Quilting Plans for Lumber Jane
Lumber Jane is a medallion-style quilt with a large overall design. The distinct elements both lend themselves to custom quilting and guarantee that even simple quilting will result in a striking finished product. Let’s talk about how you can finish your Lumber Jane quilt on your home machine at any skill level.
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Lumber Jane’s striking visual effect means just about any kind of quilting plan will look amazing. If custom quilting is your jam, go whole hot. Otherwise, don’t over think it and focus on having a gorgeous quilt you can snuggle and use.
Quilting Plan Review
A quilting plan allows you to decide on paper what you want to quilt before putting a needle to your quilt top. It separates the decision making from the actual quilting and is a huge help in reducing anxiety and reducing the risk of unpicking because you don’t like your ideas. A quilting plan can range from the simplest (1, all over design), to semi-custom (2-3 motifs), to fully custom (4"+ motifs).
The other thing I love about quilting plans is the ability to draw lots of ideas before I have to pick just one to spend time stitching. Let’s look at a few of the infinite possibilities for Lumber Jane!
All Over Quilting Plans
Lumber Jane has a visual striking piecing design which means that it doesn’t need a complex quilting plan in order to shine. You could pick a simple motif like meander or square spirals, or maximize your texture with something like a feather meander.
Semi-Custom Quilting & Fully Custom Quilting Plans
While an all over design adds big picture texture, a semi-custom or fully-custom quilting plan accents smaller sections of the piecing individually. I recommend a mix of simple and more complex motifs so you have areas of increased visual interest and places for the eyes to rest.
Final Thoughts
As with any quilt, there are an infinite number of possible ways to quilt Lumber Jane. Choose a type of quilting plan that matches your skills and time commitment, draw it out, and then enjoy the quilting process when you bring that vision to life!
Resources
PATTERN: Lumber Jane Quilt Pattern
BLOG: Introduction to Procreate (my favorite tool for drawing quilting plans digitally
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