Bethany has included over 90 original designs to get you started on your road to enhancing your quilt tops with organic and creative free-motion quilting patterns. From pebbles to waves, to vines and more, Bethany has created all-over designs, borders, blocks, and fillers so that you can create a quilting design that complements your top.
Bethany often finds the inspiration for her quilting in nature. She shares her tips and techniques for translating interesting patterns into effective designs.
Bethany’s book is definitely geared toward the intermediate quilter who is looking to build on their free-motion quilting experience. Irrespective of the machine you have, Bethany will guide you to success and provide the inspiration you need to create unique designs that will make your quilts truly your own.
And now for the giveaway – one lucky reader will win a copy of Modern Quilting Designs! To enter to win, leave a comment here on the blog telling us what your favorite quilting patterns are. The deadline is Monday, December 26, 2011 and the winner will be contacted via email.
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161 Comments
My favorite is feathers!
Liked the book on Amazon!
Tweeted!
http://twitter.com/#!/goonyburd/status/149205891663671296
Vines but the way I sew, they come out like Greek Keys.
Love doing scrolls and vines – great for borders!
Actually I haven’t à favourite yet!
I like this that refer to nature…flowers, vines, leaves, feathers, etc.
Liked the book on Amazon.
I like the scrolls.vines design.
I like designs that are a combination of more than one design. For example, vines and flowers.
I Liked on Amazon.
At the moment my favorite is straight lines as I haven’t gotten out of the comfort zone yet. Here’s hoping..
I Liked the book on Amazon (and added it to my wish list as well)
What a great book!! It has the flavour of Zentangle that I have been trying in my paper crafts. Would never have thought to go there with my fabric crafts. Such great ideas.
I would love this book. Always looking for free motion quilting ideas to spark my quilting!
Liked on my amazon account!
Any botanical shape. This book is right up my alley!
Oh!! I just this morning listened to the interview Mark Lipinski did with Bethany in last week’s Creative Mojo, and thought that this is a book I need to get!
I love slightly off-beat feather designs like “scrolls.vines”.
Liked on Amazon!
I like all kinds of feathers but haven’t been brave enough to try them on an actual project yet. I end up back at meandering. One of these days, though!!
usual do the basic stipple stitch. I’m always scared to try something else, but I really need to! So this book would be great! I just tried some pebble stitching and it came out pretty bad! Practice I guess!
I tweeted about your giveaway!
I pinned the feather design.
I “liked” on amazon!
I liked the book on Amazon!
Love the look of Zakka Style – have pinned it
I love to quilt circles, loops and hearts.
I do like to stipple and enjoy doing stars too.
I want to enter! i’m new to quilting so i dont quite know yet
I liked the book
I am following you on twitter
earlier today I posted the brown with blue & green quilt from ‘Block Party – the modern quilting bee’ on Pinterest
love the swirls – great ideas here…
I pinned the cover photo of the book to my quilt board!
My favorite designs are Feathers of any kind.
I am following you on Twitter.
I “Liked” Modern Quilting Designs on Amazon!
To tell you the absolute truth, I am not good at any patterns. I mostly just make channels.
I love feathers but stippling is good too!
I love to do a meander that will take off into a flower or a star or a snowflake.
“Liked” on Amazon.com!
All I can really do for quilting on machine and handquilting is straight line. Yet, see so many feathers, plumes, vines, and other pretty modern designs and want to learn to do those too. Thanks for the chance to win this book to help me with modern quilting designs!
I pinned the photos from a previous post on that super great chess set!!
I’m looking forward to the release of this book! So many cool looking designs!
I love all-over designs that go with the theme of the quilt design. I do all my work by hand – but it looks like machine work – it is so much fun and so very relaxing!! Would love to win the book!!
Thanks for the opportunity to win this great giveaway.
I am the 17th person to indicate I like this book on Amazon.com
Scrolls and vines look interesting. I have not done machine quilting but am getting ready to try it. I have several tops almost ready to machine quilt, so this book would be a hugh help!! Thanks for the opportunity to win it!!
Lately, my go-to quilt design is a swirly/snowy kind of thing. I’ve been making quilted Christmas tree wall-hangings, and do the swirl around the tree to make it look kind of snowy. I’m definitely a fan of moving a way from stippling and straight-line quilting, though!
I have taken a liking to straight line echoing.
I’ve ‘liked’ the book on Amazon.
Ooo – this looks like a LOVELY new title!! I love quilts that look anything but traditional, so this would be perfect for me!
I like circles and swirls. Wonderful new designs! Thanks!
I like circles and swirls. Wonderful new designs! Thanks!
Love to do spiral flowers, vines, leaves; they come easy. My goal is to get better at feathers!!! This book could help a lot!!! Thanks!
I’m still learning so I haven’t got a fav yet.
I think swirl! Thanks for the chance to win.
I absolutely love feathers. I can’t wait to get my hands on this book. It’s very much needed in our modern quilt community.
I’m new to quilting. So far I’ve only handquilted straight lines. I look forward to working my way up to much fancier quilting … and machine quilting, too!
I like swirls and botanical designs.
I like the book on Amazon.
I tweeted. https://twitter.com/#!/MoeWest/status/149264962303430656
I think you actually have to finish some tops to have a favorite pattern don’t you? I like straight line quilting but have done vines, etc… I’d love to have more options.
I do not have a favorite quilting design.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I haven’t tried any quilting besides a straight stitch! Could use a good reference and inspirational book.
I liked on Amazon
I am just getting into free motion quilting, and am working on stippling. I would love to learn some new patterns. Thanks!
I love vines and stippling.
whau !! a new world!!!
My favorite is swirls.
My favorite quilting pattern is anything that involves “bubbles” or lazy loops…
I tweeted, and am a follower of Stash Books via Twitter.
http://twitter.com/#!/BrandyM_RN
I pinned the first photo on my Pinterest because I simply LOVE the pattern with the swirly bubbles & wavy lines… Not sure the name of that pattern, but it’s deiish!
I “liked” this book on my Amazon account. This is the first time I’ve done that – didn’t know Amazon had that option! Thanks for the lesson.
Lately I have been really taken with the pebbles quilting pattern. And–oh joy!–I think there’s a chance I can master this one!
I’m a new follower. User name: wordygirl11
I love to machine quilt my own quilts. I teach a class as well. I think these designs look wonderful, and this book would be very helpful in expanding the designs I like to use and teach others to use as well.
I love the uniqueness of her designs as they relate to nature so well. Quilting does give that extra finish to a quilt top.
I liked Modern Quilting on Amazon.
These patterns are really lovely.
I like the loops. I like this book, it could be a great help for newbies like me
I liked this on Amazon
I would like to try pebbles, thanks for a chance at this wonderful book!
This looks like a GREAT book! My favorite quilting patterns are ones that I don’t have to mark – if I can figure out a way to make them come out evenly. My signature quilting stitch is a wavy line diagonally across blocks that looks sort of like a cookie cutter pattern on the back.
thanks!
sketchy pebbles- i love that look!
I just adore the wood grain design! Thanks for this great giveaway!
I love the wood grain design. Thanks for this great giveaway!
i admit to being stuck in a stipple or straight-line rut… so i would love to see this book. i do love the look of pebbles as well as the woodgrain ones…
I went to Amazon and ” liked” your book!
It has really sparked my interest in doing quilting by machine.
Having only browsed a few, my favorite is vines. After I purchase your book, this will probably change.
Stippling is my favorite, but I’m ready for new challenges. This book would be great inspiration.
Wow, I am a new to machine quilting, so can’t speak to patterns, but can speak to loving this book – love that log look!
I am really hoping to find some great feather designs. Thanks!
I love feathers of almost any kind. Looks like a great book!
I “liked it” on Amazon.
I pinned the very first image on my Pinterest “quilting” board.
I liked your book on Amazon.
I like feather designs. Thanks for the chance to win your book.
I love learning new free motion patterns of any kind and then relate them to a theme in my current block. I mostly quilt quite heavily.
I like any pattern I can do without breaking needles and thread! So I like the ones that are resizable so I can fit them within blocks. But I like to challenge myself too to do the ones that are difficult for me, but it’s nice to have some easy ones to throw in too! So I like free motion quilting, period. My fingers are crossed for this drawing! Thanks!
Lately I find feather shapes and spirals irresistable. This book looks like a wonderful source of inspiration (and could likely get me out of my “feather rut
I’ve “liked” the book on Amazon (and added it to my wishlist!)
My favorite quilting patterns are feathers. I can’t do them yet, but I love them.
I am following on twitter.
I am liking on amazon.
This looks like a really good book
I really admire the feathers.
SallyKingemail@gmail.com
I tweeted this giveaway {at}quiltjane.
I really like straight line and swirly designs. How is that for opposites! This looks like a ver interesting book
I have been a big fan of the straight line quilting but only because I’m a little scared of anything else. Here’s hoping this book can help
Looks like a wonderful book – I still have heaps to figure out and think this book will be a great learning tool.
I am following you on Twitter
I have thie picture of the book on my blog
My favorites are feathers and animals quilted into the borders in a baby quilt.
I really love feathers.
This would be a blessing to restart my quilting projects.
I collect rocks and a rocker at heart, so pebble design works for me!
I like vines and feathers
I liked this book on Amazon
I tweeted the giveaway.
What a great looking book! I like lots of different designs, feathers, wavy lines, flowers etc.
Thanks for a chance to win.
I am a fan of spirals and would lvoe to expand my skills using this book please let me have a free copy
I like stippling the best and I hope I win this book for my friend who REALLY wants a copy.
I love any type of feathers, especially wreaths.
I like all kinds of designs…especially ones that have swirls.
I went to Amazon and clicked on “Like.” I’d love to have this book.
I love feathers. The variations in this blog are awesome! Thanks for the chance to win a great book!
I don’t have much experience, but do like the pebbled look – it looks not too hard.
I like the book on Amazon.
Now following Stash Books on Twitter. @birdie00000
Hubby does LA quilting and I’m positive some or most of these quilting patterns could be done on a LA… and he’s ALWAYS looking for ideas!
Pls add my name into your magical hat… in hopes that it gets picked. *s*
Rosa Robichaud
Saint John, New Brunswick,
Canada
robich@rogers.com
So many patterns, so many likes but I think I will have to say vines are one of my favourites.
I love the flowery quilting patterns. I am currently trying to perfect feathers. Thank you for the chance to win this wonderful looking book. Take care and God bless, Cory
I have liked this book on Amazon. Take care and God bless, Cory
I’m just beginning to explore machine quilting after 30 years on onlu hand quilting. I have mainly done stitch in the ditch or grids although I did make a baby quilt with meandering loops.
i REALLY LIKE THE FREE MOTION FEATHERS! LOVE FMQ AND HOPE TO WIN YOUR BOOK.
i REALLY LIKE THE FREE MOTION FEATHERS! LOVE FMQ AND HOPE TO WIN YOUR BOOK.
I like vines, leaves and am hoping to learn more. This book looks amazing. Love how she uses designs from nature. Thanks.
I like the ribbon quilting design and feathers.
I liked on Amazon.
I love pebbles – well I guess because I can actually do them!
I just want to branch out in the designs I know I can do.
swirls, leaves, but mostly I just need to learn more creative designs!
Can’t wait to try some of the new feather designs.
Leaves, leaves, leaves! Thanks for the chance to win!
My favorite is feathers…course I haven’t tried to tackle them yet or anything else for that matter…I’m still stippling and in the ditch. It’s time to break out of that mold.
I’m still getting started with my own quilting so straight lines are my go to design. I’m hoping to have more designs in my arsenal soon.
I liked the book on Amazon
Liked the book on Amazon and addes it to my wish list! (Can’t follow on twitter- am following too many already!)
I followed you on Twitter
Feathers! Swirling feathers! All kinds of feathers!
Deb S.
feathers
My favorite is what works with the current project to make the design pop.
I love pebbles, feathers and cross-hatching.
My favorites are leaf shapes. Hope I will learn to make them myself.
I PIN’ed a picture of the front cover of the book.
I love woven ropes.
I am more of an art quilter, so I don’t use a lot of block patterns. I do like Maple Leaf quite a bit. Would love to win the book!
Looks like a great book. I would love to win a copy. I’m a newbie at FMQ, but I love the look of vines, leaves, feathers and flowers. Thanks so much!
Would love to win this book – I like flowers and rounded shapes (loops).
I definitely aspire to do feathers!
I like all the fern inspired designs.
I pinned the first image on Pinterest and liked the book on Amazon. It looks amazing and I really want to win this book! Thanks for the giveaway.