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Bicycle Dreams

5/9/2014

 
Last week I shared a few photos of quilts that my friend Tana pieced that included a graphic that was printed on fabric.  She mentioned to me that she finds many of her graphics at  "The Graphics Fairy".  So I decided to check it out.

Now that we finally have a hint of spring, I've been able to get outside and use my bicycle.  Since bicycling was on my brain, I decided it needed to be the subject for my next mini-quilt.  A search of "bicycle" revealed this wonderful vintage print.
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I knew I wanted to incorporate this into a project.  So I started by printing this on an 8-1/2" x 11" piece of fabric.  I also saved a copy of the image on my computer.  The image is actually larger than that, but I just shrunk it so it fit on one sheet of paper.  (If you need some help on how to print on fabric you can check out my video -- Secrets to Successfully Printing Words on Fabric).

Here is my Electric Quilt Design.
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Do you want to know how I got this image incorporated into Electric Quilt?  Check on this video tutorial.  I've also included information on how I drafted the rest of the quilt as well.
This is a simple quilt to piece.
  • Cut the Vintage Girl print to three equal size units.  
  • Cut 1" wide sashing and piece between the panel prints.
  • Add 1" inch cut border.
  • Create flying geese units.  Cut the pink pieces 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" and the taupe 1-1/2" x 1-1/2".
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  • Cut Taupe borders 1-1/2" wide.  Add flying gees units and adjust borders to fit your quilt.
  • Cut outer border 2" wide.  Adjust lentgh to fit your quilt.
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To quilt I did swirls around the outside of the quilt.  I stitched in the ditch around the graphic and I filled the background space with "Fracture Fill" -- a pattern within Art and Stitch's Creative Fill library.  With my Intelliquilter, I used both No Sew Zones and Clipping blocks for this part.  

I still need to add binding.
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Vintage Girl on Bicycle by Kari Schell
Happy Mother's Day -- and Happy Quilting.

Kari

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Carol Mallozzi
5/10/2014 02:39:29 am

I am so glad I found your blog. I have had EQ for several years but don't use it enough. This is giving me the inspiration to get in there and create.
Thanks

Karen
5/10/2014 03:21:07 am

Where can I get the panel of the bicycle girl? Thanks

Kari
5/15/2014 08:54:07 am

You can get the image at graphic at http://thegraphicsfairy.com/

Just do a search for vintage bicycle girl.

Lilia
5/10/2014 07:40:48 am

Just finished making up the project in my EQ7. Thank you so much! You have a Happy Mother's Day too.

Annie
5/11/2014 05:40:16 am

Thanks for the tutorial. You make the steps so clear and straightforward!

Sheri link
5/13/2014 11:49:36 pm

Love your tutorial.....I have been saving clip art from The Graphic Fairy for quite awhile.....great quilt, and great idea using clip-art. You might want to submit this blog to her, she posts ideas often from those who use her clip-art!

Kari
5/15/2014 08:54:49 am

Thank you for the suggestion!

Ann
5/14/2014 12:08:54 am

You did a marvelous job of presenting this tutorial. Thank you very much. It was enlightening and fun to watch.

Laura Brechin
5/17/2014 04:33:23 am

Kari,
Another great lesson. I have EQ7 but get frustrated as I forget how to use it. You have inspired me to do this lesson and learn. More videos using EQ7 would be wonderful (hint hint?)
Laura B.

Chris
6/2/2014 11:41:57 pm

thank you for sharing this with us


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