Quarter is an extended-width design that began as one-quarter of a circle. I thought this would work best as an extended-width design so that I could get every other row to alternate directions.



If you are new to extended-width pantograph designs, I'd encourage you to visit this blog post, which provides more information about this unique format. These designs are different than traditional edge-to-edge designs and may require different configurations or settings with your software. 

I like this design because of the simplicity of the basic shape, yet when traveling in different directions, it creates interesting texture and movement!

I was excited to try this new pantograph on this quilt top because it's just a touch "busy" with many bright colors, the secondary diagonal element (fields and furrows layout) created by the placement of the log cabin blocks, and the stars. I liked the idea of a small-scale quilting design to add texture, fearing a more complex quilting d...

The most important thing to know about our new Driftwood design is that it's an extended width design. This means that instead of a snippet of design that's repeated side by side across the quilt, the design is actually over 100" wide. New to this type of design? You can read more about extended width designs here and see a video of me setting up an extended width design with my Intelliquilter software.

For me, the best part about Driftwood is the organic "pods" of negative space make the texture really stand out.

Driftwood would be a great quilting design to use on a busy quilt because it'll have a unifying effect. I recently pieced together a scrap quilt for which I think Driftwood will be a perfect complement. In fact, I'm planning to load that quilt on its side so that I can get an elongating effect of the lines running vertically on the large throw quilt.

Driftwood would also be great on a nature themed quilt as the organic wavy lines could represent water in addition ...