Fancy Straight Line

Scrolling through the quilts I've made this year, it seems that some sort of grid was the most popular quilting design I used. I do love a grid! But I also used Jacquie Gering's "Fancy Straight Line" from her WALK book on three separate quilts, and I admit it, I'm a fan.

Quandary

Utterly Blue

Cutting Corners

Becky/@keepmeinstitches and I were comparing notes after she recently used this quilting design for the first time, and we agreed that varying distances between the vertical lines was a fun part of the process. Usually I do a first go at the vertical lines, go back and do the zig-zags, skipping a vertical space periodically just to mix things up; then I go back and invariably add another vertical line here or there - whatever feels right in the moment.

So anyone else used this quilting design? OR what else have you tried this year that will stay in your repertoire? Inquiring minds want to know!

Just Walking Along

Jacquie Gering's Walk book has been a resource for me for a couple of years now, and I see her Walk 2.0 is coming 'soon.' Since I'm primarily a walking-foot quilter, I've thoroughly enjoyed finding new designs to try on some of my projects. AND I thought it might be fun to round-up which ones I've tried. So I'll just show a quick glimpse of each, with a link to the full project posts.

Diagonal Grid with Gentle Curves

Echoing In

Boomerang

Diamond Spiral

Fancy Straight Line

Diagonal Orange Peel

Radiating Diamond

Crosshatch Mashup

Sectioned Curves

Tower of Triangles

So I'm well-versed enough on regular straight-line, matchstick quilting, organic straight-line, and a basic grid. But do you have any other go-to walking-foot designs you love? We'd love to hear about them in the comments!