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That Special Touch - Adding Applique to a Pieced Quilt

7/28/2018

 
Reeze Hanson of Morning Glory Designs is partnering with me on lessons focused on converting Electric Quilt designs into formal patterns.  Our first collaborated lesson appeared this last week in the Tech Know Quilters Modern Quilts session.  More will be added during future months.   

Reeze is a talented pattern designer specializing in designs that incorporate both pieced and applique components.  I know you will want to hear her story.
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​EQ is the reason I became a designer.  Hi, I am Reeze Hanson and my design career started because I needed help drawing blocks and arranging them in quilts. 

When I was learning to quilt I joined several online quilt groups and we participated in dozens of block exchanges.  Before long, my sewing room was spilling over with bags of swap blocks and I needed a way to turn them into quilts.  A friend told me about EQ4, I got a copy and taught myself to use it.  I designed settings for all the blocks I received, and then designed settings for others in the group.  They liked my ideas and wanted instructions, so I started writing patterns!

I started teaching with EQ5.  It was the first Windows version of EQ and was vastly improved from the earlier DOS versions.  I offered classes at my local quilt shop and soon began teaching all over the midwest. 
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Then, my local quilt shop challenged me to come up with some table runner patterns they could sell and kit, and that was the start of my professional career.  I designed 12 table runner patterns featuring one-patch centers, and applique borders.  I called them Charming Botanicals as a play on words.
Here is the EQ image of one of the first of these table runners.  This the September Asters and Morning Glories runner.  I designed the linked diamond background to look like a trellis and wanted the flowers to be wound in the trellis. I made this flower to look like an aster.

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Initial EQ Design for Morning Glory and Asters Quilt Quilt by Reeze Hanson
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It wasn’t exactly what I wanted.   I kept researching photos of morning glories.  I finally found an image I liked in an old embroidery pattern.  This image had the flower shape I wanted, the leaves, buds, and tendrils.

It was just the look I wanted with the two flowers mixed together.  I drew each flower, leaf, vine segment, bud and tendril separately, and composed the completed vine on the quilt worktable.  That way I could manipulate the placement, rotation and size of each of the elements of the vine.
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Final EQ Rendition by Reeze Hanson
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September Morning Glory and Asters Table Runner by Reeze Hanson of Morning Glory Designs
I made the quilt, wrote the pattern, and helped the shop cut kits.  They sold out almost immediately and ordered more.  It is still one of my best-selling patterns and has become something of a trademark quilt for my pattern company, Morning Glory Designs.  (www.morningglorydesigns.com)  The pattern is available for purchase on my website as a digital download pattern.
Learn more about Reeze's fantastic block of the month quilts along with other patterns.
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​Reeze Hanson Electric Quilt Tip
I drew each flower, leaf, bud and tendril separately as a MOTIF using Patch draw applique.  On Layer 2 I placed one of each Motif.  Using the Adjust Tool I copied each Motif and moved them around until I had created the vine. By saving each new vine and flower placement to my Sketchbook, I had a series of images to choose from when finalizing the quilt.  It was a great way “see” the finished quilt before cutting the fabric.

​Shoot for the Stars with EQ8

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​The class is currently on sale for $25 (regular $35).  Join now.

Tech Know Quilters Show

Enjoy some of the quilts created this week by the talented Tech Know Quilters members.

Join the wait list for the next open enrollment period of Tech Know Quilters.
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Susan S.
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another Susan S.
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Susan J.
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Sharon O.
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Sharon B.
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Shann W.
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Sarah B.
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Paula M.
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Nicola M.
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Micheline H.
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Mandy M.
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Madeline B. (Fabric Images class)
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Linda Carlson (Fabric Images class)
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Kristy S.
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Kathy A. Ice Fishing
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Judy G.
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Joyce B.
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Inger B.
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Cheryl J.
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Cheryl A.
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Adrienne Q.
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Mandy M.
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Kathy A.
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Cheryl A. Star Trail
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Sarah B.
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Shann W.
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Sharon O.

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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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Lady of the Lake Antique Quilt

7/21/2018

 
Last week I asked you how you would draft a Lady of the Lake quilt and presented a quiz to assist you in analyzing this quilt. If you missed the post (and the quilt), you can stillparticipate here.
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Many of you not only completed the quiz, but also shared photos of your designed quilt on social media.  Here were a number of the designs that were shared.
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Celine Perkins of Perkins Dry Goods
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Coby U.
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Holly W.
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Inger B.
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Julie P.
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Lynette W.
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Karen C.
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Micheline H.
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Nicola M.
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Ria K.
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Sarah B.
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Sharon B.
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Wanda H.
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Kari Schell
When I completed my rendition, I used a horizontal layout with 15 inch blocks.  So the quilt only had one pieced block to draft.  A number of people noted that they did an on point layout with sashing and cornerstones (comprised of the half and quarter square triangle units), with the large half square triangle unit being the block.  Both are correct ways to draft the quilt.

If you would like to learn how to draft the block and the quilt using my method, check out the following video.
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Lady of the Lake block by Kari Schell

​Shoot for the Stars with EQ8

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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 (ie. 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 $25 (regular $35).  Join now.

Tech Know Quilters Show

The Tech Know Quilters EQ8 Membership Studio participants  had a very productive week.  In addition to the quilts shown here, many also participated in a Gee's Bend Challenge.  I am saving those quilts for a special blog post in early August.
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Cheryl A.
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Cheryl J.
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Darcey F.
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Diane C.
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Dotty S.
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Jan G.
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Joni G.
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Joyce B.
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Joyce O.
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Judy G.
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Kathy A.
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Kathy A.
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Kristy S.
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Laura S.
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Micheline H.
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Nancy W.
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Paula M.
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Sarah B.
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Shann W.
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Sharon B.
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Sharon O.
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Suki J.
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Susan S.

Tech Know Quilters Modern Quilt Class

Class is now available for stand-alone purchase.
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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.
In this class you will explore creating modern quilts using Electric Quilt 8.

​All of this will be presented in 10 Easy Peasy video tutorials of 5-10 minutes. 

​A video tutorial plus detailed step by step instructions will be sent to your inbox every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

​Purchase stand alone class for only $50.  (Note the material is the same as presented in the Tech Know Quilters Membership studio.)
Purchase TKQ Modern Quilts Class for $50

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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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Lady of the Lake Challenge and Quiz

7/14/2018

 
It has been a while since I have shared a challenge with my blog readers.  As I was "researching" quilts on Pinterest this week I found this circa 1880  Lady of the Lake Antique quilt.  The quilt is current for sale on Ebay.  The description of the quilt included its size of 83 x 65 -- but not much else.
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c 1880 antique Lady of the Lake Quilt found on Pinterest
How would you approach drafting this quilt in Electric Quilt?
Take the quiz below to see my suggested questions and answers. 
How did your responses compare to mine?  There is more than one way to approach this quilt -- so even if your responses are different, you could still successfully draft this quilt.

If you draft this quilt, I would love to see pictures on the Learning EQ Facebook group.  If you are not a member, feel free to click on the link to join.  I will ask a few simple questions -- to keep the group safe and focused on Electric Quilt. ​
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Next week I will share a video tutorial on how I drafted this quilt in Electric Quilt.

Tech Know Quilters Go Modern

This month many of the members of the Tech Know Quilters group have been focused on modern quilts.  We have done a lot with improvisational quilts -- and I have been compiling the quilts from a challenge that I plan to share with you in August.

​Although I am saving the challenge quilts, I wanted to also share with you some of the other quilts that were posted this week.  There were over 80 submitted quilts (a portion that are included here), so the group has been very busy!

Sign up for the wait list to be able to join this group during the next open enrollment period.  
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Adrienne Q. Improvisational Quilt
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Adrienne Q.
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Angie M.
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Cheryl A.
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Cheryl A.
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Cheryl J.
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Darcey F.
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Diane C.
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Diane C.
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Holly W.
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Holly W.
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Jan G.
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Joni G.
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Joni G.
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Joyce B.
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Joyce B.
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Joyce D.
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Joyce D.
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Julie P.
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Kathy A.
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Kathy D.
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Kathy D.
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Kim R.
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Laura S.
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Laura S.
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Marietta B.
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Marietta B.
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Mary M.
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Mary M.
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Maureen B.
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Micheline H.
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Pat H.
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Pat H.
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Patti C.
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Paula M.
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Paula M.
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Shann W.
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Shann W.
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Sharon B.
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Sharon B.
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Sharon O.
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Sharon O.
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Susan S.
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Susan S.
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Tiny M.

Pattern Sale - this week only!

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25% discount on all quilt patterns (both physical copies and digital downloads).   One week only (July 14-20, 2018). 

Use the coupon code OPQ25 when checking out.

Find your favorite pattern here.

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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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What Was I Thinking Part 2

7/7/2018

 
Last week I shared how I started with an image and designed a block around that image.
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​Here was the block -- plus a couple of additional blocks shared by members of Tech Know Quilters.
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Kari's Vintage Fourth Block
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Holly W. Vintage Fourth Quilt
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Julie H. Patriotic Fourth Block
If you missed the blog video and tutorial, you can still watch here.
For the quilt, I decided to use Custom Set as it gave me the most flexibility in my setting.  I've included lots of tips for using Custom Set in this EQ8 video tutorial.  In this tutorial, I will also walk you through my decision making process as I created the quilt.  This is how I like to design.
After creating a more traditional quilt, I made a couple of minor adjustments and ended up with a modern variation.
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Vintage 4th by Kari Schell, Designed in EQ8 Using Custom Set Layout
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Modern 4th Designed in EQ8 by Kari Schell using Custom Set.

Tech Know Quilter EQ8 Show

The Tech Know Quilters group has been very busy this week.  Their work has been amazing!  It was hard to pick which ones to include in my blog.

​If you aren't a member, join the Wait List to receive notifications during our next enrollment period.   Sign up here.
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Cheryl J.
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Holly W.
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Kim R.
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Mandy M.
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Sharon B.
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Pat H.
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Adriene Q. (Created from the Spiral Square block.) I am still figuring out how she did this one.
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Beth G.
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Dotty.
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Holly W. What Am I Missing?
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Joni G. Improvisational Grid Work
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Joyce B.
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Joy H. (a very challenging block from Mix and Match Medallion Borders). Joy added her own block in the three drafted squares.
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Joy H. Improvisational Grid Work Quilt
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Kim R.
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Kathy A. Spiral Squares
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Kathy D.
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Kristy G.
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Laura S.
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Maureen B.
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Nicola
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Pat H.
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Paula M.
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Reed J.
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Susan S.
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Tiny M.
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Holly W.

​Shoot for the Stars with EQ8

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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 (ie. 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 $25 (regular $35).  Join now.
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Happy quilting.

​Kari

​Sign up for my newsletter to stay current on what's happening in my studio and learn more quilting tips.  As a thank you, I'll send you a FREE pattern for this small maple leaf quilt.
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