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3 Blocks Plus 1 Layout Equals Easy Hexagon Quilt

5/15/2021

 
Do you sometimes find that you are over thinking your quilt design?  Quilt designing does not need to be difficult -- particularly if you own Electric Quilt 8.

The quilt you will be learning to draft this week is super versatile.  I started with 3 simple to piece asymmetrical blocks from the Electric Quilt block library.  For those of you that purchased Block Base Plus, you could also pick your blocks from there. 

​The blocks I chose to work with were a log cabin, simple basket and flower basket.   These blocks would be super easy to foundation piece and don't have a lot of pieces.
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Log Cabin from EQ Block Library
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Simple Basket from EQ Block Library
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Flower Basket from EQ Block Library
The magic comes in the layout.  The layout I chose to work with is the first hexagonal option in the EQ Layout Library (under Layouts by Style).  Within Electric Quilt you can put any square block in a diamond space and your block is now a diamond block.  Or if you place it in one of the equilateral triangles, it will cut off half the block and it is now an equilateral triangle block.  
You can even kept things simple when coloring the quilt -- choosing to work with colors rather than fabrics (giving the quilt a very modern vibe) and then focusing on the colors in the log cabin block.

This is a super quick video and one that you will find very easy to replicate.  However if you are up for flexing your designing muscles, consider swapping out the blocks and the layout.   
Here is the hexagon quilt from the video.
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Easy Hexagon Design by Kari Schell using EQ8
I would love to see what you do with this concept.   Feel free to share in the Learning EQ Facebook group.  I've set up a post for you to include your designs.
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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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Zelda Pickenmeier
5/15/2021 08:23:27 am

I love this! Why is it when you do something, we slap our foreheads & say, "Why didn't I think of that?!" I absolutely love your tutorials. Thank you, Kari, for all you do!

Linda Christianson
5/15/2021 08:56:14 am

I love all the help you give. I have learn so much and feel at ease in trying to do my own designs.

Jackie Tucker
5/16/2021 06:12:58 pm

Fabulous Quilt.

Raja Merza
5/19/2021 10:56:59 pm

Astonishing. I surely would love to try that. Thank you soooooo much Kari for the wonderful tutorials you are offering. Kind of you 💖💖💖


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