Baptist Fan Quilting Design

I love using the pattern on traditional quilts and there is something comforting in the curve of the lines when i use baptist fans on a very dominating fabric print.

Baptist fan quilting design.

I m not knowledgeable enough to say that it is strictly or even mostly a southern pattern. Start at the bottom left corner of your quilt and place your needle in the first line. Create a ripple like effect on any of your quilt patterns with beautiful and consistent quilting stitch designs. See how you can make the overlapping design of concentric arches known as the baptist fans quilting pattern.

I do mark the entire quilt top before i start quilting and ideally i mark it before i baste it. I wanted something more interesting than straight lines that simply outlined the squares and i wanted a design that i hadn t tried before. Mar 9 2016 explore madamcaterpillar s board baptist fan quilt designs on pinterest. Maybe it was quicker or a tad fancier than just plain quilting in the ditch quilting in or near the seams that join the pattern pieces.

These utilitarian quilts from the last half of the 19th century and early 20th century were quickly quilted by the church ladies for. Apr 9 2014 i have developed a love for baptist fans in my all over quilting. It s really hard for me to explain it so i ll just show. Does the baptist fan quilting design have any southern roots or is it more common in one area of the country or another joy who grew up in virginia had an answer.

However i will say that i was an adult before i found out that there was any other way to quilt a quilt. This tutorial makes free motion quilt designs easy. The fan has long been one of the most common utilitarian quilting designs at least in the southern united states. One term that has always piqued my curiosity is the baptist fan.

With a little help from my friends i settled in on the baptist fan quilting design for my garden party quilt i shared last week. Pin basting before marking means you are constantly moving. Baptist fan quilting when it came time to quilt my granny squares quilt that i started back in january 2015 it took a while before i finally decided on the quilting design i wanted to use. Whether you start at the bottom or top of that line depends on how many arcs you ve traced for your fan design.

With a circle cut ruler as a stencil this pattern will be a cinch. This one was pin basted before i marked it because i originally thought i was quilting it a different way. The easiest way to stitch a baptist fan design is in horizontal rows one fan at a time. No quilt i had ever seen in.