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Candy Cane Circular Quilt

12/17/2022

 
One week to Christmas.  The to do list is growing with everything I want completed "before" Christmas.  The project in this post is a fun one -- use it as a break when you need a little time to decompress from all of the holiday bustle. 

Scroll down to see the free EQ8 tutorial.  

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How many times have you purchased (or contemplated purchasing) a panel and then struggled knowing what to do with it?  Obviously you can slap on a couple of straight borders, add a bit of basic quilting and the binding, and it is ready to go. 

But what if you want to do more?
  • Maybe you wish to personalize your panel with unique borders.
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  • Subdivide the panel image to experiment with different options for using the panel in a quilt.
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Candy Cane Circular Quilt

A super fun quilt for Christmas.
The Candy Cane block will be drawn as a combination block -- which combines both PolyDraw and Applique in the same block.

PolyDraw is the ideal tool for the wedges of the block as we can use the Circle Grid. 
The circle grid allows you to split the circle in an equal number of wedges and an equal number of rings.  Patches can be drawn by connecting any of the wedge/ring intersections. 

The other plus in using PolyDraw is the block does not need to be square or rectangular.  So rather than drawing a circle within a Square block -- the circle is the block.
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There is no need to learn all the Applique tools for this quilt, as we will use a block from the EQ library.

You will learn how to copy the applique (without the background) from one block to another.
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And you will then be introduced to WreathMaker.  WreathMaker is super fun as it can turn any applique into a wreath.
To color the block, I used the Noel fabric collection by Andover.  The collection was designed by Laundry Basket Quilts. 

​This was part of the Electric Quilt Stash collection (Download 01 for 2022).  The collections are $9.95 and can save you the work of downloading, cropping and resizing from the manufacturer websites.
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Here is the candy cane wreath block from the video.
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To add a finishing touch, I will also share how to draft a binding block in PolyDraw as well.
Finish off the quilt by setting the two blocks in Custom Set.  Change the size to accommodate the planned usage of the quilt. 
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I would love to see pictures of a circular quilt you designed in EQ -- it could be this one or a different project.  
Facebook Candy Cane Circular Quilt Post
No time to make the quilt?  Use it as your desktop background.  Or post to your Facebook newsfeed. so your friends and family can see your work.

Tech Know Quilters Showcase

Tech Know Quilter members shared some of their favorite projects (along with their own designs) from their October class.  You can learn more and sign up for the wait list to join this amazing group of designers here.
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Lee Wiencki I used all the lessons in Paper Piecing to make this.
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Loronda Schuler I used lessons past and mix and match medallion boarders to draw my own corner blocks and play with a different center and colors. Very fun.
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Cindy Meyer I used lessons in Working with Fabric Images to create this Quilt of Valor. I imported photos of fabric on hand and used them to create the quilt.
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Merle Rawson I played with the Twister Tesselations lessons to come up with my butterfly. After I created the quilt I moved the butterfly down so she was no longer centered. I hope to make this sometime for my bed.
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Eileen Tuss Specialty Rulers and Dies
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Julie Pedersen Here is my Tessellation class quilt.
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Edith Craig I drafted this quilt as part of the Master's Tesselation class and added some applique balls and a bow. It was fun to take the concepts from this class and draft something of my own.
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Curryanne Hostetler Here is my challenge.
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Candy Huddleston Here is one of the quilts I designed during my Landscapes Classes.
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Candy Huddleston Lovebird and Candy Here is one of the quilts I designed during my Landscapes Classes.
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Terry McCaskey I am making progress with foundation paper piecing. This quilt is a compilation of techniques from Kari's lessons this month. I doubt I will ever make a loon quilt but learning the techniques is always helpful.
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Zdenka Nemethova I enjoyed Advanced Easy Draw Class this month. I used Feathered Star block in this quilt.
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Nanne Panne I have taken the modern class this month and this is one of my quilts
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Nanne Panne And this is fun too.
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 Carol Mayhew   Here are three variations of the feathered star quilt from the Advanced Border Design class, The last two I added a 1" inner border and increased the number of diamonds to 17 to maintain the 45 degree angle that you mentioned in your video. The last quilt layout I changed the half dropped diamond border to the diamond border and changed the corner units so the points extend all the way to the meet the point of the diamond in the border. The first quilt I left the dark area around the spinning design (in the quilt body) but changed it to the background color in the others. 
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Debbi Treusch Here's my quilt from the Tessellation class where I turned a cross stitch pattern into a twister pattern.
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Dorothy Ilgner In October I was in the Tessilation Class. I liked the idea of transforming an embroidery pattern into a twister Tesselation and choose a peacock from one of my embroidery magazines.
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Zdenka Nemethová In Masters Class I applied Tessellation on a X-mas tree
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Anne Hurlburt My Tessellated Pumpkins quilt, in its finished form. Paper pieced.
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Pat Harkins My fall tessellations wreath with acorns and pine cones applique
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Mary Groesbeck In October, the Masters Class tessellated. This was a really fun class. One of my favorite designs for the month was Mr. Turkey. He would be tedious to piece (lots of blocks), but I could easily simplify him to have far fewer blocks.
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Happy quilting.

​Kari
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Vicki in MN
12/17/2022 09:27:18 am

Thanks Kari for another fun tutorial! I learn so much from you, now if only I could remember it all when I use EQ8!


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