Cheryl Malkowsi makes it easy to free-motion quilt by mastering your doodling skills! In her beginner's guide to continuous-line quilting designs, learn how to select the right shapes to get where you need to go; sometimes the hardest part is figuring out where to quilt next. Squiggles, swirls, flowers, feathers...learn which are best for confined spaces and which work better traveling across your quilt. Gain confidence in your ability to draw basic shapes, then learn how to put them together into over a hundred all-over quilting designs. Includes drawing exercises and tips for transferring designs from paper to fabric.

About the Author

Cheryl Malkowski lives in Roseburg, Oregon, with her husband, Tom. She has two grown children and two grandchildren. She spends most of her time in her studio, where she designs and stitches quilts for books and fabric companies, plays on her longarm, and designs fabric. She loves to travel and teach quilt classes, and her students always take away inspiration and confidence for the tasks ahead.

Quilting since 1993, Cheryl loves all aspects of quilting, except the handwork, and with determination will find a way to do almost everything by machine. She started designing quilts in 1998 for her pattern company, cheryl rose creations, and has produced five books with C&T Publishing.

For more information on her lectures and workshops, for a peek into what's going on in her life, or to contact her, visit her website at www.cherylmalkowski.com or her blog at www.cherylmalkowski.com/blog. You can also follow her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cherylmalkowski.quilting.

Reviews

I have been getting into my quilting more and more lately which means I am always on the lookout for quilting books! I was recently sent a copy of 'Doodle Quilting' and woweee is this book fab! I was hooked from the intro as Cheryl encourages you to start by tracing over the designs in the book (by placing vinyl over the pages and using dry-erase markers), before gradually moving your hand farther away from the tip of the pen and drawing with your whole arm rather than with your wrist, and then using tape to secure 2 pens together (in a cross shape) to get used to moving both hands together...this is to practise the movement which will more closely resemble that of the movement you will use when free motion quilting on your machine! Cheryl then presents over 120 continuous line free motion quilting designs (which I LOVE as I hate starting/stopping/tying in loose threads) and combinations! This really is an amazing free motion quilting book and one I really recommend for anyone interested in free motion quilting no matter what your experience/skill level!

-- Naomi Clarke * @naomialicec *



Book Information
ISBN 9781607056362
Author Cheryl Malkowski
Format Paperback
Page Count 88
Imprint C & T Publishing
Publisher C & T Publishing
Weight(grams) 372g