Free Motion Quilting: McTavishing

This free motion quilting design was invented and named after the amazingly awesome quilter Karen McTavish.

McTavishing is very different from stippling and microstipping because instead of receeding to the background, this free motion filler stands out with lots of showy movement.

This design is moderately difficult to learn because it involves a good bit of traveling over your previous stitching and echo stitching. You'll want to keep your 4 lines parallel and this can be tricky to a beginner.

Make sure to check out the tutorial on keeping your lines consistent and even for more tips on making this easy!

Now learn how to do free motion McTavishing in this Video:

As with all great designs, great variations can be made of them just by changing one or two things.

This variation is called Lighting Bolt and is created exactly the same way, except instead of nice wavy lines, you use straight lines and sharp angles. It's amazing how a simple difference can have such a nice effect!

Learn how to quilt the 4 most popular quilting designs! Click on the links below:

Microstippling

McTavishing

Pebbling

Paisley

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