Cockle Quilting by Treadle Tutorial susies-scraps.com

Cockle Quilting by Treadle Tutorial

Cockle Quilting by Treadle Tutorial

Dear Friends and Readers,

Where I live, in South Australia, I have always had an affinity for the beach.  One of the most common shellfish found along these beaches are cockles. In fact there are some secret beaches where the sand is thick with the shell grit of cockles, and a brief dig will reveal thousands.  The beaches are dry and hot but the waters of the great Southern Ocean are mostly cool.

So, it’s not without coincidence, that it seemed only logical to me to quilt cockle shells onto my Periwinkle Blues Quilt.

Periwinkle Blues Quilt Part 2

The quilt has large expanses of white so this is a good way to easily quilt the space.

I’ve used a variegated thread for this quilting. It’s in Blues to white.  I’m using this treadle, black beauty. She’s a powerful machine. Trust me on this, I managed to pierce my finger just with the normal dropping of the needle, without any force.

Singer 31K20 Treadle & Free Motion Quilting

Cockle Quilting by Treadle Tutorial susies-scraps.com
Cockle Quilting by Treadle Tutorial susies-scraps.com

 

Here is how I did it. As always, I recommend practicing with paper and pencil first, to prepare your mind. In each quadrant of the white I will quilt one cockle shells.

Free Motion Quilting Part 4 – Begin FMQ

Repeat for each quadrant until you have four.  You will note that they all begin from the centre point and work outwards. This makes it a very easy way to quilt the space.

I must tell you that I outline quilted all the Periwinkles first to stabilise the quilt.  This made it very easy to go back and quilt cockles in the negative spaces.

Cockle Quilting by Treadle Tutorial susies-scraps.com
Cockle Quilting by Treadle Tutorial susies-scraps.com

 

I am posting a video to show you more.

Here is the finished quilt.

Periwinkle Blues Quilt susies-scraps.com
Periwinkle Blues Quilt susies-scraps.com Cockle Quilting by Treadle Tutorial

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Happy Quilting,

Susie

3 thoughts on “Cockle Quilting by Treadle Tutorial”

  1. How fun to watch! Thanks for making the video! I only have a White treadle up and running. I’m anxious to try free motion quilting on it after watching you!

  2. I am inspired to make this quilt by your blog!!! I am sewing together the stars now. I will be paying someone to do the quilting part. Did you do any quilting over the stars….I can’t seem to make that out? Thanks!
    Stephanie

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