Recently I was given the chance to work on a cute baby quilt project for one of my co-workers. A friend had already made the quilt top and binding, and provided me with all the materials I needed! I happily volunteered to quilt it all together.

Here is a close-up of the pinwheel blocks I’ll be working with.

More of the front of the quilt.

Cute animal fabric for the back.

She even made all the binding!

For this fun quilt, I want to do something besides quilting in a straight line. I’m going to try my hand at free-motion quilting for the first time! Now I just need some inspiration, and idea of how to get started.

Here are some photos I found around the web of some pretty designs on pinwheel quilts.

Circle quilting. From here.

See how the quilting adds movement on this one? From here.

Love this simple and large design. From here.

This pebbled texture also looks great. From here.

Next step for me? I need to purchase a darning foot, or free-motion foot for my machine since I don’t have one. Then I need to read up on free-motion quilting techniques and learn a little bit.

I will share some progress pictures once I get the hang of things and decide on a pattern to quilt on these fun pinwheel blocks. I hope this will be a quilt that my friend’s new baby girl enjoys for a long time!

Are there any quilters out there with free-motion tips for beginners?