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I love blocks and quilts comprised of all types of hearts. So I think we should celebrate Valentine's day all month.
In my video tutorial, you will learn how to trace the red heart and the elephant. And then use your creativity to modify the design and create your own small quilt.
Here is the quilt I created during the video.
Be Mine created by Kari Schell using EQ8
Applique can be one of the more challenging skills to master in Electric Quilt. If you would like to become more skilled in developing your applique drafting skills, there is an entire chapter on Applique Drawing in my EQ8 Drawing Blocks book that has been published by Electric Quilt.
For this week only, purchase a copy of the book from On Point Quilter for $5 off. The price has been adjusted in the store to reflect the sale price. I would be happy to autograph a copy of the book if you wish.
Price: (normally $29.95) On sale for $24.95 through February 20, 2020.
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 Love Roses from Creative Fabrica
I've been looking at a lot of graphic designs this last week and one that intrigued me was a word composed of some flowers and leaves. I spent some time playing in Electric Quilt, to see if I could replicate the concept with some simple shapes. (Let's face it, I don't have enough time or patience to replicate the inspirational photo.)
In my free EQ8 tutorial, I will show you how to create the shapes, and then place then in a block to create your own WordArt. We also cover using Wreathmaker (as I found it helpful in drawing the "O").
I didn't cover drafting the quilt layout. However, if you would like to replicate my project, create a Horizontal layout with 1 x 1 blocks. The block size was 14 x 5. There are two borders. The first is a .5 inch long horizontal and the second a 1 inch long horizontal.
Here is my quilt. The fabric in the border is part of the free fabric download from EQ for Feburary 2019. 
Love WordArt designed by Kari Schell using EQ8
After designing the Love WordArt quilt, I started thinking about using other words. This could be a fun gift for a child, friend or family member. Here is "quilter" spelled out using the same concept.
Quilter WordArt designed by Kari Schell using EQ8
What word will you put in your WordArt quilt?
Be My Valentine
Create a quick table quilt measuring 40" x 16" to celebrate Valentine's Day. Or this would also make a great shower or wedding gift for that special someone.
This project is a lot simpler than it looks. I used over-sized units that are cut down with the use of rulers from Deb Tucker's Studio 180 Design. I've also provided alternate instructions if you wish to do the project without the rulers. Click here to purchase Be My Valentine. On sale for $5 (regularly $8).
Have you ever designed a quilt and then wanted to play with the finished design in another quilt -- but didn't want to start over in drafting and coloring the quilt.
That was my dilemma this with. Last week, I shared a blog post where I designed a Mitten Quilt Layout. I liked the design -- but thought there was more I could do with it. Specifically, I wanted to create a medallion quilt with this quilt as the center. In this tutorial I will take you through the process of how do this (without needing to redraft the center in the medallion quilt). This process could also work if you drafted a section of a quilt and wanted to repeat the section multiple times in another quilt. Here was the starting quilt. 
Mitten Quilt Layout by Kari Schell -- designed in EQ8.
Here is the video. In it I will cover:
Here is my finished quilt.
Mitten On Point Medallion Quilt designed by Kari Schell using EQ8
A warning -- note that fabric yardages will not reflect fabric needed for the parts of the quilt in the photo. Also, you will need to go back to the first quilt if you want to modify the center (including fabrics). You will also not be able to get block specific cutting information for the blocks in the photo.
Flash Sale -- Shoot for the Stars with EQ8
Are you just getting started with Electric Quilt 8 and need some help?
Shoot for the Stars is designed to get you started with Electric Quilt 8 through training delivered straight to your inbox. This series includes 14 short (i.e.. 5-10 minute) videos delivered over the course of a month allowing you to learn the basics of this complex program in bite size increments. The class is currently on sale for $30 (regular $50). Join now. (Sale ends February 4, 2020.)
Scroll down for a new tutorial on creating a quilt layout for a mitten quilt plus the sale on the just released Snow Couple pattern.
Tech Know Quilters Showcase
Current Tech Know Quilter Members were challenge to apply what they learned at the end of their December class. Although December was a busy month, I was impressed with how many rose to the challenge.
In December, Masters Members were challenged to examine a historic block and re-draft so that it was easy to piece using folded corner methodology. Here are the quilts from the members who rose to the challenge.
The suggested blocks were Ararat and Giddap blocks by Evaline Foland in 1931. 
Joyce Drenth I redrew each of the animal blocks and created a different combination of row-by-row type filler blocks for this custom set quilt.
Julie Pedersen -- Elephant Challenge
Kristy Goodin Soard Thanks for the challenge Kari. It was just what I needed to master the skill of folded corners. I hope Evaline would approve of the liberty I took with her design. I like to think of my parents who were just youngsters when she designed her original quilt. I am imagining the triangle border made of a nice red wool.
Kristy Goodin Soard Applying the Master's Folded Corners class, I chose to reproduce a design I found in a book, Pennsylvania Patchwork Pillowcases and Other Small Treasures, by Ann R. Hermes. It is the Sawtooth pillowcase thought to be made in 1830-1840 and of unknown provenance. It was originally 15.5" x 23.5", but I chose to design it to fit a standard size pillowcase today. I stayed true to the rotation of her HSTs even when I probably would have chosen a different rotation, as well as just clipping to the edge the HSTs on the back versus adapting the size to fit the back. I also maintained the rotation of the stripe in the center block, requiring me to use the advanced rotation fabric tool. I used her red and white color scheme, appropriate to this season, and chose the fabrics from the July-Dec 2011 Get Ready for Fall line. I feel certain the maker did not use the folded triangle method for piecing, but it works perfectly for this application.
Other Projects
Here are some of my favorite other projects posted by Tech Know Quilter members during the last month.
Who's Got the Mitten Quilt
In this video tutorial, I share a quilt option for the Mitten block drafted during the last blog post. If you missed the previous tutorial, you can watch here.
After choosing an on point layout, I decided the open spaces called for some "winter" applique. I share how to convert an applique block to a motif for use in the quilt.
Snow Couple Calendar QuiltThe mitten block pieces could all be cut with squares and rectangles constructed using folded corner techniques. Learn more about creating your own folded corner cutting charts here.
If you would like to use your electronic cutting system to cut out the snowflake blocks, see my method here. NEW - Snow Couple Calendar Quilt Pattern
I just released a new pattern that use the folded corner technique along with simple applique. The pattern includes svg files for the applqiue. It is on sale this week, for the new release price of $5. The sale ends January 31st, 2020.
Who's Got the Mitten?
Do you ever remember something from childhood -- but can't remember the context. That is how I feel about my blog title. The saying came to mind as I work working on my blog post. I am wondering if it was a game we played or a book I read. An internet search was not helpful. If anyone else remembers this, let me know.
We are in the midst of a snow storm with 8-10 inches projected followed by a significant drop in temperature plus heavy winds that will whip all that snow around (think blizzard) . Since I shovel my own driveway, I've been out two times today (and will probably do once more before going to bed tonight to try keep my snow lifting to a manageable amount).
Because of the cold weather, I went on a search for my warmest mittens -- the kind that will feel good on a super cold day.
Since mittens were on my mind, I decided I needed a mitten quilt block. And then I decided to make it more interesting. In my video tutorial I describe my design process, starting with a single block, working with it in custom set and ultimately designing the final block.
Here are the blocks from the video.
I did end up swapping out the background fabric used in the video for one that included snowflakes. The snowflake fabric I chose was part of the EQ8 Fabric Library. You can locate it under Themes>18 Holidays-Winter.
I have some ideas for a setting (or two) for this block -- but I will save that for a future blog post.
Snow Couple Calendar Quilt
I released a new class to the Tech Know Quilter group in January. This class is entitled Calendar Quilts and each EQ lesson provides a calendar quilt block. I pieced my January quilt block during a retreat last weekend and decided to turn it into a stand alone quilt and then a pattern.
Snow Couple Quilt Designed by Kari Schell
-The block was pieced with only squares and rectangles using the folded corner concept. I love the simplicity of that method as it produces super accurate results and there is no need to trim down over-sized units to achieve that accuracy.
The applique was transferred to Inkscape and then to my new Cricut Maker for super easy cutting of the pieces. The mouth could be appliqued or done with 1/4 inch buttons. The quilt finishes 20" x 15". I've decided to sell the pattern (with cutting charts and instructions for my folded corner construction method). For the rest of January, you can purchase this pattern for only $5. (The regular price (effective February 1) will be $7.50 The pattern is immediately downloadable and includes an svg file for the applique (if you would like to use your electronic cutting system for cutting out the applique pieces). There are also templates that can be traced if you wish to cut your applique pieces manually.
Check out with some of the Tech Know Quilter members did while designing their own snow couple block. (Note: We also covered creating a backdrop with an EQ calendar for our desktop computer using these blocks.)
Julie Pedersen's Snow Couple Desktop Design
Holly Hicks Snow Couple Desktop Calendar Design
Holly Wilson Snow Couple Desktop Calendar Design
Maureen Pinwill Snow Couple Block
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