Maria’s Into The Deep Quilt

Mar 9

If you follow me on instagram @leishakaye then you might have seen this incredible quilt on my machine this week!

Maria and her daughter Mary each made one, Mary’s will be quilted like Maria’s next. It’s fun to have twinning quilts!!

This is the Into The Deep pattern that was an exclusive pattern taught by Tula Pink herself on a cruise back in 2018. Unfortunately, I can’t find a pattern to link. Of course these are Tula’s gorgeous fabrics as well.

When I was brainstorming how to quilt Maria and Mary’s quilts, I had the thought to add some Graffiti style quilting between the squares. Which I think goes perfectly with Tula’s fabrics. Glad they were game!!

I used Natural White Omni thread from Superior Threads and 8020 cotton poly Winline Textiles batting.

These are close ups of some of my favorite elements. Graffiti Quilting allows me to make stuff up as I go. Below I love the long skinny hooked leaf with the scalloped inside. Above, the simple leaf with the circles feather tip. There are many other fun elements just like these throughout the quilt. Check out my instagram for a video I posted of this quilt.

In the squares I quilted a simple x and then echoed the lines 1” outside the center x. I used the 12” Edge ruler from Linda at The Quilted Pineapple. Go to: https://www.thequiltedpineapple.com/shop/

If you’re a quilter, have you ever tried Graffiti Quilting? Do you want to?

Karlee Porter who is the mastermind behind Graffiti Quilting is teaching her 10th Anniversary Master Class this fall, and she’s given me a coupon code for you to join us!!! Yes, I’m taking the class too. Use code “LF25” at checkout to get $25 off. March is early bird pricing, each month it will go up until September 2024 when class starts. Go to: https://www.karleeporter.com/shop/education/graffiti-quilting-master-class/

I’m so excited to learn everything I can about Graffiti Quilting. Plus Karlee is so fun, you know it’s going to be a good time.

If you’re intimidated with Graffiti Quilting, I have a Quilting It Freemotion course that can get you started with the basics!!! Go to: https://www.quiltingit.com/quilting-it-freemotion-course

It’s ready now!!! Let me know if you have any questions.