Brick Works Around the World

Brick Works Quilt Design

Last week I shared how to download the Coco Chic fabric collection from Do You EQ.  There was something about that particular collection that spoke to me and so I began a search for a quilt that would work with the collection. ​

On the QT Fabric's website I learned that Reed Johnson of Blue Bear Quilts (bluebearquilts.com) and QT joined forces to refresh prints from QTs 1920s archive of sophisticated art-deco designs. 

That inspired me to search for a quilt from from the early 1900's.  My go to source for old quilts is the Quilt Index.  They recently went through a redo of their website and the search feature is not working.  But I came across this quilt and began thinking about how to use the design with the Coco Chic collection.

Brick Wall Quilt from early 1900's. Image from the Quilt Index.

Unfortunately after downloading the picture of the quilt, I have been unable to find it again on the Quilt Index.  If anyone is able to provide me with more information, I would be happy to update my post to include information about the source quilt.

What I do know from my notes is that the quilt was labeled Brick Wall and the number given was 5427.

Electric Quilt Design Plan

My original plan was to draw 1/4 of the quilt as a single block and then use Serendipity to create the entire quilt as one block.  Unfortunately, EQ kept telling me that the design was too complex. ​

Jelly Roll Friendly Bargello Quilt designed by Kari Schell

So I moved to Plan B -- which was to create a vertical strip quilt.  The technique to draw the quilt is very similar to a quilt I included in my Bargello quilt class for Tech Know Quilters.  This particular quilt was designed to be strip pieced and jelly roll friendly.

For the quilt in this blog post, I decided to create a mini quilt.  The finished size for each full brick will be 1" x 2".

The video tutorial includes information about

• including a picture of your inspiration quilt on Layer 3
• the vertical strip set-up, and
• a fun coloring tool that will really speed up the coloring process.

Since each patch is technically a block when using the vertical strip set, I also discuss how to use the fabric yardage chart to track not only the number of required fat quarters, but the number of pieces and size of each piece.  

​Here is my "adjusted" fabric yardage chart to include all the information I need to cut the patches for the quilt.

Here was my final quilt from the video.

Brick Works Around the World Created by Kari Schell using EQ8

Apply What You Learned Tech Know Quilters Challenge

Tech Know Quilters is a membership of Electric Quilt 8 owners who are mastering Electric Quilt through online training.  At the end of their December class, they were encouraged to apply what they learned during the month of December. 

Tech Know Quilters is open to new members only a few times a year.  You can sign up for the wait list here and we will notify you of the next open enrollment period. ​

Moira Hewitt learned how to split nodes so the background shows through when drawing applique shapes.

Emily Leachman Made my first quilt based on something I designed! Center is from Fat Quarter Shop's Carolina Lily block but I designed the rest of the medallion using the two different months of medallion lessons. (Click on the photo to access Emily's blog post.)

Jeanette O'Driscoll Pugh Mix and Match Medallion was my class for this month and it has stretched my imagination when I was introduced to clip and flip. Why would I ever purchase another quilt pattern? Learning these classes are my escape from reality.

Pat Harkins I finished hand quilting a lap quilt designed in EQ8. This is for me. The center is a panel.

Vicki Watkins I 'designed' this quilt for another class. I imported two of my three fabrics (third was white), calculated my yardage. Wrote down my border sizes (added seam allowances).

Evelyn Beck I didn't realize how much fun it is to make a bargello quilt. I‘ve made this quilt and a pillow after the bargello lessons.

Mary McMurray Cannizzaro Mix and Match Medallion Centers. When drafting the flying geese variation, I realized that the arc was incorrect....or was it. I saved my 'error' to look at after the lesson. I really liked what was happening, so continued to play and design. I enjoy using stripes in my quilts and the lesson showing how to rotate was helpful.

Helen Clark Boland Decided to use a pattern I had to play with the Working with Fabric Images lessons. The fabric, even though discontinued, had a download on the manufacturers site. There were also a few fabrics I needed to photo or scan to upload to EQ so I got lots of practice!

Mary Rommel Hutteman I learned so much in the Foundation Paper Piecing class. This was a great class, I learned how to make curves appear and how to divide a design. I am making a quilt of houses and I wanted to interject some trees but wanted them "round". This is the block I created using a photo off the web of a Dracaena-Cinnabari tree that I will use between the houses.

Rhonda Goss

Debbi Treusch The inspiration for the challenge quilt was a sampler quilt on a thank you card I received. I used nine patch stars for the blocks to get the "faux sashing" in each corner where the star blocks meet.

Tech Know Quilters Masters Members learn to Design their Own Fabric

Tech Know Quilter members who have completed twelve months of Tech Know Quilter's class are eligible for the Masters program.  The Masters lessons in December focused on using ordinary photos and creating fabric from those photos. 

​Here are some of the quilts created with their original fabrics.

Kristy Goodin Soard I took the current Master's class this month and created not only my own blocks, but also my own fabrics. It became difficult to make myself stop, as there were so many options.

Kristy Goodin Soard Option 2

Kristy Goodin Soard Option 3

Marlu Allan Printed my EQ created fabrics from the Image worktable. Also did mirror image.

Julie Pedersen Here is a quilt that I designed using what I learned in the different lessons of the Design your Own Fabric masters class.

Julie Pedersen Here is my December Challenge Quilt. I used flower pictures that I had taken in the past and used them to create "fabric blocks placed in a custom set. I used techniques from the first 2 masters lessons this month to create some of the fabrics.

Nancy Haddad Lacey This quilt was designed using the circular symmetry from the Masters Fabric from Photos class. I also created the border and background fabrics using what was learned in previous lessons. I loved this Masters class and had so much fun playing with the different tools.

Nancy Haddad Lacey This was created after the first lesson of the Masters fabric class. It was fun playing with the different effects.

Kathleen Scargle McCormick

Kathleen Scargle McCormick

Dorothee Ilgner

Dorothee Ilgner Original Photo

Nancy Messuri

Nancy Messuri Original Photo

Helen Hicks Non-nail polish decals for the working Divas who get their hands and toes dirty but still love pretty nails.

Judy Oldenkamp Sawyer

Kristy Goodin Soard

Julie Pederson - Photo from a trip to Oahu, HI.

Nancy Haddad Lacey

Helen Hicks Fabric photos from yarn.

Tech Know Quilter Masters Holiday (or season themed) Challenge

Each month Tech Know Quilter Masters members receive an optional challenge.  Their challenge for December was to design a holiday (or seasonal) themed quilt using Electric Quilt 8.

Wanda Smith Hizer I designed this quilt sometime ago in a series called A Quilt for all Seasons and this was the 'Christmas or Not' quilt done in Christmas colors, sort of. I drafted all the blocks and the setting in EQ. Scanned all the fabrics to color the quilt.

Dorothee Ilgner For the December challenge I played with overlapping blocks in a custom setting and created a classic Christmas quilt.

Curryanne Hostetler This is my December Challenge quilt. I actually have the Home panel and the panels with the vehicles. However I haven't purchased or located the fabric for the other borders. This is a project for my future plans. it is approx. 62 x 75

Marlu Allan Fourth of July

Nancy Haddad Lacey I have a couple ideas for Christmas and Hanukkah quilts. One is to take a quilt that I designed (on paper) and made years ago and to recreate it in EQ8. It is my Combining Traditions quilt to celebrate both holidays. I know a young couple that I might want to make this for.

Nancy Haddad Lacey Here's the one I just did in EQ8. I changed it a little from the original but I'm really happy with the way it turned out. This was great practice for doing applique, which I really wanted to work on. Most of this was drawn by tracing and for the Menorah and presents I found motifs to use from the library and made some slight modifications to them. I had a lot of fun working on this.

Joyce Drenth I decided to go with a winter theme and snowflakes for my quilt.

Linda Carlson Here's my Dec. masters challenge quilt. I found a block in the EQ library, recolored it then used Serendipity Shrink and Flip. The border is from the Automated Borders Miscellaneous.

Kristy Goodin Soard My masters holiday challenge quilt, an Easter/spring quilt. I really liked it in the Christmas colors though.

Kristy Goodin Soard In reds and greens.

Tech Know Quilters is a membership of Electric Quilt 8 owners who are mastering Electric Quilt through online training.  At the end of their December class, they were encouraged to apply what they learned during the month of December. 

Tech Know Quilters is open to new members only a few times a year.  You can sign up for the wait list here and we will notify you of the next open enrollment period. ​

Happy quilting.

​Kari

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