Hey my lovely people! I hope you all have been enjoying your 2018 thus far. Things over here have been quite crazy, to say the least. I booked myself a pretty busy first quarter of the year, and I am super excited to tell you all about what I’ve got going on in the next couple months.
First of all, for all you computerized quilters out there, as per usual, I have a few new fun designs that have just launched. Over the last 15 years or so (way before I got into quilting) there was this design that I LOVED to draw. It was just this cool interlocking, curly Q type design. Here it is in my sketchbook from when I was in high school (circa 2007):
And here it is again, a couple years later. As you can see I got a little bit better at drawing it, but even at this point it is still a little bit messy.
And here it is again, as the background filler of my award winning quilt, Shimmering Symphony, made in 2012:
This has always been my favorite motif to quilt, and the most requested motif to teach others how to quilt when I travel and teach. It works wonderfully within graffiti quilting, as well as on its own allover a functional quilt.
Well, after many requests to turn this quilting motif into some digital designs for all the people who do not do free-motion quilting, I finally did it! I created it to fit into a bunch of different quilt block shapes,
…As well as a way to do allover Karlee Curls across an entire quilt:
In this particular allover design, you stitch out each row, where each one nests into the previous row. This design is stitched out just like my Allover Graffiti Quilting design. Each of the 10 rows is completely unique, so it really looks like the quilt was free-motion quilted. You can use this design on any size quilt, even up to a king size. If you purchase the entire collection, you get a HUGE discount on it! Right now its on sale for 80 bucks instead of 132! But hurry because it won’t be that cheap forever. (Sale ends on Feb. 10th, 2018)
Aren’t they just to-die-for? Seriously. I will never get sick of them.
If you ARE a free-motion quilter, and these computerized designs are useless to you, I just wanted to let you know that I will be teaching an online Masterclass this spring where I will teach you how to free-motion quilt my Karlee Curls, along with a bunch of other motifs and techniques. Stay tuned, because that announcement is coming within the next few days.
Be great to each other,
-Karlee
15 thoughts on “Karlee Curls For Everyone!”
I’m sooooo excited to be apart of that class. I’m in the one that starts in May YIPPEEEEEE
Keep being your amazing self <3
Hi Karlee!
Hope all is well with you and the new baby! Are the Karlee curls on a template or are they computerized?
I didn’t do these on my Shermmering Symphony because I couldn’t hand trace them well enough. I only have my machine to quilt with.
Thanks Linda Semon
Hi Linda! We are doing very well, thank you! The Karlee Curls, as of right now, are just computerized.
I used to do curls like this many many years ago when I was in High school and college, but they never looked as good as yours do now. How does one go about getting these in digital format for my HQ Pro-Stitcher? I already have your Graffiti book and I love it.
Hi Terry! You can order the collection here:
https://www.karleeporter.com/shop/digital-designs/karlee-curls-collection/
Will this work on a Bernina 790 embroidery machine or is it just for long arm machines. Thank you
This particular set, as of right now, is just for long arm machines. If you ordered everything but the allover design, I could custom export those to work on your Bernina.
Thank you for considering the free motion quilter. Have you considered creating them as embroidery designs which could be stitched out “in the hoop” on home embroidery machines? I love your signature line 🙂
Hi Susan!
I have considered it, but only have an small assortment of designs for embroidery so far. You can see those here:
https://www.karleeporter.com/product-category/digital-designs/machineembroidery/
All I have to say is,”YES!” I must have this, lol! Gorgeous and fun design. Loved seeing the evolution of your curls, thank you for sharing.
Karen!
Thank you so much! I am so happy you like them! You have been such a great support to me. Thank you!
-Karlee
I am very interested in your online class!!!!
Be sure to get on my email list if you aren’t already, that is where I will post the news about it in the coming days! 🙂
http://eepurl.com/cdA7Tn
-Karlee
Karlee you are sooo talented. Your work is truly beautiful! I’d love to come to one of your classes. Maybe one day you’ll be near Tallahassee, Florida and I’ll get to meet you in person! Beautiful quilting!!
Hi Becky!
Thank you so much! If you know of any local quilt shops down there that I might be able to reach out to as a host, let me know!
-Karlee