Playing with the design with pen and paper, I realised that it’s really a wave within a wave. It’s the shape on her grandmother’s pendant and the pattern on the pontoon boat’s sail. I noticed the Moana wave motif first in the title to the movie. So before I ever get to needle and thread on fabric, I play with pen and ink on paper. Repeating a design creates muscle memory. A roll of paper is ideal, but any paper will do.
Continuous line ocean waves quilt free#
Doodling Moana Waves on paperĪll the fluency I have in free motion quilting come from doodling the design. It helps me to accept my less than perfect efforts, as a necessary part of the process. The happy fact that no two waves are exactly alike in nature, gives me permission to play with a design. Little alterations in the pattern are something that I find endearing. I like the human variations in a design that is hand guided. I have a whimsical approach to free motion quilting. Over the years I’ve enjoyed scalloping the shape, coming at it from different directions and playing with the best way to move the design around my quilt top. Then it’s onto the rounded wave that is really just a joined up cursive letter C. I like to begin with a simple scallop and work my way up to a shark fin wave. I like making waves! Especially hand guided free motion quilted waves. She made the most amazing costume! And later when I finally saw Disney’s Moana with my little granddaughter, I still think of Anne Marie as a grown up Moana! So my first introduction to Moana was from cosplayer Anne Marie on Instagram. Our kids had passed their Disney princess stage when Moana came out.
Regrettably, I missed Moana the first time around.
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