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Quilted Pinecones

5/6/2016

 
Note:  Posting this a day early in honor of Mother's Day.  I am heading up to North Dakota for the weekend to spend some time with my Mom.

This week I had an opportunity to work on a Minnesota themed quilt.  To complement the Minnesota themed fabric, my customer wanted a north woods look to the quilt.  So I had the opportunity to design a new pantograph.

Pinecones and pine branches.  This definitely says Minnesota north woods.
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See how to draft the pinecone using Art and Stitch.  Art and Stitch is digitizing software for quilters and embroiderers.  You could also use the technique from this video to freehand the design.
Would you like to try the software before purchasing it.   You can download a trial version on Art and Stitch's website.  You will not be able to save with the trial version -- but it is a chance to try out my tutorials and see if the software is for you.

​You can also purchase Art and Stitch in my store.
Check out Beth Murphy's finished quilt with the Pinecost and Pine Branches pantograph.
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Beth Murphy Minnesota Quilt with Pinecone and Pine Branch pantograph
Quilted by Kari Schell
Pine cone and Pine Branch Quilting Close-Up

Silhouette EQ Block Exchange - Submissions Due May 13th

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Bunny Silhouette by Kari Schell
Are you wanting to enhance your applique drawing skills in Electric Quilt?  Watch the video and join the block exchange.

Read more here.

Featured Product - Pinecones and Pine Branches Pantograph or Border

Digital embroidery and quilting design
Pinecones and Pine Branches Pantograph or Border
This pattern is an easy to stitch out design -- perfect for a masculine quilt or any quilt desiring a north woods theme. The rows would be best stitched out with a 18% offset.

All digital patterns are available for immediate download upon purchase. 

​Separate files included for all major embroidery and quilting formats.  Embroidery size is 8.9" x 2.97".

​On sale for $7.50 (regularly $15).
OR ---- Would you prefer me to quilt this on your next nature themed quilt?  I am currently accepting quilting orders for pantographs and all-over quilting.
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Happy quilting.

Kari

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Victorian Table Runner

4/23/2016

 
Are you familiar with the Victorian Table Runner?  This pattern was created by Annette Ornelas of Southwind Designs.

Annette created the dimensional curves technique to simplify the process of piecing curved quilt block shapes.  If you are not familiar with this technique you will definitely be interested in one of her books and/or patterns.

Years ago saw one of these quilts at Quilted Treasures in Rogers and immediately needed to buy the pattern and make the quilt.  I don't remember who the recipient of the gifted table runner was. But the table runner remains a favorite of mine.

Click on the pattern to be directed to Southwind Designs to purchase a copy of the pattern.
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Victorian Table Runner by Southwind Designs
Fast forward to a week ago... a customer brought me her Victorian Table Runner.  She wanted something "custom".

This table runner can present a bit of a challenge for longarm quilters as problems can develop if you are not careful around the fold-back curves. Also - because of the nature of the fold back technique there can be some slight variation from unit to unit.

Using Art and Stitch I created two major designs that complements the Victorian Table Runner.
My Art and Stitch video tutorai will share with you my process for creating one of the designs - which I am calling Victorian Scroll.
Here are some pictures of the finished quilt.  This quilt was pieced by Carolyn Oakes and will be on display at the Forest Lake Quilt show today (April 19th).  Thanks Carolyn for letting me share photos of your quilt!
quilting designs
Victorian Table Runner pieced by Carolyn Oakes and quilted by Kari Schell
Victorian Table Runner Quilting Designs
Victornian Table Runner Close Up of Block and Quilting
Victorian Table Runner quilting designs
Victorian Table Runner Close-Up of Corner
Here is Annette's cover quilt from the pattern with the quilting designs super imposed on her quilt.
Victorian Table Runner Quilting Designs
Victorian Table Runner - Sothwind Designs Cover Quilt (copyright by Annette Ormales). Quiting designs (copyright by Kari Schell) .

Featured Products - Victorian Table Runner Quilting Designs

Victorian Table Runner Quilting Designs
Victorian Table Runner Full Quilt Layout
Victorian Table Runner Digital Quilting Bundle:

Includes all the designs listed below, plus a layout to show suggested placement of the quilting designs.  These designs are suitable for all major quilting systems.

Piecing pattern must be purchased separately from Southwind Designs.

Individual quilting designs total $30.  Bundle on sale for $10.

​Purchase quilting designs here.

Victorian Table Runner Quilting Designs
Victorian Table Runner Scroll Sashing
Victorian Table Runner Quilting Designs
Victorian Table Runner Scroll Pantograph
Victorian Scroll Sashing or Pantograph

This would work well for any narrow sashing settings.

The pantograph should be stitched with a 50% offset for alternate rows.

Regular $7.50.  On sale for $3.25.

Purchase here.

Victorian Table Runner Quilting Designs
Victorian Table Runner Eight Pointed Star Block Quilting Design
Victorian Star Block

This block design would work well for any eight pointed star (particularly if you don't want to quilt into the corners).

​Regular $7.50.  On sale for $3.25.

​Purchase here.

Victorian Table Runner Quilting Designs
Victorian Table Runner Border Scroll
Victorian Border Scroll

This triple scroll is sized to fit perfectly in the border of a Victorian Table runner.

Regular $7.50.  On sale for $3.25.

​Purchase here.

Victorian Table Runner Quilting Designs
Victorian Table Runner Block Triple Scroll
Victorian Block Triple Scroll

This triple scroll is sized to fit the blocks of a Victorian Table runner.

Regular $7.50.  On sale for $3.25.

​Purchase here.
Happy quilting.

Kari

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Back to Machine Quilting Plus New Storm at Sea Quilting Designs

4/1/2016

 
It was time!  I am not sure why, but I had been avoiding getting back into working on my longarm.  It might have been the "pain" when I tried do some some minor stuff too early on after surgery.  Or just the challenge of getting back in the grove.

However, I had a number of customer quilts that really needed to get done.  So I decided to make last weekend a "quilting" weekend. It was fun seeing the finishing touches on some lovely quilts. 

Here are a few photos of the quilts I worked on.  At this point I am focusing primarily on pantographs.  It is really fun to select a design that will complement the finished quilt.
Quilted by Kari Schell
Quilt by Belinda W. Quilted with Animal Crackers Pantograph by Patricia Riter
Quilted by Kari Schell
Coral Reef by Carolyn Oakes
Quilted by Kari Schell
Coral Reef Close Up. Quilted with Floral Fling pantograph by JoAnn Gruber.
Quilted by Kari Schell
Winters End by Caroline Oakes
Quilted by Kari Schell
Winters End Close Up. Quilted with Spiky Spinners Pantograph by Jesica Schick
Quilted by Kari Schell
Snowflake Table Runner by Carolyn Oakes
Quilted by Kari Schell
Snowflake Table Runner Close-up. Quilting designs by Kari Schell and Barbara Becker.
One of the quilts was a Storm at Sea variation.  I really wanted to do some simple custom.  No heavy quilting for me yet.  It was also time for me to get back to Art and Stitch.
Here is the full quilt layout with my designs.  I liked the clean look and felt it complemented the quilt.  (All of this was done in Art and Stitch.)
Digital Quilting Design by On Point Quilter
Storm at Sea Machine Quilting Designs by Kari Schell
Here are a few photos of the finished quilt.  Scroll down for the closeups of the quilting.
Storm at Sea Digital Quilting Designs
Midnight Mountain Moonlight by Carolyn Oakes
Storm at Sea Digital Quilting Designs
Storm at Sea Quilting Design by Kari Schell
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Storm at Sea Border Design by Kari Schell
For this weeks video tutorial, I will share with you the drafting of the block and sashing designs in Art and Stitch.  I also showed how I used an image from Electric Quilt as a backdrop.

Featured Products - Storm at Sea Quilting Designs

Machine Quilting Designs by On Point Quilter
Storm at Sea Digital Quilting Bundle Layout
Storm at Sea Digital Quilting Bundle:

Includes all the designs listed below, plus a layout to show suggested placement of the quilting designs.

Individual patterns total $27. On sale for $10.

​Purchase here.
Digital Quilting Design by On Point Quilter
Storm at Sea Block Design by Kari Schell
Storm at Sea Block Design:

Perfect for any Square within a Square type of block.

Continuous line design.

​Regular $7.50.  On sale for $3.50.

​Purchase here.
Digital Quilting Design by On Point Quilter
Storm at Sea Border Design by Kari Schell
Digital Quilting Design by Kari Schell
Storm at Sea Pantograph by On Point Quilter
Storm at Sea Border or Pantograph

Simple wave designs to complement a border or a pantograph.

​Regular $7.50.  On sale for $3.50.

​Purchase here.


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Storm at Sea Cornerstone Point to Point

Point to point design that works well in a square within a square block.

​Regular $4.  On sale for $2.00.

​Purchase here.
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Storm at Sea Horizontal Sashing Point to Point

Point to point design that works well in a diamond within a square.

​Regular $4.  On sale for $2.00.

​Purchase here.
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Storm at Sea Vertical Sashing 

Point to point design that works well in a Diamond within a Square block.

​Regular $4.  On sale for $2.00.

​Purchase here.
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Happy quilting.

Kari

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Easter Eggs Revisted

3/26/2016

 
Electric Quilt AppliqueApplique Easter Egg by Kari Schell
Do you dye Easter eggs?  That was our family tradition for Good Friday growing up.


Or are you interested in a quilting alternative? .Last year I did a few posts on creating Easter egg designs.  I thought I would replay the video on drafting an applique Easter egg using Electric Quilt.

I really wanted to sew that Easter Egg.  Since I have been playing a bit with my Brother Embroidery machine, I thought this would be an opportunity to try an applique design on that machine.

The new video covers the steps to transfer the design from Electric Quilt to Art and Stitch, Auto Tracing function in Art and Stitch, creating an SVG file (new with the latest version of Art and Stitch), and preparing the design for cutting in Silhouette Cameo.
There are no videos of the stitch out, but it is pretty basic. Everything can be done in a standard 4 inch hoop.  Art and Stitch provides three layers per design element:
  • Layer 1: n Placement - Running stitch line showing where to place the applique patch.
  • Layer 2:  Tack down layer - to secure the applique patch on the project with a running stitch line.
  • Layer 3:  Finish layer - Satin to finish the edges of the applique.

The embroidery machine stops between each layer which allows me to add the fabric or change threads.

Here is the finished design -- turned into a mug rug.

Embroidery and Longarm Applique
Easter Egg Applique for Embroidery and Longarm Systems by Kari Schell
Since I was having so much fun, I decided to try a second egg with the zigzag and the circles as a fill stitch rather than applique.
Machine Embroidery Pattern
Easter Egg Embroidery Plus Fill Variation by Kari Schell
For the third variation, I decided to do a Redwork design.  For this I used a bean stitch to outline all the elements.  I am not sure I liked the metallic thread  -- but this one stitched out super fast.
Machine Embroidery Design
Easter Egg Redwork Variation by Kari Schell
Do you want to try any of these designs on your embroidery or longarm machine.  These designs are free -- my Easter gift to you.  You will need to enter your contact information to check out -- but you will not need to enter your credit card (since the price is free).  Purchase here.

The Art and Stitch file is also included if you wish to play with other variations.

Featured Product - Let's Go Fly a Kite Sale

It has been a bit chilly, but spring is just around the corner.  And spring always reminds me of flying kites.

This pattern has 20 pages -- so it chocked full of illustrations. You can choose to use the Studio 180 Design tools (which I love) or not.  Either way the pattern will provide lots of information on how to piece this quilt. 
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I also simplified an edge to edge pantograph -- which will be super fast to stitch out on all major longarm systems.
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Purchase a physical copy of the pieced pattern (mailed to you) here.   On sale for $8 (regular price of $12).
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Purchase a digital copy of the pieced pattern here.  On sale for $8 (regular price of $12).

Let's Go Fly a Kite Digital Bundle (includes pieced pattern and quilting design).  On sale for $15 (regular price of $27).
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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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Luck of the Irish

2/27/2016

 
I am not Irish.  But I love green.  I also have a March birthday -- which meant that I always had shamrocks (or something green) decorating my birthday cakes while I was growing up.  (So maybe there is a wee bit of Irish in me.)
One of my first piecing patterns was a pattern that incorporated shamrocks, a Celtic Knot and Irish Chain blocks.
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Smiling Irish Eyes Wall Quilt
St. Patricks Day Quilt
Smiling Irish Eyes Table Topper
I also developed a series of complementary quilting designs for the Smiling Irish Eyes quilts.  (I got a little carried away and developed more designs than I needed -- but figured I could save them for a future quilt.)
St. Patricks Day Quilt
Suggestions for Quilting a Smiling Irish Eyes Quilt
For my video tutorial this week, I though I would share how to draft a Shamrock quilting motif using Art and Stitch.  Art and Stitch is digitizing software for quilter and embroiderers.

One of my first published videos was drawing a shamrock block.  However, in reviewing the video I realized that my digitizing skills have improved.  There were also a few changes in the most recent release of the software (free to all current owners of the software) that changed my drafting a bit.  So consider this the new and improved video.

Featured Product - Shamrock Quilting Designs

I am excited to announce the release of my complete set of Shamrock quilting designs.  Many of these designs include multiple sizes (with one of the sizes conducive to the small 4" machine embroidery hoops).  There are also both embroidery and quilting formats included with the downloads for these patterns.  (No need to purchase separately.)  All of these quilting designs are on sale for 50% off this week.

​Click on the photo to be taken to the store to purchase individual designs.  There is also an option for purchasing a bundle of all of these designs plus my Smiling Irish Eyes piecing pattern for additional savings. For the bundled set click here. 
Shamrock Quilting Designs
Shamrock Wreath
Shamrock Quilting Designs
Shamrock Motif with Long Stem
Shamrock Quilting Design
Shamrock Motif with Short Stem
Shamrock Quilting Design
Four Shamrock Block
Shamrock Quilting Design
Shamrock Border
Shamrock Quilting Design
Shamrock Border Used as a Pantograph (30% offset for row 2 suggested)
Shamrock Quilting Design
Shamrock Sashing
Shamrock Quilting Design
Shamrock Sashing
Shamrock Quilting Design
Shamrock Sashing used as a pantograph
Shamrock Quilting Design
Shamrock Triangle
Shamrock Quilting Design
Nested Shamrocks

Shamrock Digital Bundle

For additional savings, purchase a bundle that includes all the designs listed about plus the pattern for piecing Smiling Irish Eyes table topper and wall quilts.  Click here to purchase.
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Smiling Irish Eyes Pattern Plus Digital Quilting Bundle

Blog Pop Update

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Thanks to all of you for posting comments during my most recent blog hop.  The winners of the drawing on my website were:

Cecilia (Let's Go Fly a Kite bundle)
Dawn (2 patterns from On Point Quilter)
Kim Cassie (2 patterns from On Point Quilts)

I loved reading all the comments. They really made my day.
Happy quilting.

Kari

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