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Folded Corner Cutting Charts for EQ Blocks

11/30/2019

 
Included in this blog post:
  • Introducing Merry Christmas -- a new pattern by On Point Quilter
  • Free tutorial on creating Folded Corner Cutting Charts for Electric Quilt
  • ​Tech Know Quilters Virtual Quilt Show

Merry Christmas - New Pattern Release

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This tree skirt is sure to be a hit with everyone when celebrating Christmas.  Santa Claus, Northwoods Trees, Holiday Light and Starry Night blocks are all pieced using square and rectangle fabrics using a folded corner technique. No foundation piecing is required. 
 
Three sizes are included. 
Purchase for Introductory Price of $10 (regular $12)

How to Construct a Quilt Designed in Electric Quilt using Folded Corners

One question I am frequently asked is -- "How do I make a quilt that I designed in Electric Quilt?" 

There are many ways to approach piecing a block.  
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​I love working with folded corners as all the pieces are squares and rectangles.  No cut triangles are required when using this technique.

 I will share my suggestions for creating folded corner cutting charts for your Electric Quilt blocks.

What is a Folded Corner?

Back when I started quilting, I had a book from Mary Ellen Hopkins entitled "It's OK if you Sit on My Quilt Book".  In this book she introduced the quilting world to connector corners.  I think this may have been one of the techniques that revolutionized modern day quilting.  Over the years I have heard a number of names for the technique including "cheater corner" and "folded corner". ​
The technique refers to a method of adding triangles to a quilt block using only square or rectangle pieces of fabric.  It is frequently the suggested method for creating snowball blocks, square within a square units and flying geese units.  

Simple Folded Corner Construction

Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of a folded corner piece from corner to corner. 
  1. Place on the corner of a base piece with right sides together. 
  2. Sew on the drawn diagonal.
  3. Press folded corner to corner.
  4. (Optional) - Trim back two pieces leaving 1/4" seam.
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Drafting Cutting Charts for Folded Corner Blocks

As you can see, piecing a folded corner block is super simple!

However when we design in Electric Quilt, EQ does not give us rotary cutting measurements that are conducive to using the folded corner technique.

My video tutorial will share with you how to create cutting charts that utilize the folded corner construction technique.  This technique works best for blocks with patches that are square or rectangle and have 45 degree angles.
Here are the rotary cutting charts from the quilt in the video.
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10" Snowball Block -- Folded Corner Cutting Chart
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3" Chevron Block - Folded Corner Cutting Chart
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10" Wild Goose Log Cabin - Folded Corner Cutting Chart
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Folded Goose Crossings Quilt - Designed in EQ8 by Kari Schell

October Apply What You Learned

Enjoy the virtual quilt show as Tech Know Quilter members shared what they learned during October.  If you would like to join the wait list for the next open enrollment for Tech Know Quilters, you may sign up here.
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Curryanne Hostetler
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Sabine Neuberger The first month is over and I have learned a lot from the various classes. Everything was explained so well and having the print out at hand made everything easy to follow. Thank you very much! I am very much looking forward to next months classes. I have the "Bee Inspired"-Collection from MODA fabrics in my stash and played with these fabrics for our class-quilt. This is how it turned out:
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Carolyn Block From the Quilting Designs class...Learned so much (but have much practicing to do in freehand drawing of feathers!!!)
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Nancy Messuri I challenged myself to work in Custom Set with a block from Modern Quilts 1. Placing the triangles in the corners was indeed a challenge. However, I achieve the look I was after.
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Camille Lechliter
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Camille Lechliter This was fun to design from Modern Blocks Lessons 6 & 7. It's eventually going to be a QOV.
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Nancy Messuri My challenge for this quilt was to see if I could get an optical illusion using triangles on the sides rather than squares as we did in Modern Quilts 1.
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Maureen Pinwell Final rendition of my Christmas Quilt for the October Challenge. These challenges are a blessing it really pressed me into thinking how I achieved the lessons and how much I was led by the Tutor. Practice makes perfect!
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Charlotte Quiroz Shoot for the Stars
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Judy Sawyer Took my Baptist Fan quilt design and quilted this quilt.
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Suzanne Golden Enjoyed the Applique class. Took what I learned in this session and some of the others to create a custom quilt.
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Donna C. I really enjoyed the TKQ Easy Draw class. I’ve been using EQ8 for years but you taught me so many shortcuts for creating blocks and really fueled my creativity. I’m looking forward to the medallion quilt classes now. This is an example of one of the quilts I created.
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Kristy Goodin Soard Challenge incorporated a few challenges. I wanted to use bees from two previous challenges as the basis of my quilt stencils. I had to import those blocks from previous projects (a first for me). Upon completing the imports, I garnered what I needed from the lessons this past month to modify those blocks to create two bee stencils. I also utilized one of Kari’s straight-line lessons in conjunction with the bees. This is designed to fit on one of Ackland’s metal tabletop quilt stands.
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Rhonda Goss
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Carole Fox While I was doing the Modern Quilt class, I saw some socks in a shop and they inspired me for the following quilt. The difficulty was to create the block with the connections in mind for the whole quilt.
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Tina Rohde Working with Fabric. I spent the last three days caring for my grandchildren (5, 7, and 10). They are home schooled and when they found out grammie had homework they were over joyed. They jumped right in encouraging me to finish it. My quilt became a collaborative project. I would show them the steps and they would have to try. By the time I had done everything three times over the process was cemented in my memory. This is our finished design. The pattern and colors are not what I would have picked but we all had fun. When mom and dad came home my five year old ran our to show them how to recolor blocks.
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Julie Pedersen The Quilting Designs/stencils class challenged me. I enjoyed it. Feathers challenge me as a Free-motion Quilter, so that lesson was especially challenging as well. Here is my whole cloth quilt.
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Cres Bookstein Fabric Lessons I had plenty of frustrations and this-is-driving-me-crazy rants, but I enjoyed playing with all of the fabric choices and moving around blocks once I got the hang of it. Dizzy is the result of using randomize with the choice of fabrics I had pulled.
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Cat Beckstead A Sampler from the Quilt Index redrafted in EQ.
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Cat Beckstead A Sampler from the Quilt Index. I drafted each of the blocks. No blocks from the block library. It was a learning experience.
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Suzanne Golden -- Hexagon Challenge Quilt Some of the blocks are from the class and other from 300 blocks.
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Marielle Schelling I'm designing a quilt for a nephew who really adores pokemon. Very simple blocks. using coloring pictures for the applique.
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Micheline Herzan Using Kari's Lesson 2 on Garden Maze I was able to draw Judy Martin's Kyoto Gardens quilt. This is a scrappy quilt so I will be able to use a lot of my stash reds, greens, golds, beiges, etc. etc.. This is a twin size quilt. I can hardly wait to start piecing it. Although I did not recolour each star uniquely, in my pieced version there will be a lot more shades of each colour. Love scrappy stars.
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Dorothee Ilgnerr I designed a version of this some time ago. a slightly different setting, but the same solutions. I fell in love with the design, and redrafted it as a miniature quilt. 26x31 inches.
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Carolyn Block This quilt I had seen on Connecting Threads and designed it in EQ as a gift for Christmas for a new granddaughter.
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Carolyn Block Completed quilt using the fabric collection Amberley by Brenda Riddle for Moda...picked out by my daughter.
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Kathy Autry I finished piecing the Dream BIg quilt that I'm making for a Christmas gift and happy to say it is now on my machine and being quilted.
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Micheline Herzan My October challenge was to finish a charity quilt for my guild. The guild gave me the 4 African panels and some scraps. I added my own fabrics to it. The filler block in between the panels is from the EQ8 library. I did a lot of free motion quilting on my domestic machine.

Tech Know Quilters Masters Challenge - Quilts Inspired by Your Favorite Quilting Tool

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Kristy Goodin Soard After much thought, I determined my favorite tool is my creativity. As a means to represent this in my quilting journey, I chose to include the sewing machine on a quilt of luscious red fabrics. My creative thoughts become reality through the use of gorgeous fabrics and machine stitching. I also took this opportunity to review the skills Kari has taught us about creating unusual borders.
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Kristy Goodin Soard with the blue Grunge fabrics by Moda.
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Shann Wheaton It is very true that it is difficult to choose just one tool that is the favorite. However for me the answer is the obvious one...EQ8! No, not 7 (that was too difficult to navigate) but EQ8 and Kari's university classes. I love being able to audition designs, colors and fabrics before going through the hard work of making the quilt and then later wish I would have made some changes. Or, that you can find a design you like but want to tweak it. Here is the very large Judy Neimeyer Diamond Wedding Star that I completed.
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Shann Wheaton Trying to replicate Judy's design is very difficult for me but i was able to get the general idea of where to use the fabrics and the overall look with the border.
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JoAnne Scharn I'm not sure what quilting tool would be my favorite, but as I do a lot of hand work (applique & quilting) I do know I could not live without my thimble. As I'm late posting this challenge, my "Thimble" quilt is quite simple. I included a block I could hand applique using the thimble as well.

Other October Projects

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Collien K.
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Maureen P.
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Helen H.
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Sharon O.
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Julie P.
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Joy H.
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Cres B.
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Barbara B.
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Nancy M.
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Holly W.
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Charlotte S.
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Micheline H.
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Cat B,
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Charlotte Q.
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Barbara B.
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Collien K.
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Nancy M. One Jacks
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Curryanne H.
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Barbara O.
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Judy H.
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Holly W.
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Linda S.
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Dorothee I.
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Maryanne C.
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Joy H.
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Dotty S.
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Pam V.
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Nancy M.
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Dena T.
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Janet I.
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Carol M.
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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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Thankful Words

11/23/2019

 
In the US, we will celebrate Thanksgiving next Thursday.  I will be joining much of my family in Bismarck for our traditional family celebration.  As we approach this season, I am reminded of how much I truly have to be thankful for.

In this post:
  • A mini-show of Tech Know Quilter Masters Thankful Quilts
  • Kristy Goodin Soard's story.  She is the designer behind the Thankful Words quilt.
  • An EQ video tutorial on creating your own thankful words quilt.

TKQ Masters Thankful Quilt Show

In my Tech Know Quilter's Masters group this month, I challenged them to draft a Thankful quilt.  It could be related to Thanksgiving, or people or things they are thankful for.
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Kristy Goodin Soard I am thankful for so many blessings in my life, so I chose many of them to portray in my THANKFUL quilt for the challenge. Of course, many more blessings are enjoyed daily...but a quilt can only be so big! With each challenge I like to incorporate lessons learned in the past as a method of keeping them fresh in my arsenal. I am very grateful, as well, for Kari and the effort and time she shares to make her classes so exceptional.
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Kristy Goodin Soard A couple of additional coloring options. See Kari's tutorial on how you could create your own word quilt inspired by Kristy's quilt.
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Kathleen McCormick -- I played with leaves and wreathmaker and a fall fabric I loved is in the corners.
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Joyce Drenth To celebrating the completion of a recent quilt show, I created a Thankful quilt. I am thankful for such a wonderfully, fruitful and warm life with family and friends in abundance.
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Sharon Osborne This quilt was good practice for my PolyDraw skills. My goal is to get this done before Thanksgiving.
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Micheline Herzan All the inset blocks came from the EQ8 block library. I modified and used the sashing from my Kyoto Garden quilt . This was a fun quilt to draw and recolour.
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Julie Pedersen I used a pumpkin from the library and modified it a bit. Then chose blocks from my previous Masters projects to finish the fall themed wall hanging. I also added Text on Layer 2 to remind me that EVERY DAY we should be thankful for the little things that we take for granted.

Introducing Kristy Goodin Soard

Kristy Goodin Soard designed the Thankful Word quilts above.  I asked her to tell me a bit about her family and her background.  I hope you will be as touched by her story as I was.

Kristy's Story

I was born Kristy Ann Goodin in a small town in Ohio.  I was blessed with an idyllic life surrounded by family and friends.  However, at age eight my dad died as a result of a tragic work-related accident.  My maternal grandma came and stayed with us for a year as our now family of four created our new normal. 

My mom always sewed all of our clothing and household accessories, but was not doing much quilting with three little ones to raise.  During my grandma’s stay she and my mom exposed me to more and more sewing on the Kenmore machine.  I would refer to those days as the true impetus for my lifelong passion for creating. 

Machine sewing right into my finger did not deter me from continuing, I was hooked.  My mother had made a Dutch Girl quilt in her teens, and my Grandma made numerous quilts, all of which I still treasure to this day, but they didn’t start me quilting at that juncture. 

It was in my freshman year studying accounting at university when I chose my first elective as an art class, that quilting became a focus.  We were given free rein to choose a topic for our major paper for that quarter.  I chose quilts.  It was around that time I made my first-full size quilt, a hand applique Rose of Sharon/Ohio Rose Quilt.  It is in my living room to this day reminding me of my beginnings. 

Fast forward to eight years later and the birth of my first child when quilting became part of my life full time.  My favorite parts about quilting are the prayers that are included with each stitch.  Generally, I make each quilt with a purpose or specific recipient, and it is during its construction I focus my prayers for those people.  I must admit I love the feeling of satisfaction I get when the recipient expresses an emotional response to my quilt for them. 

I do not have a favorite type of quilt, as that seems to change over time.  However, it is my life endeavor to continue to learn in every aspect of life and to be open to where I am led.  Circumstances in life change, and I like to think I adapt and continue to create a legacy for my family.  So, with each new quilt, I try to learn and attempt something new.  Quilting is the perfect art to allow my passion for creating to flow. 
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In 2017, Joyce, my very dear long-time friend introduced me to Electric Quilt.  I had previously designed my quilts with paper and pencil.  She encouraged me to purchase EQ7, which I did and I have never looked back.  We both decided to dive into the Tech Know Quilter classes by Kari, and we have not missed a single class to this day.  It is important to me to be able to design my own quilts so I am able create exactly what I see in my mind’s eye (which often is very specific).
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When asked to submit a photo of myself, I find that the best image of me is found in the faces of my dear grandchildren.  I like to believe you will see “me” in them!  In one it may be the smile, or eye color, or proclivity to be tall.  Or perhaps if you know them you will recognize their creativity and artistic talent, or a love numbers or writing, or perseverance during a challenge, or an extremely quick wit, or compassion and empathy for others, or a desire to share the gifts and knowledge with which they’ve been blessed, or a striving to always do their best, or a deep sense of loyalty.  I can only hope that each of them will carry a positive part of me in their heart and life. 

​Of course, above all it is my prayer that when I am gone and they wrap up in the quilts I made specifically for them, they will feel how very deeply they are loved.
--  Kristy Goodin Soard
As you can see, not only is Kristy a great quilter, but a lovely person.  Here are some of my favorite designs by Kristy.
Kristy designed the Thanksgiving/Fall piece with a tongue border. The turkey was inspired by a photo on Pinterest.

The original design was by Cheri Safiote Payne.
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Kristy's Quilting Bee quilt evolved over a number of months.  The center was inspired by the Laura Heine quilt with the bee and involved starting with a one patch quilt (the hexagon background) and adding motifs and more motifs plus text.  And then carrying one of the motif's on the bee into the border.
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The wall decor was created by Kristy for her granddaughter Adaline Ann's nursery. Her daughter wanted barn quilts, but wanted them to be made with fabric on wood, so Kristy designed the blocks in the appropriate sizes to fulfill her heart’s desires
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Kristy was inspired by a block on Pinterest and used a technique from Advanced EasyDraw to fragment the block.  Edyta Sitar's Sequoia fabrics were used to color the quilt.

Kristy was inspired by a quilt she saw on a blog, Stitch by Stitch Custom Quilting.  She has lots of open space for some luscious quilted feathers.
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Kristy's daughter wanted to paint a quilt on her dining room floor.  So, she designed several options for her to choose from, and then they created a stencil for her to begin painting.

Wicked Witch was inspired by the musical Wicked.  Kristy used this design to create a birthday card for her daughter the year they took her to see Wicked. 
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Kristy loves to come up with ways to decorate with her quilt.  Look what she did with a mariners compass block.
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Drafting Your Own Thankful Word Quilt

I loved the concept of a word quilt using Electric Quilt and Kristy agreed that I could share how to recreate her design with you.

When doing your own word quilt, start by coming up with a group of words that you want to feature in your quilt.  I decided to stick with the thankful theme and included close family members, activities and groups that represented many of the close friends I have in my life. 

​I found I needed many more words that I thought.  You will find that you will want to move the words around as you work on your quilt.  I wanted to have a certain balance to what I was drafting and it took a bit of playing to achieve that.  Fortunately EQ is very accommodating to playing with a design.
Here is my Thankful Words quilt.
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As we close this post, I want to say how thankful I am that you allow me to share my love of quilting and Electric Quilt with you every week.  I consider it an honor and a privilege to serve you.
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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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The Journey From Accountant to Full Time Quilter

11/16/2019

 
I frequently get asked how I went from being an accountant to a full-time quilter as that doesn’t seem like a natural progression.  However the real story is how I moved from a craft imitator to a creative quilt designer.
 
I never considered myself a very creative person.  If someone gave me a coloring book, I was the one who colored within the lines.  I completely failed at Pictionary (the game where you had to draw clues to get people to guess a word or a phrase).  My artistic ventures included paint by number kits, string art kits and eventually counted cross stitch projects.
 
In high school, my elective classes were business classes, not art or even home-ec.  I majored in accounting in college and after graduating moved to Minneapolis to work for a large accounting firm.
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In my late 20s, a friend persuaded me to take a quilting class at a local chain store which introduced me to using a sewing machine as I struggled through my first quilt.  After that class, I went and purchased my first sewing machine – a Kenmore.

Here is my not so pretty quilt from that class -- never finished.  If you zoom in, you can see the four stitches to an inch quilting.
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Kari's first quilt -- never finished.
A year later I walked into my first quilt shop and fell in love with a small double wedding ring wall hanging and asked the shop owner if I could take the class, and turn it into a queen size quilt for my bed.  That quilt and learning the process to create it energized me in a way accounting never had done.
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Kari's third quilt -- a Double Wedding Ring
I began signing up for classes (a lot of them) and buying books, patterns and magazines.  As I would look at a quilt, I would start to think about how I would like to make it different.  Maybe change out the fabrics, maybe change to a more efficient piecing method, or maybe change the size.  Have you ever had those thoughts?
 
I purchased some graph paper and tried to sketch out my ideas.  But I couldn’t make it work, and I would quickly wear a hole in my graph paper as I kept modifying my design.  And I had no idea on how to work with designs that weren’t based on a square grid.
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In April 1999, I heard of a program called Electric Quilt and thought that might be able to help me.  EQ4 was pretty basic compared to EQ8, but I finally had a tool that I could use to redraft blocks from my purchased patterns and magazines. 

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As I began to use the tool, I found that I got more and more comfortable branching out and trying new things that weren’t included in a pattern or picture.  I would do a lot of “what if” playing.  This really is one of the best features of EQ.  The more I played, the more I gained confidence not only in using EQ, but in my own creativity. 

On the right you can see one of my early designs. 

At the request of a local quilt shop, I began teaching Electric Quilt.  This was before laptops – so we just toted a bunch of desktop computers into the shop and put two students at each computer.  This branched into doing Block of the Month and shop hop patterns and even a row by row quilt for a cookbook sponsored by a group of shops.   All of this was done using Electric Quilt and Word.
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Triple Play Block of the Month developed for Quilted Treasures of Rogers
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Row by Row Pattern by Kari
I eventually formalized my business with the name On Point Quilter and created a website.  I started blogging weekly and began producing videos sharing how to use Electric Quilt.  Electric Quilt found my videos and began sharing them in their newsletter.  They also asked me to create an online class for them and teach at their EQ Academy.
 
In May 2015, I made the very scary decision to leave my corporate job and become a full-time quilter.  I began marketing some of my quilt patterns and began to look at options to expand my training of Electric Quilt.
With the release of EQ8, I made the decision to focus my quilting business on educating quilt lovers to using the software I had come to love and use every day.  I introduced Tech Know Quilters (an online membership that provides both training and support for those desiring to master Electric Quilt).  Electric Quilt published my first book EQ8 Drawing Blocks.
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I now spend most of my days at the computer, developing new classes and videos and responding to questions on Facebook. 

I have created hundreds of quilts, both from patterns and my own designs.  All my own designs (and a large % of those from purchased patterns) were drafted (or redrafted) in Electric Quilt.

Whether you plan to “re-make” a pattern or design original works of art, I look forward to supporting you on your Electric Quilt journey.
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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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Introduction to Hawaiian Applique

11/9/2019

 
Learn about Hawaiian quilting
Be introduced to a Hawaiian quilt font
Learn to design your first Hawaiian quilt in Electric Quilt
Sale on EQ8 Drawing Blocks book

Background on Hawaiian Quilting

According to Wikipedia, a Hawaiian quilt is a distinctive quilting style of the Hawaiian Islands that uses large radially symmetric applique patterns. Motifs often include stylized botanical designs.

Hawaiian-style quilts typically use solid or near-solid fabrics in only two colors. These quilts were historically made from the fabrics that were most readily available (often red and white). 
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Hawaiian Block from Letter I drafted in EQ by Kari Schell
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Hawaiian quilt applique is made from a single cut on folded fabric.The fabric is folded in quarters or eighths -- similar to how we may have done paper snowflakes back in grade school.  ​

Hawaiian Quilt Font

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Hawaiian font from Netfontes.com
A number of years ago, I discovered a Hawaiian quilt font.  Each letter provided a Hawaiian applique quilt block.  When I looked on the Internet today, I discovered three different Hawaiian quilt block fonts.

You can download the fonts for free from Netfontes.com  The fonts were designed by Pokelele.
I decided that these "letters" would make great quilt blocks, and would also be good practice for learning to use the applique tools in Electric Quilt 8.

Drafting a Hawaiian Quilt Block using EQ8

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Letter I in Hawaiian Quilt 1 font.
In my tutorial this week, I will share with you how to draft a Hawaiian quilt block in Electric Quilt using a "letter" from the Hawaiian font as the starting point.

Here are the pdfs with images of the Hawaiian fonts I obtained from Netfontes.com.  Feel free to use my pdf  to select images for tracing a Hawaiian quilt block using Electric Quilt..  
  1. Hawaiian Quilt 1 Font 
  2. Hawaiian Quilt 2 Font
  3. Hawaiian Quilt 3 Font
Here is the quilt from the video.
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Hawaiian Quilt featuring the letter I designed by Kari Schell using EQ8
Are you ready to finally understand how to draft all types of blocks using EQ8?

EQ8 Drawing Blocks

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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!

​Regular Price:  $29.95  On sale for $24.98 through November 15, 2019,
Purchase EQ8 Drawing Blocks

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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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Spider Web Quilting

11/2/2019

 
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Last week I shared how to create an asymmetrical block.  Harvest Stars was colored with All Hallows Eve, a Moda fabric collection by Fig Tree Design.  I then created a number of quilt options using Symmetry in Electric Quilt 8. 

If you missed the tutorial, you can still catch it here.  
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This week I decided to create a quilting design for the Harvest Stars quilt.  I originally pulled a quilt block called Spider Web from Block Base and set it on my quilt.  But I wasn't super excited by all the straight lines.


Spider Web Quilt Video

In my Electric Quilt 8 video tutorial this week, I will show you turn a Kaleidoscope block from the EQ library into the Spider Web-like block designed by Finley.  (If you have Block Base, you can import this block instead of drafting it as I did.)

​Then we will use this block to create an applique motif that may be set on Layer 3 of a quilt in Electric Quilt.
Here is my spider web quilting design.
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Spider Web Stencil by Kari Schell

Quilting the Spider Web Design

This is one of those designs that would be super forgiving when stitching out either on a longarm or on a domestic quilting machine.  Start by quilting the straight lines.  Then add the continuous curves.  The curved lines don't need to be "perfect" -- just sew a gentle curve from one straight line to the next.

This design would work for a Halloween quilt, a fall harvest quilt -- or any quilt that could benefit from some gentle curves.

I applied the Spider Web stencil to the Harvest Stars quilt from last week.  The Spider Web stencil was set at 16 inches x 16 inches.  
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This did leave some holes in the corner that would need to be filled.  I found a spider block in the EQ library that I modified to turn into a quilting design and added to the quilt.  (Instructions for this were not included in the video tutorial.)
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Spider Applique Block from the EQ8 Block Library
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Spider Motif -- modifications from the EQ8 spider completed by Kari Schell.
Just for fun, I tried the Spider Web stencil on a different pieced block.
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Where would you apply this stencil?

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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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