Episode 5 : More Dot to Dot Quilting Designs!
Episode 5 : More Dot to Dot Quilting Designs!: In this video, we’ll take your quilting skills even further as we explore more patterns that can be created using the Dot to Dot template.
After watching this episode, you will have the confidence to experiment with the dot to dot template to create unique one off designs, ready to be quilted in later episodes.
Don’t forget to download your class notes below this video:)
Companion Notes: Getting More From Dot-to-Dot Designs
Dot-to-dot quilting is the geometry-lover's best friend: you mark a series of dots — usually at measured intervals along seams, borders, or a drawn grid — and connect them with straight stitched lines to build diamonds, stars, triangles, and lattice effects. No curves, no free motion, and the results look impressively precise.
Make your designs come out even
- Measure the dots, don't eyeball them. Use the template or a ruler to space dots at exact intervals — 1-inch or 2-inch spacing covers most block designs. Uneven dots are the only real way this technique goes wrong.
- Draw the whole design before stitching. Connect the dots with your marking tool first and stand back. If the pattern pleases you on the block, it will please you in thread.
- Stitch point to point, and pivot cleanly. Stop with the needle down exactly on each dot, lift the foot, pivot, and continue. Crisp pivots are what make the geometry read as intentional.
- Vary one thing at a time. Change the spacing, offset every second row of dots, or skip alternate dots — each small change generates a genuinely new design from the same template.
Keep a notebook page of the dot patterns you try, with the spacing you used. By the end of this series you'll have a personal design library you can drop into any block, border, or sashing.
