Although this was a short week -- there is a lot happening in this bog post.
Goose Goose Duck Challenge
Mark your calendars for September 10th.
This is the starting date for a new two week challenge. During this free challenge I will be presenting both drafting (using EQ8) and piecing instructions for six blocks. And at the end of the challenge, you will be invited to join a webinar where I will share a number of setting options for your blocks. Using Custom Set in EQ8
Custom Set in Electric Quilt 8 can sometimes seem scary to use. Custom Set is the layout that gives you a blank canvas and you can put your blocks where ever you want on that canvas.
Learn my tricks for creating a small quilt layout with two sizes of blocks. It is very doable. The layout is perfect for populating with any three and six inch blocks. In the video I include drafting the bow tie and maple leaf blocks and then including them in the custom set layout.
Here are the quilts from the video.
Tech Know Quilters July Apply What You Learned Challenge
At the end of each month, Tech Know Quilter members are encouraged to share a block or quilt and provide insights on what they learned. Here are their inspiring results.
Joyce Drenth I have been working on a Northwest Suburban Quilters Guild (NSQG) challenge quilt as a component of our upcoming Time Flies Quilt Show. Challenge requirements include: use 4 ruby (40th anniversary gem) flying geese blocks to celebrate four decades, add embellishments, meet AQS Ultimate Guild Challenge competition size requirements, and showcase a personal reflection of how 'Time Flies". My design uses 40 wedges. After incorporating the four ruby blocks, each of the remaining 36 geese blocks chronologically document the quilt style and completion date of a selection of my quilts. I photographed my quilts and resized the pictures to fit into the 40 wedges. This quilt serves as a documentation of my quilting journey through time so that pictures of my quilts are captured in one place. It also keeps my 'goals' front and center for the future. I drew the shoe, bucket and scissors after taking Kari’s applique class. I then proceeded to sew a 3-D bucket, wool pincushion, beaded strawberry, high-heeled shoe, scissor hands applique'd over Peltex, yo-yos for the 4 quadrants of the clock face, clock and hourglass charms, beads and a bucket list of yet-to-be-completed quilt styles flowing out of the bucket. Forty ruby prairie points celebrate NSQG's 40th anniversary year. The 4 o'clock charms and the scissor hands reflect the 4 decades of our guild's existence. Challenge quilts were displayed and voted upon last night at our guild meeting. I’m happy to report that I won first place. Other EQ Designs and Quilts by TKQ Members
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Creating a lone star quilt design in Electric Quilt 8 is super simple. This quilt has only two blocks (and one comes from the Electric Quilt library). And the other can be drafted in under a minute -- promise!
Then use a current fabric collection to color the quilt. I used the free fabric of the month collection for August 2019 on the Do You EQ Website. The collection is Rosemary Cottage by Andover. Have you found this collection in your favorite quilt store?
Here is the quilt from the video.
I would love to see pictures of your lone star quilt (either in EQ or made with "real" fabric.)
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 $35 (regular $50). Join now.
Check out some of the latest challenge submissions by Tech Know Quilter Master members.
Then scroll down to learn how to create a school house quilt using EQ8. Just in time for back to school. There is No Place Like Home
A couple of months ago we added a level in Tech Know Quilters for more advanced users. This group is given an opportunity to focus more on their own projects and designs, while still receiving support and encouragement.
During July, this group was challenged to create a block or quilt around the theme Home. Here are the results from the challenge.
Adrienne Quinlan I came across this picture by John Kelly of the bridge in my fathers home town of Killaloe in Ireland. I loved the shadows. I divided each of the elements into 4 and these each measure 16in square, the small squares measure 1in so I should be able to make them bargello style. This version measures 72in square including the borders.
Wanda Hizer This is the Row by Row I designed for our local quilt shop a year or so ago. The theme was Home Sweet Home. I also wrote and diagrammed the pattern for them. I've done all their Rows since 2016 and I design several block of the month programs for them, too. This picture is the actual pieced row. The big chicken is an actual landmark and is a KFC restaurant.
Joyce Drenth I had been planning to do a Birds of a Feather Flock Together family heritage quilt with a modern flair. So I drafted some blocks prior to this challenge. I have since changed my mind about the ancestry plan but I have many birds already stitched. Perhaps this Home Sweet Home quilt will allow me to use them and have a cute little quilt after all.
Susan Sorensen I'm making a wedding quilt for my assistant's daughter, I don't know her well, so it has been a real challenge which I have been pondering since January. This challenge has been a real motivator. Her favorite color is olive green, not something I would ordinarily use except as an accent color, if ever. And the wedding is now only 4 months away, so I have to limit the complexity of the blocks. I designed about 10 quilts for this project, but when the mother of the bride saw this one in EQ she said this is the one. I plan to use a several tone on tone green and blue fabrics for the main half rectangle triangles and a variety of low volume fabrics for the background, some will be half rectangle triangles. I'll quilt more of the triangle shapes into the background. Have EQ designs with and without 1 inch sashing, will decide about sashing after some of the blocks are on the design wall.
Sharon Osborne I hope mine is legal since I did design this a few months back but never showed it. I was involved in a "Home" Challenge with another group I belong to and this is what I designed. I'm from Colorado so that is the reason for the Colorado flag.. Trees for the mountains and earth for our big home. □
Kathy Autry This is a quilt that I just finished FMQ on this month . Now I just need to do the binding. It is a Xmas gift for my grandaughter who just decorated her bedroom around Artic Wolf theme. I went back to Kari's classes on using a panel and then put it into EQ and started designing other blocks in the custom setting. I used a Deb Tucker quilt "Rangeley Wall Quit" as the start of my design and put two of her star blocks into my quilt. I love to do FMQ so I put in lots of negative space and created my own designs in those blocks. I did a lot of FMQ on the panel hoping to give depth to the picture. I used Hobbs wool and quilters dream for batting to help give the panel a trapunto look.
Back to School
Many parts of our country are already sending kids back to school. And if the kids aren't back, the teachers are probably busy preparing for their new classes. This quilt is in honor of teachers and school workers.
It is a two color red and white quilt -- so super simple to color. And a fun quilt to piece once the drafting is done.
Here is the school house quilt from the video. The quilt finishes 31" x 29".
EQ8 Drawing Blocks
Would you like to learn more about drawing your own blocks using Electric Quilt 8?
Learn the fundamentals of block drawing.
If want to draw your own blocks in EQ8, this is the book for you! Experienced EQ educator, Kari Schell, takes you step-by-step through each of the drawing styles available in EQ8. You'll learn skills for both pieced and applique drawing while filling your Sketchbook with beautiful blocks! From drawing a simple nine patch to creating a beautiful floral applique wreath, this book will take your drawing skills to the next level! Price: $29.95
I love going to the Farmer's Market this time of the year. The fresh veggies are a real treat. My trip to our local Farmers Market inspired the quilt for this blog post.
This week we will add fruit and veggies to our baskets. All the applique elements came from the Electric Quilt library -- so no drawing skills are required for this quilt.
Once the applique was added to the medallion block, it needed to be resized and rotated and layered under parts of the basket. How to do that is covered in this free video tutorial.
Here is the quilt from the video. I used Twilight Chic from Island Batik to color the quilt. This fabric collection was one of the free Fabric of the Month downloads from Do You EQ.
What are your favorite fruits and vegetables?
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 $35 (regular $50). Join now.
I had my second cataract surgery yesterday. At my doctors visit this morning I was back to 20/25 with the expectation to get to 20/20. And I am working on the computer without glasses! This is the first time in many years. I am so thankful for modern medical advances.
My world has become so much brighter. I am looking forward to getting back to quilting -- which had become somewhat frustrating with the reduced clarity in my vision. Special thanks to Sherry Perry and Diane Rose who threaded by sewing machine needle when working with mono-filament thread during my last quilting retreat. Quilting friends are the greatest. Maybe I will be able to return the favor next year.
For this weeks tutorial I decided to play with a different on point block from the EQ library and create a new version of this this quilt. And I did this without using Custom Set. Can you guess how?
Here is the quilt from the video. I used the free fabric of the month collection from Electric Quilt to color the quilt. The fabric collection is Icicle by Kathy Engle for Island Batik.
For fun consider trying this with a different on point block. I would love to see pictures of your design.
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 (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 $35 (regular $50). Join now. |
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