Trace is a digital quilting design that's built for speed! 

Do you ever get quilts that come through your studio for quilting with fabrics that are so busy that you know any quilting you do will barely show up?

Quilts with busy fabrics would be the perfect use-case for a quick pantograph like Trace.

You'll get a sense of loops and multidirectional curves, but it's meant for providing background texture and does not need to be the star of the show.



Through the design process, I thought these simple loopy shapes reminded me of practicing D'Nealion when I was in elementary school. Kids probably don't get this pleasure nowadays. ☺️

The Quilt

It's a common refrain by this point because it seems like I only finish projects while I'm at retreat! This quilt top is no different; I started and finished it while at the same retreat. It was super easy and lots of fun!

My friend Shelly of Ma Tante Quilting made a version of this same quilt pattern—Cake Dash by Emily Dennis of Qui...