slow train series: mctavishing

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about mctavishing
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Influenced by her experience with continuous line drawing, Karen McTavish created the McTavishing technique inspired by the flowing, organic line style in the drawings of Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha. The effect was electric on the quilting community and in judged competition.

“I enjoy the freedom of the meandering lines and the ebb and flow of McTavishing,” says Karen. “The technique gives me the ability to travel all over the quilt without stopping and tying off. I enjoy backtracking and it feels good to cheat a little, quilting without stops and sneaking around the quilt to get to the next open space that needs quilting.”

This unnarrated video is an extended close-up look as Karen applies McTavishing to traditional, appliqué, and modern quilt blocks. You can see the rhythm of the work and study Karen’s approach.

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related footage
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See also the “art of mctavishing” video. This course teaches the free-motion McTavishing quilting technique on longarm and domestic machines.

Learn more at: https://mctavishquilting.com

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notes about the video
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Much of this material was originally published as a companion DVD to the “Mastering the Art of McTavishing, 2nd Edition,” a print book published in 2014. That the book is out of print and unavailable.

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more courses by karen mctavish
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Find more courses and learn more about Karen at mctavish quilting studio (https://www.mctavishquilting.com).

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acknowledgements
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We extend appreciation and acknowledgement to all the quilters and others who gave permission to use their work in this project.

Video production & sound: Kathy McTavish (https://www.mctavish.io/)
Opening sound by free dissonance (Mags David, voice & Kathy McTavish, cello)
Opening image by Wolfskull Creative (http://www.wolfskullcreative.com/)