilted by hand.
Varied grids are a great way to quilt something quickly without drawing much attention to the quilting. But they’re also a great building block. In the larger squares of open space, you could use different fills, large motifs, or even echo with smaller squares. The possibilities are endless!
Wavy, organic lines are another fast quilting option by machine. Play with if lines echo or mirror each other. Differences in height of the hills and valleys influences the effect of the lines. A low hill and shallow valley imply gentle movement like a breeze gently blowing. Exaggerated hills and steep valleys can be cartoonish, child-like, and playful.
This design is a traditional orange peel motif. Orange Peel
The Pattern
If you like to have the pattern at your fingertips before starting, we’ve got you covered.
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In addition to the free pattern, we’ve written a special Amelia’s Star ePattern
The Amelia’s Star ePattern Amelia’s Star ePattern
June Giveaway
Each month you’ll have the opportunity to enter to win a fun quilting prize. The month the prize is a fat quarter bundle from P&B Textiles.
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