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Tech Know Quilters Enrollment Open for Limited Time

6/27/2020

 
There is one major Tech Know Quilter's open enrollment each year and it is going on now.  If you are ready to unleash the power of Electric Quilt in your quilting designs, now is the time to invest in yourself.
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Check out what Tech Know Quilter Members Are Creating

Tech Know Quilters is a membership of Electric Quilt 8 owners who are mastering Electric Quilt through online training.  At the end of their May class, they were encouraged to apply what they learned during the month of May. 
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Julie Pedersen I took the Star Quilt class this month. I learned a lot. What amazed me most was the fact that a skewed block could turn out perfect when placed in a quilt. Here is my adaptation of the Lesson 5 quilt.
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Marlu Allan
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Holly Wilson This month I took the advance feathered star class. I learned alot. My mind wondering if create a design with the concept of feathered stars without using a star layout. This is block.
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Holly Wilson This is the quilt I designed from the concepts I learned in the class. Thank you Kari for a very informative month of lessons.
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Linda Carlson The photo is Lesson 13 merging Carpenters' Wheel String Star with a Feathered Star from Lesson 12. I used the 3rd variation of a LeMoyne Star in the tile border as there wasn't a simpler version in my Set Block choices. It was a terrific class.
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Nancy Messuri was in Master's Star Quilts in May. I edited a couple of blocks from class and had a blast playing with the EQ8 June fabric download. Really beautiful solids!
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Kristy Goodin Soard I was in Masters Star Quilts in May, and after seeing a block somewhere on the web I created this quilt.
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Kristy Goodin Soard The block I saw on the web.
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Maureen Feron Pinwill I was working on Applique this month and really enjoyed applying the technique, together with thread work. I was given a present last month it was a cushion with wild looking cats on it. This gave me an idea to draw my cat Cassie in threads in a line drawing. Had fun with this.
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Maureen Feron Pinwill one of the blocks I particularly enjoyed using the drawing tool for the arcs in places like the ears and found it easy to adapt the curvature of the ears using the nodes and the node handles.
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Maureen Feron Pinwill I designed one for my friend of her cat. She was thrilled.
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Camille Lechliter Inspired by Maureen Feron Pinwill's cat drawings.
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Lisa Ward This month I took the Advanced Borders Class and was pleasantly surprised to learn immediately in Lesson 1 how complex a border can become just by using EQ8 standard borders and a 9-patch block. This quilt has 4 borders each using one of the "points in/out" choices. The software has very creative standard border options that I will definitely keep in mind on future designs.
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Lisa Ward Continuing in the black/red/grey/white theme here is the Bethlehem Star quilt from Lesson 12 in Advanced Borders.
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Dotty Smalley In the Star Quilts class we learned a lot about snaps, merging blocks, and easy applique. Here is my final Carpenter's Star with a Feathered Star in the center.
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Helen Hicks I just learned how to built the binding into the quilt block amazing and I went back into star quilts, lesson 2, and applied what Kari Schell demonstrated in The Masters Help Session and omg what a game changer indeed.
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Linda Carlson Thanks for unraveling the mystery of adding binding to the Lesson 2 Mariners Lone Star, Kari. I used it in the center of the quilt as well as an appliqué' ring.
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Camille Lechliter Double Wedding Ring quilt - with modern coloring from something I saw on Pinterest - from TKQ Reproduction Quilts class.
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Camille Lechliter Another wedding ring type quilt from an idea on Pinterest.
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Carol Mallozzi I was able to complete this little project using the unit in panels and medallions and borders. I needed to add a spacer border and I was able to import an image of the panel and figure out the spacer I needed to make my pieced border fit.
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Carol Mallozzi The completed panel.
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Carole Fox I have designed a medallion quilt as an 18 months project for my Guild.The lock down has accelerated the process a bit.I am trying to stay ahead of the Ladies just in case there is a glitch in my pattern.
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Carole Fox
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Barbara O'Brien
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Nancy Haddad Lacey I was working on some of my lessons and then started playing around. I don't know if I'll ever make this, but I really like it. Our guild does have a curve challenge this year so maybe.
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Micheline Herzan Peggy's Cove Fisherman's Wharf, Nova Scotia. What I drew in EQ8 in October 1019.
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Micheline Herzan My fabric wall quilt. The wall quilt is 14 x 14. I will have a mat around it and a gold frame.
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Masters Miniature Star Challenge

Masters members were challenged to design a miniature star quilt that was inspired by a historical star quilt.  TKQ members are eligible to join masters after 12 months in the program.  Masters members receive fewer lessons each month, with more time to devote to their own projects and challenges.
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Joyce Drenth I looked for older blocks within the Blockbase program and selected #3918 to play with. 1937 I decided WWHI (What Would Happen If) an educator terminology. So onward I went into modern transition. I rather like it!
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Julie Pedersen Here is my 4 block 21" quilt. The green/purple/teal block is Granny's Star and the other is a vintage star.
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Nancy Messuri I designed a mini quilt using Mary Nicol's Devil's Claw quilt from the early 1900s for inspiration. First, here is my reproduction of her quilt.
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Nancy Messuri And here is my mini quilt inspired by the Devil's Claw block.
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Nancy Messuri In this mini quilt I merged the center portion from a Feathered Star quilt labeled 1910 (no maker listed) with the Devil's Claw block I used in my previous mini quilt.
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Nancy Messuri Here is the Feathered Star Quilt.
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Curryanne Hostetler Ocean Waves initials AM on back Quilt dated 1876-1900 Inspiration quilt
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Curryanne Hostetler My Quilt in neutral tones
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Curryanne Hostetler Star Quilt inspiration
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Curryanne Hostetler my quilt which I would title Covid 2020
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Helen Hicks I researched Micmac tribe as my husband is a descendent or has Indian in his bloodline so I thought hmm □ why not so here is the one I found searching Pinterest.
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Helen Hicks Here is my mini Quilt morning star ⭐️ tribute to Micmac’s
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Kristy Goodin Soard For my masters mini quilt challenge I chose a quilt from 1930 shown at the Iowa Quilt Museum in October 2016 as my inspiration, which I found at the American School Girl Quilt blog. I duplicated the quilt first in a 23" square. Not sure if that was miniature enough, I made a circular table topper at 9.5 inches.
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Kristy Goodin Soard Here was my 23" quilt.
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Kristy Goodin Soard -- and the original
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Joy Hegglund This was my inspiration quilt, an 1860 Feathered Star by Ora Brown, from the Quilt Index
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Joy Hegglund This is my variation.
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Debbi Treusch I'm going with this quilt as inspiration. The "sashing" around the star is my inspiration to make the quilt more modern. The quilt is from a collection of native americaion quilts.
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Debbi Treusch The quilt is named Arrows Shooting into the Stars by Almira Buffalo Bone Jackson and I found it online in a collection of quilts from the Smithsonian. I used the concept of shooting arrows and the white band around the star to design the quilt and it was designed in Polydraw using the 8 point star.
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Holly Wilson This is the block I designed from the inspiration of a C 1850's Feathered Star, found on Antique Textiles
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Holly Wilson This is the quilt I designed with the block and a block from this months advance feathered stars
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Holly Wilson Decided I wanted to tweak the center of the block
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Holly Wilson The final quilt.
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A Few Sewing Projects

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Joyce Drenth Freedom
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Joyce Drenth Journey
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Joy Hegglund
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Julie Pedersen
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Kristy Goodin Soard
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Kristy Goodin Soard
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Pat Harkins EQ Design
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Pat Harkins King Sized Quilt
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Kristy Goodin Soard (Alex Anderson Shelter in Place/Pandemic Quilt)
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Micheline Herzan
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Renee Railsback
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Karen Eddie Neal
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Other Fun Projects by TKQ Members

Here are some additional projects created by Tech Know Quilter members.  I continue to be amazed by their talent.
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Rosemarie Hanus
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Marijke Nieuwenhuijsen
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Helen Hicks Hexagon Blocks and Setting Challenge
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Helen Hicks Hexagon Blocks and Setting Challenge
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Karen Eddie Neal
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Charmaine Devaney
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Marlu Allan - Jacks Chain
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Carol Mallozzi Landscape
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Nancy Messuri
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Pat Harkins
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Camille Lechliter
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Maureen Feron Pinwill
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Julie Pedersen
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Collien Kaseberg
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Kathy Delaney
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Laura Francione
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Holly Wilson (Tinkering)
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Joanne Legault
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Ruth James
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Anna Norris
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Tammy Dunn

Ready to Join?

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,Are you ready to bring your EQ skills to the next level at less than $3 per lesson? 

The membership doors will close on Monday, June 29, 2020.  Join now to secure your spot. 
Join Tech Know Quilters Today

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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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Expanding Beyond the Basics

6/20/2020

 
Blog Highlights:
  • Exploring New Possibilities from Old Blocks See some of the block adaptions created by participants in the Summer Flower Garden Challenge.
  • See designs created by Tech Know Quilter Master Members when challenged to create a 6 pointed table topper.
  • Drafting the Tiger Lily block EQ video
  • Last chance to enroll in the Summer Flower Garden EQ8 Challenge

Why Should I Redraft a Block in EQ8?

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We now have over 350 participants in the Summer Flower Garden Challenge -- many of who are sharing their designs in the Learning EQ Facebook group.

I have had a few participants question "why they should draft a block if it has already been drawn and is in an EQ library".   Maybe you have had a similar question.

Although some of the designs in the Summer Flower Garden Challenge are original designs, others are historic blocks.  The reason I included the variety of blocks is to allow us to explore different  techniques for drafting blocks using the EasyDraw tools.  Redrawing these blocks, helps our brain learn how to use the tools.  And it is often faster to redraw a block that find it in a library. 

I have been challenging more advanced participants to draft the block before watching my video, However, I then encourage them to watch the video to see if there is a new technique they can add to their arsenal in drafting their own blocks.

Last Chance - EQ8 Summer Flower Garden Challenge

What are EQ8 Users Learning from the Challenge?

Carol shared that she learned how to add nodes to make more complicated shapes in a matter of minutes.
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Holly shared that one of the advantages of the class is learning the options available in EQ8 and trying options you never would have tried to use.
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It is not too late.  This is the final weekend to be able to purchase the Summer Flower Garden challenge.   Sign up here.  
Last Chance - EQ8 Summer Flower Garden Challenge

Exploring New Possibilities from Old Blocks

Whether drafting blocks for the challenge, class, or even just for fun, the act of drawing the blocks allows our brain to take action.  Sometimes this is through a conscious decision to play the "what if" game and sometimes it is through a mistake that opens up new ideas.

As challenge participants moved to deepen their understanding of the concepts shared in the design challenge, numerous participants decided to take their designs to the next level.

Let me share some of their creative playtime here.  (The blocks they drafted are a variations of one of the blocks shown above.)

Pinwheel Flower

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Helen Hicks Pinwheel in a pinwheel.
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Joyce Drenth
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Holly Wilson
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Carmen Sidlaruk
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Carmen Sidlaruk
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Kristy Goodin Soard

Prairie Flower

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Jeanna Grabuskie
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Holly Urbain
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Judy Oldenkamp Sawyer
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Kathy Beeson
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Louise Lott
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Shirley Rosebrock

Water Lily

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Carmen Sidlaruk
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Barb Gardner Water Lily in a quilt. Take a close look at her blocks to see how she fussy cut the fabric.
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Jeanna Grabuskie changed out the block to reflect a water lily on a lilypad.
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Camille Lechliter
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Sharon Kazel

Pansy Block

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Camille Lechliter decides to take her pansy to a whole new level.
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Camille Lechliter added an EQ8 Iris block with her Pansy block for a quilt.
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Joyce Drenth designed a new center for her pansy.
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Kathy Beesen also modified the center.
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Dorothee Ilgner decided to piece her pansy block using some techniques from the TKQ from Design to Production class.

Cactus Flower Block

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Evelyn Schirmbeck modified the Cactus flower block through use of Serendipity.
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Barb Gardner added a border and binding to her Cactus flower block.
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Sherri Cook added and deleted a few lines.

Rose Block

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Kathy Beeson modified the rose by adding some squares. I would love to play with symmetry with this block.
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Holly Urbain Rose
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Lynette Lloyd Wilson rose

Combining Flower Blocks

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Holy Urbain designed a table runner which combined the carnation, peony and pansy blocks.
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Christel Frischmuth designed her first quilt using the blocks she drafted.
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Charmaine Devaney combined her first six blocks in a quilt.
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Julie Pedersen combined blocks 1-6.
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Marlu Allan combined blocks 1-6.
Last Chance - EQ8 Summer Flower Garden Challenge Enrollment

Possibilities in a Six Pointed Table Topper

Those in Tech Know Quilter's Masters are more advanced Tech Know Quilter's members.  They receive exclusive Master's level classes every other month and are encouraged to work on their own projects and designs.  

This month they are working on Advanced Custom Set Designs.  They were encouraged to create a six pointed table topper quilt and populate it with their own blocks.
I hope you will be as inspired by their designs as I am.
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Joyce Drenth
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Nancy Messuri
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Nancy Messuri
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Wanda Hizer
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Wanda Hizer
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Dorothee Ilgner
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Carolyn Block
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Holly Wilson
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Linda Carlson
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Rick Danner
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Carole Fox
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Julie Pedersen
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Kristy Goodin Soard
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Pat Harkins
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Pat Harkins
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Pat Harkins
Pat Harkins also created a number of quilting designs that she auditioned on one of her quilts.
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Pat Harkins
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Pat Harkins
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Pat Harkins
Tech Know Quilter's Masters is open to Tech Know Quilter members who have taken a minimum of 12 Tech Know Quilter's classes.  

Tech Know Quilter's opens for enrollment only a few times a year.  Sign up for the wait list to be informed the next time it opens.  (FYI --  the next open enrollment will be really soon.)

Summer Flower Garden Challenge - Block 12

Would you like to see a sample of what challenge participants are watching each day?

The Tiger Lily block will show you a way to draft this 9 patch based design as a 12 inch block.  
The Summer Flower Garden Challenge will be retired this week.  So this is your last chance to enroll and receive access to all the past videos.   

​Note:  Enrolled participants will always have access to their purchased material.
Last Chance - EQ8 Summer Flower Garden Challenge Enrollment
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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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Summer Flower Garden Challenge Showcase

6/13/2020

 
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There are over 300 Electric Quilt 8 users signed up for the Summer Flower Garden Challenge. 

Challenge participants have been sharing their blocks on the Learning EQ Facebook group.  Included in this blog post is a small sampling of what was posted this week.  (There were over 60 blocks posted every day.)

If you would like to see the complete collection, you are welcome to join the Learning EQ Facebook group.  

It's not too late.  Although the challenge started on June 8th, you can catch up on all the tutorials within 24 hours.  Sign up here.
Enroll in the Summer Flower Garden Challenge

Summer Flower Garden Inspiration

Check out how different the same block can look depending on the fabric or even just value differences.

Block 1 - Rosebud

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Janet P.
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Kathy B.
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Judy O.
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Karen E.
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Bev C.
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Heidi V.
If you would like a sneak peak at how to draft block 1, check out this free video.

Block 2 - Daylily

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Rosemary H.
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Krystal K.
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Lynette W.
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Holly U.
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Sandy H.
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Sharon K.

Block 3 - Mystery Flower Garden

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Marlene S.
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Tawny M.
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Sharon K.
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Dorothee I.
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Kristy G.
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Nancy W.

Block 4 - Carnation

During this lesson, participants learned how to alter a pattern to accommodate their preferred piecing style.
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Carol D.
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Lisa B.
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Holly W.
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Evelyn S.
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Connie A.
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Patience P.

Block 5 - Peony

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Christel F.
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Jackie K.
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Jane G.
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Linda S.
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Merle R.
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Sandra R.
Enroll in the Summer Flower Garden Challenge for only $12

Taking the Designs to the Next Level

Some in the challenge, decided to work on creating quilts and some expanded on the concepts to create new blocks.
Barb Gardner decided to combine blocks 1 and 2 to create an original quilt.
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Barb Gardner combined blocks 1 and 2 in a quilt for an original design.
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Curryanne Hostetler also combined blocks 1 and 2 for a beautiful quilt.
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Judy Oldenkamp Sawyer created a table runner using the Daylily block
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Helen Hicks Carnation Quilt
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Charmaine Devaney created a variation on block 3 by additional snap points.
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Carmen Sidlaruk decided to play with changing the snap points to add more interest to her Daylily block.
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Carmen's original block
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Changing snaps to 8 x 8
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Changing snaps to 16 x 16
Enroll in the Summer Flower Garden Challenge for only $12

Summer Flower Garden Challenge Block 6

Would you like to see a sample of what challenge participants are watching each day?

The Prairie Flower block is a great opportunity to work on identifying your snap points before drafting the block in Electric Quilt.  Before watching the video, take a guess at correct snap points.  Then watch the video to compare your approach to mine.
Enroll in the Summer Flower Garden Challenge for only $12

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​Kari

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Sneak Peak at the Summer Flower Garden Challenge

6/6/2020

 
​Join me for a brand new challenge to grow your Electric Quilt skills -- or rebuild your skills if you have fallen away from using the software. 

The Challenge starts June 8th at 8 AM.  (Those joining after that date will receive all the emails -- but they will all be on a lag basis.)
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Enroll Now in the Challenge
Last week I shared three videos to set you up for success for the upcoming challenge.
  1. Video 1 discusses setting up your EQ file and importing a fabric collection to use in your project.
  2. Video 2 shows you how to export a block image and post in on Facebook.  I love to see pictures of your progress.
  3. Video 3 shows you how to import a block image into EQ for tracing.
Watch the Getting Started Videos

Sneak Peak at the First Block in the Summer Flower Garden Challenge

Are you curious about the challenge?  Check out the first video where I share how to draw the rosebud block.
To get the remaining videos, you must enroll in the challenge.
Summer Flower Garden Challenge Enrollment

More Information About the Challenge

If one of you plans for this summer is to finally get comfortable using Electric Quilt 8, then this upcoming challenge is for you.  Or maybe you have lost some of your motivation during the quarantine and are looking to get back into using EQ.  If so this challenge is for you as well.  The challenge starts Monday, June 8, 2020.  

For two weeks I will be providing you over 12 videos on creating a series of flower blocks in EasyDraw.

If you are new to drawing your own blocks, this will get you comfortable in using the EasyDraw to redraw your favorite blocks or create your own.


For those who have been using Electric Quilt for a while, you will have an opportunity for some extra practice on figuring out the snaps horizontal and vertical in EasyDraw which will carry over into all you designing.   

There is a small fee ($12) that I am charging to handle the extra administrative expenses associated with the challenge.  I also have found that enrollees are much more engaged when they pay to participate.  And when they are engaged, their skills grow at a much higher rate.  

If you haven't signed up for the challenge, please make sure to do that today.
Summer Flower Garden Challenge Enrollment
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I've received a number of inquiries from those that have been waiting to join Tech Know Quilters.  My plans are to open the doors to Tech Know Quilter at the end of the challenge..
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I've been asked by those that are in one of my classes or receive my weekly newsletter if they are automatically enrolled in the challenge.  The answer is NO.  So please sign up using the link above if you would like to participate in the challenge.

For those currently in the Tech Know Quilter group, check your emails for your special option for the challenge.

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​Kari

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