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Give Thanks

11/22/2018

This post is a couple of days early.

In the US the fourth Thursday in November is Thanksgiving. During this national holiday we have a chance to reflect on things we are truly thankful for.

I am so appreciative of those that follow me on my blog and social media and those who take classes from me. I enjoy sharing my love of quilting (especially Electric Quilt) with you and I feel blessed having you in my community.

My free video tutorial this week is entitled -- Give Thanks. During the video I will be sharing how to obtain and work with fonts (and text) in EQ8.

Here is the quilt from the video. The fonts were obtained from https://www.1001fonts.com/

The fonts used in the quilt were Rouge Script and KR Fabulous Fall.

Give Thanks designed by Kari Schell using EQ8

Happy quilting.

Kari

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Gobble Gobble Tommy Turkey Quilt

11/17/2018

Last week I shared how to draft Tommy Turkey using PatchDraw and Applique. This was much easier than the block looks. If you missed the tutorial, you will want to catch it here.

During this free video tutorial. I will share with you a quilt that was designed to feature Tommy Turkey. This is a great project for any beginners to EQ8. This would also be an easy project to piece.

Do you have any special plans for Thanksgiving? I am planning a trip to North Dakota. But will be back on Sunday -- so I can fly to Michigan to spend time with the West Michigan Quilt Guild next week. I am hoping to meet some of you then.

Featured Tech Know Quilter Projects

During the Foundation Piecing class, I challenged participants to design their own foundation friendly tree. Here are their very talented results.

Angie Moreno

Belinda Betts

Bibi Belotti

Bibi Belotti Forest

Debbie Wheadon

Holly Wilson

Diane Coble

Holly Wilson

Janet Kirby

JoAnne Scharn

Jan Guerard

Joy Hegglund

Judy Good

Kathy Delaney

Julie Pedersen

Katherine Cronn

Kristy S.

Lynette Wilson

Maureen Bauber

Nicola Manton

Pat Harkin

Paula Miceli

Shann Wheaton

Sharon Osborne

Sherry Hopper Bragg

Wanda Hizer

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Tommy Turkey

11/10/2018

I started to think about Thanksgiving this week and decided I needed to create a new turkey block in Electric Quilt. This is a fun block that uses PolyDraw to complete the feathers along with some of the shape tools in applique. You will be amazed at how easy this block is to draft.

Do you have a Dresden ruler tool in your collection? If so, this would also be super easy to piece. Maybe I should try to piece him next week.

If you would like to piece him, click on the image below to download templates for a 12 inch block.

Tommy Turkey designed by Kari Schell using EQ8 (click on image for pdf download of templates)

Tech Know Quilters Designs

Check out some of latest designs created in the Tech Know Quilter's private Facebook group.

Angie M.

Sharon O.

Bibi B.

Carolyn B.

Cheryl J.

Debbie W.

Deborah N.

Diane C.

Holly W.

Jean H.

Joy H.

Judy G.

Julie P.

Madeline B.

Micheline H.

Nicola M.

Paula M.

Wanda H.

Reed J.

Shann W.

Shirley R.

Joy H.

Click here to learn more about the Tech Know Quilter's group and sign up for the wait list for the next open enrollment period.

Northwoods Loon Pattern

Did you recognize the variations on my Northwoods Loon pattern in the quilts created by the Tech Know Quilter group? I turned my design into a pattern.

Northwoods Loon in Batiks by Kari Schell

Northwoods Loon in MN Shop Hop fabric by Kari Schell

The Northwoods Loon quilt pattern is now available for purchase!

Purchase a physical copy of the pattern (mailed to you). This is includes a sufficient number of foundation patterns on newsprint to complete the quilt.

Purchase a download copy of the pattern.

Ararat versus Giddap Political Debate

11/3/2018

Did you know that quilter's expressed their political viewpoints through their quilts? I thought I would share with you the story behind two political quilt blocks.

In 1931, Evaline Foland designed this elephant quilt block, named for an elephant in the Swope Park zoo in Kansas City. About a week after the pattern was published by the Kansas City Star, the ladies of the Congregational Church made a GOP elephant out of him.

Many of the Stars readers demanded equal representation. The Star responded with Giddap, a Very Democratic Donkey a pattern that remained very popular throughout the Depression and Franklin D. Roosevelt years.

I decided to make my own historic "political quilt" using a number of political blocks. I redrafted the blocks in EQ (cutting down the number of pieces along with the size of the blocks).

See how I did this in my free Electric Quilt video tutorial.

Here were my "political" blocks.

Giddap block by Eveline Foland, redesigned by Kari Schell. Click on link for rotary cutting and piecing diagram.

Ararat block by Eveline Foland, redesigned by Kari Schell, Click on link for rotary cutting and piecing diagram.

Redesign of Clay's Compromise (original block by Finley from Block Base).

Clay's Compromise by Nancy Cabot from Block Base

Clay's Choice by Finley from Block Base

The last two blocks represented the policies of Henry Clay a candidate for President from the Whig party.

And the quilt made from the blocks.

Political Debate made by Kari Schell in 2010.

Or how about turning the elephant block into a non-political inspirational banner?

Dream by Kari Schell, designed in EQ8

September Apply What You Learned Challenge

Tech Know Quilter's members were encouraged to submit designs to showcase what they worked on during the month of September. Here are their amazing results.

Holly Wilson created her own hexagon quilt from the Hexagon Blocks and Borders class.

Hexa Gone Modern Quilt. Diane Coble usually makes traditional quilts. However she decided to try doing something more "modern". She was a part of the Hexagon blocks and settings class. It was great fun!

Leanne Neilson I've been doing Introduction to Poly Draw this month. My challenge was to redesign a pattern I purchased to reduce the number of fabrics used down from 18 to 9. Great lessons Kari Schell, I'm learning so much.

Laura Sapko I took the Lessons in PolyDraw and Hexagons to the next level (for me). I made one huge block that keeps expanding or growing on itself without the use of repeating hexagons. But there are sections that can be pieced or EPP'd in units.

Laura Sapko When you start ignoring housework and everything else.

Janet Kirby This was out of my comfort zone to actually place a hexagon in a usable quilt pattern. I learned how to better work with hexagons and to draw them easier.

Linda Carlson This is my September Challenge quilt created in the Kaleidoscope unit based on a Log Cabin with Flying Geese block that was manipulated in Serendipity, then rotated as a Fancy Star.

Julie Pedersen I used some of the hexagon blocks that we created earlier and expanded it. I used what I learned to add the filler pieces on the sides.

Julie Pedersen Colorway 2

Julie Pedersen Challenge Quilt 3

Debbie Wheadon Hexagon Blocks and Settings class was a real brain strain for me, particularly the 12 challenge blocks. I was lost until lesson 13 then a light bulb moment came along. Name of this quilt is Hex-About

Kristy S. The Hexagon class helped me with this gear quilt I had been contemplating.

Linda Carlson I also finished the Mix & Match Medallion Centers class in September and this quilt used the Modern Medallion. I incorporated a Clip & Flip rendition and also played with the Thread Tools. The lime green border was part of this lesson, while the 4 part Flying Geese border was created in Auto Borders. My choice of fabrics include both solids & prints.

Adrienne Quinlan I took the Hexi class in September and the main thing I learned was to use centre of the circle block to create the shape I wanted and then to use the snapping options to help in reshaping

Sharon Osborne

Ruth James

Madeline Brown Happy Halloween! Used some of our blocks from medallions and some new ones from EQ library. Its actually on point with black background. Understanding spacers in the borders (YEH!) and rotated the border block to create a secondary design. Lots of fun Halloween fabrics out there!

Laura Sapko - Hexagon quilt colored using the new Ki-Koo Garden fabric of the month

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Give Thanks

Gobble Gobble Tommy Turkey Quilt

Featured Tech Know Quilter Projects

Tommy Turkey

Tech Know Quilters Designs

Northwoods Loon Pattern

Ararat versus Giddap Political Debate

September Apply What You Learned Challenge

Individual Class Opportunities

Just Getting Started with EQ8?

Kari Schell

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Gobble Gobble Tommy Turkey Quilt

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Just Getting Started with EQ8?

Kari Schell

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