Hi all,
I'm new and have only made one quilt. With this quilt I did the basic "stitch in the ditch" method. I now am making another quilt and realized that I don't know how to put a design on the fabric so I can quilt it and I don't know where to get these designs. If any of you could help a newbie, I would greatly appreciate it.

Hope this helps. Here are some designs; some suitable for a walking foot and some for free motion.

http://www.victorianaquiltdesigns.co...ingdesigns.htm

Welcome from Kansas

http://www.quiltingstencils.com
Stencils are helpful too:)

thanks so much. This is very helpful information. You have all been so wonderful. In just 30 minutes time I have ideas overflowing and am eager to try to learn them all. Lindy

thanks. I will try these too.

thanks so much. You are all so great! I can't wait to start trying all these!

before you try ANY quilting design on your quilt PRACTICE! on a practice piece- sometimes a few 12" square sandwiches are enough to get the hang of it- sometimes it takes a little more- but don't jump right in on your actual quilt until you;ve tried your (design) on something smaller- removing lots of quilting stitches not only can take hours---but is quite frustrating-
much better to do a couple practice pieces first.
the practice pieces can be put to use later- as pot holders. placemats, runners- or even a raggy sampler----or quilt as you go project.
use a contrasting thread so you can see your stitches on your first practice piece so you can tell if your tension is ok- and how even your stitches are. Practice -- you will be happy you did

welcome from minnesota. hope you get this dilemma resolved. :)

I definitely will. thanks for your tip.