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Tech Know Quilters Project Showcase

12/29/2018

 
After celebrating Christmas with family in North Dakota, I returned a day early (beating the blizzard).  In hindsight -- it was a very good decision.  Now I have been busy preparing for 2019 and welcoming a new group of members to the Tech Know Quilter group.

For this blog post, I decided to feature some of the amazing work that has been happening in the Tech Know Quilter group.  I am so impressed by both the design skills and the skills in using EQ8 by this talented group.

Tech Know Quilter Project Showcase

At the end of each month, I like to challenge the Tech Know Quilter members to create a block or a quilt that applies the lessons they learned during the previous month. 

With the Advent Quilt challenge, I haven't had a chance to highlight some of their most recent work.

October Apply What You Learned Challenge

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Holly Wilson This is my quilt with the foundation block, my husband recognized it as being from our Arizona trip. Success in that the program grouped and numbered it correctly. Doing the happy dance.
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Holly Wilson Inspiration Photo This month was my first attempt at drawing foundation patterns way out of my comfort zone. Trial and error and perseverance. Success. The picture is from our trip to Arizona the following are my foundation pieced quilt. I cropped the photo, resized and went from there,
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Paula Miceli - I thoroughly enjoyed the Foundation Piecing class, as I do quite a bit of paper-piecing. Importing pictures to use as a guide to make foundation patterns was the most useful part of the class for me. This quilt was done in Custom Set. The smaller blocks were ready-made in the block library, and the tree was drafted during our class.
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Debbi Treusch In September I had the fabric images class. I Used what I learned to recreate a quilt I made last year. I used the fabric library to find large florals and matching colors to color the quilt. I then used the randomize to map to colors and map to fabrics.
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Debbie Treusch pieced quilt.
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Julie Pedersen - This month, I learned more about designing blocks for foundation piecing. I took 3 photos of my daughter's cats and the silhouettes found in the block library and designed this wall hanging using a horizontal quilt setting. She loved it.
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Wanda Jewell - I am in my first month. I have learned to manipulate the fabric and to pull my own fabrics into EQ8. I LOVE it! I don't have most of the newer fabrics because I have been buying fabrics for the last 30 years anticipating my retirement when I wouldn't have as much money to buy fabrics. :) So, I have a lot of fabrics from multiple sources over a long period of time. Being able to pull images of my own fabrics into EQ8 is a wonderful thing. Wanda shared four different quilts designed from her fabrics.
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Dorothee Ilgner - Greetings from Germany. In October, I participated in the foundation piecing class, which was a lot of fun for me. As a challenge I worked on the pattern of a sabletooth tiger. I think he is a pretty impressive animal, but indeed he is quite harmless.
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Shann Wheaton - This is my October challenge quilt that I am making and quilting for a friend of mine. As you can see, she like a lot of blue and white. It is a combination of foundation piecing, piecing and applique. Really grateful for all of these classes Kari!

Other Favorite Designs from Early November

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Adrienne Q.
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Angela M.
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Barbara B.
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Bev Lundeen
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Carrie C. Attic Windows
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Cheryl J.
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Christine G.
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Corrine G.
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Deb T.
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Debbie W.
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Diane C.
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Holly W.
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Holly W. Cube
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Julie P.
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Julie P.
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Joy H.
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Judy G.
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Kathleen M.
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Kathy A.
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Katherine C.
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Kathy D.
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Kristy S.
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Madeline B.
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Mandy M.
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Marielle S.
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Micheline H.
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Pat H.
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Paula M.
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Reed J.
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Rosemary B.
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Renee S.
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Sharon B.
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Shann W.
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Sharon O.
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Sharon Osborne Shadow Quilt
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Shirley R.
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Wanda Hizer Shadow Box Design from TKQ class
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Wanda Hizer Pieced Shadow Quilt This is a quilt I did a long time ago for our local quilt shop to kit up using 10 inch squares. I called it Shadow Box and wrote the pattern for it.

Shoot for the Stars with EQ8

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​Kari

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Foundation Friendly Nativity Block

12/22/2018

 
If you have been thinking about joining the Tech Know Quilter's group, you will want to make sure you are on the newsletter list for a special announcement right after Christmas.  (This offer will only be available for 2 days.)
We are currently on day 22 of the Advent Calendar Challenge.  The challenge for today was "read the Christmas story".    I decided I wanted a nativity block that was foundation piecing friendly.  Learn how I chose to draft this using EasyDraw in this weeks free EQ8 video tutorial.
Here is the block from the video.
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December 22 - Read the Christmas story
Here are the blocks presented last week.
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December 15 - Hang a Christmas Stocking
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December 16 - Decorate your Christmas tree
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December 17 - Hang Mistletoe
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December 18 - Take a Midnight Stroll
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December 19 - Go Caroling
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December 20 - Bake a Birthday Cake for Jesus
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December 21 - Make Snow Angels
Would you like to join the fun?

Sign up here.


By the way there are some super cute blocks that are being shared on the Facebook group.  So if you do Facebook, I encourage you to join the group and check them out.
My updated Advent Calendar  tree -- only three blocks to go.
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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.
Purchase Shoot for the Stars for $25

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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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Customize a Christmas Stocking

12/15/2018

 
I've enjoyed making stockings for all my nieces and nephews over the years.  So for my Christmas advent tree I decided to create a stocking -- just for me.  In my video tutorial, I will share with you my trick for adding a log cabin block to the stocking as well as adding my name to the cuff.
Here is today's block.
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If you are enjoying the Advent Calendar Challenge, here were my blocks for  last week.
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December 8 - Make your own Ornament
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December 9 - Light a Christmas Candle
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December 10 - Make a Snowman
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December 11 - Hang Christmas Lights
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December 12 - Go Ice Skating
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December 13 - Wear an "Ugly" Christmas Sweater
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December 14 - Wrap a Christmas Present
Would you like to join the fun?

Sign up here.


By the way there are some super cute blocks that are being shared on the Facebook group.  So if you do Facebook, I encourage you to join the group and check them out.
And my updated advent calendar tree.
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By the way -- if you have been thinking about joining the Tech Know Quilter's group, you will want to make sure you are on the newsletter list for a special announcement right after Christmas.
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Happy designing.

​Kari

Quilted Advent Tree Ornament Block

12/8/2018

 
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Advent Tree by Kari Schell
Sign Up for Advent Email Series
For those that missed last weeks post, I shared a quilted Advent Calendar Tree that was designed in Electric Quilt.  Learn how to create the tree here.  

In the Learning EQ Facebook group and for those that signed up for the Advent Calendar emails, I am sending out one activity challenge a day.  For each activity, you are encouraged to locate a block in the EQ library or draw one of your own to complete the challenge.  I am trying to keep this very stress-free.

My Blocks for Week 1

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December 1 - Attend a Christmas Concert
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December 2 - Drink Hot Chocolate
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December 3 - Make a Gingerbread Person or House
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December 4 Ring Bells
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December 5 - Hang a Christmas Wreath
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December 6 - Go Sledding
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December 7 Make a Paper Snowflake
Would you like to join the fun?

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By the way there are some super cute blocks that are being shared on the Facebook group.  So if you do Facebook, I encourage you to join the group and check them out.

December 8 - Make Your Own Ornament

The challenge for today is make your own ornament.  In my video tutorial, I will share with you how to draw a quick ornament and how you can quickly swap out the center of the ornament.  I know you will love the technique.

My ornaments were inspired by a free project on Do You EQ entitled Delightful Decorations.
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December 8 - Make an Ornament (Option 1)
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December 8 - Make an Ornament (Option 2)

​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.
Purchase Shoot for the Stars for $25

Christmas Idea

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Have you thought about asking for EQ8 for a Christmas gift? 

​I have boxed versions of the software license on sale that can be easily wrapped and put under the tree. 
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Purchase EQ8 Upgrade for $89.95 (regular $99.95)
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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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Quilter Advent Calendar Challenge

12/1/2018

 
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Advent Calendar Tree designed by Kari Schell using EQ8
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Advent Calendar Tree designed by Kari Schell using EQ8
Do you remember having an advent calendar or maybe using one with your kids?  Each day you would open a door and receive a treat or a special activity for that day.

I have designed a quilted advent calendar for you following that same idea.  In this weeks free video tutorial, I will share with you how to design the tree and set it in a quilt.  This tree would be super simple to piece using the rotary cutting chart from Electric Quilt

Advent Calendar Challenge

Once you designed the tree -- it needs to be decorated.

So -- for the next 25 days, I have set up a special email series.  With this series, you will receive one Christmas themed activity per day.  These are the types of activities you will typically find in an advent activity calendar. 

Your challenge -- should you chose to accept it - is to design a block (or use a block from the EQ library) around the proposed Christmas activity.   

​Those that have enrolled in one of my paid classes this year will be automatically enrolled in this class (so there is no need to sign up again if you enrolled in either Shoot for the Stars with EQ8 or Tech Know Quilters).  All others will need to enroll.
Sign Up for Advent Series Challenge Here

Day 1 Challenge - Attend a Christmas Concert

Your Day 1 Challenge is to design a block supporting the Christmas activity "Attend a Christmas concert".

How I selected my block.  For this challenge I did a search for Music in the EQ block library and modified one of the blocks. 

These blocks will be set on Layer 2 (on top of the pieced quilt).
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 Would you like to share your designs?  I would love to see them.  Feel free to post in the private Facebook group -- Learning Electric Quilt.  Click here to request membership. 

​Please post  your blocks under the Advent Challenge post to assist in keeping the list organized.

​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.
Purchase Shoot for the Stars with EQ8 for $25

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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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