Custom Machine Quilt Five Unique Background Fillers With Natalia Bonner
Join professional machine quilter Natalia Bonner inside the PNQ Academy as she explores five versatile free-motion quilting fillers that can be adapted to fit almost any quilt. Whether you're looking for the perfect background filler, an allover quilting design, or simply fresh inspiration for your next project, this video is packed with creative ideas you'll return to again and again.
In this real-time, 20-minute instructional video, Natalia demonstrates five unique quilting fillers while sharing her thought process, quilting tips, and ideas for adapting each design to suit different spaces and scales. Featured designs include an echoed pebble filler, a playful flower filler, an improv rainbow design, a combination filler featuring pebbles, swirls, and clams, and a geometric brick-inspired filler.
One of the most exciting aspects of filler designs is their versatility. Quilt them small to fill background spaces, borders, and appliqué areas, or scale them up to create beautiful edge-to-edge quilting designs. Throughout the video, Natalia discusses how changing scale, spacing, and density can completely transform the look of a design.
This video also provides a behind-the-scenes look at a new batting combination Natalia is experimenting with: one layer of Quilter's Dream Poly Deluxe batting paired with one layer of Quilter's Dream Puff batting. As she quilts, she shares her observations and first impressions of this unique combination and how it impacts the finished texture and loft.
Quilted on a Gammill 22" longarm in stitch-regulated mode at 14 stitches per inch, this video is filled with practical free-motion quilting inspiration, filler ideas, and techniques that can be applied to quilts of any style.
Whether you're building your quilting design library, searching for fresh filler inspiration, or simply looking to spend time quilting alongside Natalia, this video offers endless ideas to help spark your creativity.
Materials & Supplies Used
Machine
• Gammill 22" Longarm
• Stitch-Regulated Mode, 14 Stitches Per Inch (SPI)
Thread
• So Fine! Thread
Bobbin
• Pre-wound SuperBobs
Batting
• One Layer Quilter's Dream Poly Deluxe Batting
• One Layer Quilter's Dream Puff Batting
Featured Quilting Designs
• Echoed Pebble Filler
• Flower Filler
• Improv Rainbow Filler
• Pebbles, Swirls & Clams Combination Filler
• Geometric Brick Filler
Why You'll Love This Video
• Learn five versatile free-motion quilting fillers
• Discover how to scale filler designs for different applications
• Gain inspiration for background fillers, borders, and edge-to-edge quilting
• Learn how Natalia approaches filler design selection and spacing
• Explore a variety of organic and geometric quilting styles
• See a new batting combination in action
• Enjoy real-time quilting instruction and inspiration inside Natalia's studio
How It Works
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PNQ Academy is designed to feel like spending the day quilting alongside Natalia—watching her full process, learning her techniques, and gaining inspiration you can return to again and again.
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