Hey Everyone, welcome back to Free Motion Friday.
The other day I started quilting my Bull’s Eye quilt using what else but a bull’s eye motif. This motif is really quite easy.
Start in the centre of the piece making a swirl. Just move the fabric in a circle motion under the foot to create the design.
Make a small swirl
Continue on around the original swirl.
Stitch around the swirl
Keep on going.
Add another ring
And going.
Five rings on the bull’s eye
Until you go off the edge of the fabric or have filled the space.
Several rings in the bulls eye
Here’s what I have done on the Bull’s Eye UFO so far. Just the middle part that won’t actually be seen since it will be behind the feature square. But the back will be seen.
Centre of quilt quilted
The bull’s eyes in this quilt will overlap each other in several different colours of blue Sulky rayon threads just as I overlapped the couching on the feature square.
The threads
Must go as I have a lot of stitching to do before I get to the fun part of embellishing not that free motion quilting isn’t fun.
Happy Quilting!
Hi, I have done a bull’s eye motif now several times. They were on baby sized quilts. Did you turn the quilt around as you went or moved around the spiral with the needle, not turning the quilt around? I did the latter both times and I went “backwards” I had a hard time keeping the spiral distance even. Any tips?
Nancy, I moved around the spiral with the needle and kept the quilt fairly stable as I went. My spirals are not that even either but I figure that gives it a nice organic look. Don’t go too fast and just keep you eye on the previous ring which does help to keep things a little bit more even. Hope that helps. Jen