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Color Play - Breaking Apart a Panel using EQ8

3/18/2023

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In my upcoming free EQ8 webinar Easter Egg Hunt, I plan to color my quilt using the Color Play fabric collection from Northcott Fabrics.  This is a collection that is part of the free downloads on the Do You EQ website.  Which makes it easy to access and install.

FYI -- There will be a drawing for a collection of these fabrics at each of the live webinars.  But you must be present to win.  Registration information below.


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When ordering the fabric to make my Easter Egg Hunt quilt, I saw there was an fun panel that that was not part of the free download.  The panel won't be part of the the Easter Egg Hunt quilt -- however, it still intrigued me. 

So I purchased a few copies and decided to design a couple of quilts focused on the panel.  One will be covered in this weeks blog post -- and the second one next week (hopefully).

The flower in the center is huge -- and was a bit intimidating.  So I decided to break it into four quarters for my first quilt.
WARNING  When the fabric arrived, I found that the size stated on the Northcott site was incorrect.  The width of the actual panel was over 27".  Not the 24" as stated on their website.  From tip to tip the center flower measured 22-1/4".  The individual blocks measured around 7-1/8" inches.  So it is necessary to resize the panel image in Electric Quilt before using it in blocks or a quilt.
Within EQ there are two different options for working with panels.  One is to treat them as a block and the other is to treat them as fabric.  If the image is saved as fabric, it can be used to color a block -- or even color patches within a block.  In this tutorial we will be treating the panel as fabric.

In the video, I include information on importing fabric from multiple sites, resizing the panel and creating the quilt.
Here is the quilt from the video.  For those that are wondering, I would applique the finished PolyDraw block (with the hearts) on top of the four center blocks.  Other than that block this would be super simple to piece -- a true quilt in an hour (minus the quilting of course).  
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Since I purchased the panels, I have decided to give one away.  Create your own quilt that includes at least part of the panel and post in the Learning EQ Facebook group -- before Thursday March 23, 2023 at midnight.  I will randomly select from quilts posted to the designated post on Friday and let you know the winner next week.
Learning EQ Facebook Post for Color Play Panel Quilt

Easter Egg Hunt Free EQ8 Live Webinar Registration Now Open

Create a Fabulous Easter Quilt with Foundation Piecing and A Bit of Appliqué
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How many times have you wanted to create a new quilt, but struggled with your own drawing skills?  That blank piece of paper (or blank computer screen) can seem super intimidating.  And often those initial efforts can cause us to give up.

But what if you could get beyond bad drawing skills?
  • Design your own applique with simple shapes.
  • Let the fabric (rather than the drawing) add interest to your quilt.
And create a single block that could be pieced with just one foundation section as the starting point for a set of perfectly coordinated blocks.

Let me show you how to quickly get past the challenges of drawing both applique and foundation blocks using Electric Quilt 8.  ​
When you join my free Electric Quilt 8 webinar, I will take you step by step through the entire process to create your own Easter Egg Hunt quilt.  In this live webinar, you will learn how to: 
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Bonus for Attending Live

​Get a chance to win a kit that includes the fabric for the blocks and quilt drafted during the webinar.


One winner selected during each live webinar.  You must be present to win.
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What are you waiting for? Join us today.

PLUS all participants will also receive a guidebook that you will be able to use as a reference both during and after the video.  This will provide you with all the steps (complete with illustrations) to ensure that you can draft the blocks and quilt from the webinar.
 
I am super excited to see your future Easter quilt (either the Electric Quilt version or the real quilt).

​Join us now. 
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Free Webinar Registration Information
Choose the time that works the best below and register for this amazing fun webinar.  You won't be disappointed.

​For all those that attend live, I will be offering a special bonus offer as well.  Make sure to join me.  I can't wait to see you there.

A replay will be available for 48 hours if you cannot attend live.​
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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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Shamrocks from Design to Production

3/10/2023

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Two things to cover today.  
  • Learn my process to utilize the information in Electric Quilt to go from "design" to "production".  Scroll down to learn more.
  • Registration has now opened for a free EQ8 webinar with options on March 26 or 27.  Pick the day and time that works for you.

Easter Egg Hunt Free EQ8 Live Webinar Registration Now Open

Create a Fabulous Easter Quilt with Foundation Piecing and A Bit of Appliqué

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How many times have you wanted to create a new quilt, but struggled with your own drawing skills?  That blank piece of paper (or blank computer screen) can seem super intimidating.  And often those initial efforts can cause us to give up.

But what if you could get beyond bad drawing skills?
  • Design your own applique with simple shapes.
  • Let the fabric (rather than the drawing) add interest to your quilt.
And create a single block that could be pieced with just one foundation section as the starting point for a set of perfectly coordinated blocks.

Let me show you how to quickly get past the challenges of drawing both applique and foundation blocks using Electric Quilt 8.  
When you join my free Electric Quilt 8 webinar, I will take you step by step through the entire process to create your own Easter Egg Hunt quilt.  In this live webinar, you will learn how to: ​
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Bonus for Attending Live

​Get a chance to win a kit that includes the fabric for the blocks and quilt drafted during the webinar.


One winner selected during each live webinar.  You must be present to win.
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What are you waiting for? Join us today.

PLUS all participants will also receive a guidebook that you will be able to use as a reference both during and after the video.  This will provide you with all the steps (complete with illustrations) to ensure that you can draft the blocks and quilt from the webinar.
 
I am super excited to see your future Easter quilt (either the Electric Quilt version or the real quilt).

​Join us now. 
Free Webinar Registration Information

Choose the time that works the best below and register for this amazing fun webinar.  You won't be disappointed.

​For all those that attend live, I will be offering a special bonus offer as well.  Make sure to join me.  I can't wait to see you there.

A replay will be available for 48 hours if you cannot attend live.​
Date and Time
Registration Link
Local Time
Sunday, March 26
8 pm Central Time
Enroll
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Monday, March 27
10 am Central Time
Enroll
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Monday, March 27
3 pm Central Time
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Shamrock Quilt - From Design to Production

Last week I shared how to draft one shamrock block along with two separate quilts using that block.

If you missed the post, you will want to go back and watch the video here.
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8" Shamrock Block Designed in EQ8 by Kari Schell
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Shamrocks On Point Layout by Kari Schell Drawn in EQ8
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Horizontal Shamrock Quilt Drafted in EQ8 by Kari Schell
Once you design a quilt in Electric Quilt, the challenge I frequently hear is how to piece your quilt. 

Electric Quilt does not spit out "patterns" similar to what we purchase at the quilt shop.  But it does give us everything we need to make our quilts.

I will take you through my "production" process for the on point shamrock quilt above. 

​I've annotated this on my computer -- so you can easily read everything.  But if this is for personal use only, I will just jot my notes on the printed versions.  I will then keep everything together with my fabrics and whatever I have completed of the project.
Print Quilt
  • Select Print and Export
  • Select Print followed by Quilt
  • In the dialogue box type in the name and select Apply
  • Under options make sure both Print block outline and Print patch outline are turned on.
  • Under Printing Style, print one "Showing Fabrics".
  • Under Printing Style change to "Outline Drawing" and print a copy.
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Print and Export - Print Quilt
Here are the two print exports I always produce for my quilts.  More on how I use the outline drawing below.
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Print Quilt Output Showing Fabrics
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Print Quilt Output Outline Drawing
Print Block
  • For any blocks in the quilt, select Print followed by Block.  Make sure to select the block first. 
  • Note that the size when the block is highlighted is the measurement from top to bottom and left to right.  Not the size of the edge of the block.
  • To conserve on paper, in the dialogue box, change to custom block size and use the block size from the Layout tab.  In this case 8 x 8.
  • Select showing fabrics.
  • This print out will allow you to do your own measuring if you decide to alter any cutting instructions.
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Print and Export>Block with Shamrock block selected
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Print Block Output for Shamrock Block
On the printed block page, I will note
  • How many to make. 
  • Size information.
  • Fabric information.
Print Rotary Cutting
  • Depending on my planned construction method, I will print either foundations, rotary cutting or templates.  You can even print all three.  For the shamrock block, I plan to rotary cut.
  • Select Print followed by Rotary Cutting.
  • Although it shows a different block size, the instructions will be the same as the horizontal version of the block.  For on point quilts I prefer to select custom block size and change to the size of the quilt from the Layout tab.  (8 x 8).
  • Select your rounding option.
  • Print.
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Print and Export for Shamrock Block
Rotary Cutting Chart Annotation
  • On your printed rotary cutting chart note the number of blocks needed.  
  • For the patch counts, multiply the number of blocks times the number of patches to get the total required for each fabric.
  • If you plan to modify the cutting chart, note the changes to both sizes and quantities needed.  To avoid the "awkward" cuts for patch B, I decided to use the cheater corner or folded corner technique for my B/C combinations.
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Shamrock Block Rotary Cutting Annotation
Tip  -- After cutting my fabrics, I will keep them with this page of the instructions and use the diagram as a guide for piecing the block.
Setting Triangles
  • Under Print and Export, select a setting triangle followed by rotary cutting.
  • Count the number of setting triangles in the quilt and add the information to the printed cutting chart.
  • As noted in the rotary cutting chart, these triangles are X-cut (four triangles from each square).  As a result, if you need four triangles, you need to cut only one square.
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Setting Triangle Print and Export Screen
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Setting Triangle Rotary Cutting
Corner Triangles
  • Select a corner triangle followed by rotary cutting.
  • Count the number of corner triangles in the quilt and add to cutting chart.
  • As noted in rotary cutting chart, these triangles are cut once on the diagonal (two triangles from each square).  As a result, if you need four triangles, you need two squares.
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Setting Triangle Print and Export Screen
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Corner Triangle Rotary Cutting
Border and Binding Instructions
  • For the remaining instructions, I will annotate the outline drawing of the quilt. For the border sizes, select each border and add 1/2 inch to horizontal/vertical measurements or preview the rotary cutting and jot down the sizes from that.  I find it really isn't necessary to print out the rotary cutting charts for each border piece.

  • For the binding I will add all the size of all four sides of the quilt.  Divide by the length of fabric (typically 40").  then round up for the number of strips required and use your favorite size for cutting binding strips.
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Quilt Outline Annotation for Quilt Construction
For those in Tech Know Quilters, there is an entire class on "From Design to Production".  I was on a call with some of the members this week; where a number stated that this particular class was one they continue to go back to.  Not only for the how to -- but the cheat sheets that are provided as well.

Send me a note if you would like this as an add-on class.  Either starting now or next month.

For those not in Tech Know Quilters -- I would love to have you join us.  There will be an opportunity to join at the end of the month.  Make sure you are on my mailing list to get information when enrollment opens.

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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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Shamrocks

3/4/2023

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.Over the years I have done a number of Shamrock quilts.  I tend to keep them small -- which works for some decorating around St. Patrick's Day.

These three were compiled in a pattern I released in 2017.  You can purchase a digital version of the pattern here for $10.  
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48" x 72" Irish Eyes Lap Quilt
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21" x 21" Irish Eyes Wall Quilt
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8" x 20" Irish Eyes Table Runner
Here is a quilt with digital designs -- suitable for both longarm and embroidery systems.  The Shamrock Mini-Digital bundle is on sale for $15.
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Here is my latest desktop design on my computer (from the Tech Know Quilter Calendar Quilts class.
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Shamrock Quilt Created for TKQ Calendar Quilt class

Shamrock Block and Quilts - EQ8 Tutorial

In my free tutorial this week, I will be sharing a new design.  This one would be super simple to piece (and quilt in a day). 

My one rule I gave myself for designing the quilt -- was only squares, rectangles, and triangles that are considered either half-square (two triangles per square) or quarter square (four triangles per square).
Here is the shamrock block I came up with.

I started by drawing the sashing and then drew the upper left corner.  Clone and rotate for the remaining corners.  
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8" Shamrock Block Designed in EQ8 by Kari Schell
Note that I could have added a few additional lines (the red lines added to the image on the right) to replace the rectangle units with a square and a half square triangle unit. 

One of the plusses of EQ8 is that we get to decide how we want to piece the block and can modify the design accordingly.
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Potential Modifications to the Shamrock Block
I ended up playing with two different quilt designs -- an on point version and a horizontal version.  I think you will like my suggestion in the video on copying the borders from one layout to another.

The on point layout has a finished size of 42-1/2" x 20".

The horizontal layout has a finished size of 35" x 17".

I am curious which of the layouts you prefer.
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Shamrocks On Point Layout by Kari Schell Drawn in EQ8
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Horizontal Shamrock Quilt Drafted in EQ8 by Kari Schell
One quick trick -- if you see those white seam lines on your image when exporting, try bringing the DPI up to 600.  It will often eliminate those faint light lines.
Here is the video where I will walk you through creation of the block along with both quilts.
I think this would be a fantastic layout for more than just the shamrock block.  Go ahead and experiment with another block -- either one you drew or a block from the EQ library.  Share your designs in the Learning EQ Facebook post.  I've set up a separate post for your designs.
Learning EQ Facebook Post for Shamrock Block and Quilts

EQ8 Modern Quilts Class -- March Special Opportunity

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Would you like to take this class?  I've decided to offer it as a stand alone class available for purchase during March 2023.  The class is considered an Advanced Beginner class -- which means you have some experience in working in EasyDraw and have created some basic quilt layouts.
The Modern Quilt Guild notes that Modern quilts are primarily functional and inspired by modern design. Modern quilters work in different styles and define modern quilting in different ways, but several characteristics often appear which may help identify a modern quilt. These include, but are not limited to: the use of bold colors and prints, high contrast and graphic areas of solid color, improvisational piecing, minimalism, expansive negative space, and alternate grid work. "Modern traditionalism" or the updating of classic quilt designs is also often seen in modern quilting

Join me as we create our own modern quilts using EQ8 -- including a collection of quilts from a spiral square, improvisational designs (including a Gees Bend Challenge), fractured quilts, 3D quilts, and spiral art.
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The stand alone EQ8 Modern Quilts class is only available for purchase during March 2023. 

It will be delivered over four weeks, starting with your date of purchase. 

For those desiring support as you go through the class, I've set up a private Facebook group which provides a vehicle for me to answer any of your questions as you go through the class.

The class retails at $60.  But it will be offered at the sale price of $49.99 during March 2023.
Purchase the Modern Quilts Class for $49.99 (regularly $60)
Current Tech Know Quilter members, please contact me if your wish to take this as an add-on class in March.  The class currently exists in TKQ and there are added discounts for current TKQ members.

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​Kari

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