Kari Schell On Point Quilter Blog

What to Do When Your Whites Aren't White Enough

9/16/2017

Today I was working on a quilt for a future class. It is completely scrappy and I needed a lot of fabrics in a few different color families. One of those was white. I have lots of white prints in my fabric collection.

However when I went into Electric Quilt -- for the most part the whites were really not white but multi-color prints with a white background.

I found this commercial for FAB Detergent that showed my how to make my whites, whiter. But alas, I could not find FAB in the grocery store.

So I decided to create a new collection of true "white" fabrics in Electric Quilt just for designing in Electric Quilt.

Here is a quilt (not the one I was working on for my upcoming class), drafted with my "almost" white" fabrics.

Ready to Devote 10 Minutes a Day to Learn Electric Quilt?

Catch the Waves Free Challenge for Electric Quilt Newbies

In talking to people in my classes and online, one thing I hear is "I haven't really learned how to use my EQ software". Or a variation on the theme -- "I haven't used my software in (insert number) of months (or even years)". or -- "I've tried the software, but it wasn't intuitive".

Join the over 2000 people who accepted and completed this challenge allowing them to fall in love with the program. 14 separate videos will be emailed to you over two weeks.

Price: Free

Enroll Now for Catch the Waves

Easy Peasy Easy Draw - Learn Easy Draw in 10 Minutes a Day

Would you like to draft your own quilt blocks? This class will focus on how to “read a block” and then come up with the most efficient way to draft it with Electric Quilt. The blocks in this class are those that can be done in a “grid” format – basically just like drawing with a pencil and graph paper. Within Electric Quilt these blocks are drafted within Easy Draw. Learn more here.

30 separate video lessons (including instructions for over 50 blocks) will be e-mailed to you over six weeks (one lesson a day, Monday-Friday)

Price: On sale for $50 (That's only $1.67 a lesson!)

Enroll now for Easy Peasy Easy Draw

Happy quilting!

Kari

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Special Effects for Dressed Up Half Square Triangle Blocks

9/9/2017

I am always amazed at the features Electric Quilt has built into the program. This tutorial is going to combine a number of them.

Back when I starting playing with dressed up half square triangles, I created these four blocks:

This week I am playing with these blocks in some of the pre-built layouts in Electric Quilt. See how I designed the quilts in this weeks video tutorial.

Check out the following quilts designed from each of the selected special layouts. Fabrics used in these quilts are from the Authentic Etc collection designed by Sweetwater for Moda Fabrics.

Stars 1 Layout from Electric Quilt Library

Dressed Up Triangles in Stars 1 Layout by Kari Schell

Special Effects 9 Layout from Electric Quilt Library

Dressed Up Half Square Triangles in Special Effects 9 Layout by Kari Schell

Special Effects Layout 18 from Electric Quilt Library

Dressed Up Half Square Triangles in Special Effects 18 Layout by Kari Schell

Special Effects Layout 26 from Electric Quilt Library

Dressed Up Half Square Triangles in Special Effects 26 Layout by Kari Schell

What are you doing Monday Night?
Monday Night Football -- or Introduction to Electric Quilt?

New class starts on September 11th -- only 2 seats remain.
Learn the basics of the program. These classes are live (via the internet) and are limited to 8 participants. This allows participants to ask questions while I am demonstrating and even share their screen to allow me to see their work and personally advise them. Also participants receive videos of the class sessions plus detailed handouts supporting material covered during the classes. Learn more.

Price $99. Register now.

Featured Pattern - Northwoods Loon

On Sale This Week Only
Watching a majestic loon on a serene lake will calm your soul. Carry this scene into your home with easy (and incredibly accurate) paper piecing techniques. The wall quilt finishes 27″ x 25″.

Download version:
Regular $10, on sale for $8

Purchase Download Version

Physical copy of pattern (including all foundations to complete the quilt)
Regular $12, on sale for $10

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Diagonal Geese

9/2/2017

Some evenings I just like to play. Draft a simple block and then see what it will look like in various arrangements. In the Learning Electric Quilt Facebook group , I presented a quilt I created and asked them to identify the one block in this quilt. Yes this is a one block quilt!

See how to create both the block and the quilt in this weeks video tutorial. The entire video can be viewed in 5 minutes. :)

Would you like another quilt using the same setting? This one uses the August fabric of the month free collection from Electric Quilt (Washington Depot) and the block Leap Frog from the EQ Library.

Back to School

Are you ready to get back to working on you own quilt education? Check out these Electric Quilt options designed for you.

Introduction to Electric Quilt

Learn the basics of the program. These classes are live (via the internet) and are limited to 8 participants. This allows participants to ask questions while I am demonstrating and even share their screen to allow me to see their work and personally advise them. Also participants receive videos of the class sessions plus detailed handouts supporting material covered during the classes. Learn more.

New class starts on September 11th -- only 2 seats remain. Price $99. Register now.
Video only option also available. Price: $69 Purchase here.

Pieced Patch Draw

The blocks in this live interactive class will be those based on special grids – including those based on circles, octagons, Kaleidoscopes, eight pointed stars and hexagons. Layout options will also be provided for many of these blocks. Level: Intermediate.

New class starts on September 12th -- only 1 seat remains. Price $99 Register now.

Easy Peasy Easy Draw - Learn Easy Draw in 10 Minutes a Day

Would you like to draft your own quilt blocks? This class will focus on how to “read a block” and then come up with the most efficient way to draft it with Electric Quilt. The blocks in this class are those that can be done in a “grid” format – basically just like drawing with a pencil and graph paper. Within Electric Quilt these blocks are drafted within Easy Draw.

30 separate video lessons will be e-mailed to you over six weeks (one lesson a day, Monday-Friday). Learn more here.

Price: $50 Register now.

Catch the Waves Free Challenge for Electric Quilt Newbies

In talking to people in my classes and online, one thing I hear is "I haven't really learned how to use my EQ software". Or a variation on the theme -- "I haven't used my software in (insert number) of months (or even years)". or -- "I've tried the software, but it wasn't intuitive".

Join the over 2000 people who accepted and completed this challenge, allowing them to fall in love with the program. 14 separate videos will be emailed to you over two weeks.

Learn more.

Price: Free Register now.

Sun, Moon and Stars

8/19/2017

Sun and Moon - In a few days many in our country will experience a solar eclipse (where the moon blocks the sun for a short period of time). I know of a number of people hoping to observe this event -- but I can say "been there, done that". Back in 1979, while still living in North Dakota a solar eclipse was visible in our town. I remember laughing with my father because Minot officials had decided to turn on the street lights during the "dark" period. I think I will miss this one, but there is always 2023 when the next solar eclipse is expected to pass through the US.

Stars - This weeks blog post is about Stars (since they are visible in the sky with the sun and the moon). Read more below on creating Fancy Star blocks in Electric Quilt from our Dressed Up Half Square triangles.

Last Chance for Introductory Pricing on Easy Peasy Easy Draw Online Class

Introductory price of $50 available through August 21, 2017.

Purchase here.

Would you like to draft your own quilt blocks?
Have you been frustrated with you skills in drafting blocks? Maybe the lines weren't "quite straight" or you couldn't figure out how to set up the "right" grid to draft your block. Or did you have to guess about what snapping options to use? Or maybe you found the “perfect” block online. But then realized you wanted to piece it a different way. Maybe you want rotary cutting instructions or a foundation pattern. Or maybe you want a different size to incorporate into a different quilt. With Electric Quilt you can redraft these blocks.

This class will focus on how to “read a block” and then come up with the most efficient way to draft it with Electric Quilt. The blocks in this class are those that can be done in a “grid” format – basically just like drawing with a pencil and graph paper. Within Electric Quilt these blocks are drafted within Easy Draw.

What’s Included?

30 separate video lessons emailed over six weeks (one lesson a day, Monday-Friday).
Instructions for drafting over 30 blocks in the Easy Draw section of Electric Quilt.
Access to videos demonstrating the drafting of each block for up to 12 months after purchase.
Written instructions to supplement the videos.
Access to a Private Facebook group only for those in the Easy Peasy Easy Draw class. This will be a chance to ask questions and share photos of your work from the class.

Read more about the class here.

Purchase here.

Fancy Stars with Dressed Up Half Square Triangles

This summer I have been presenting a Electric Quilt series on my blog entitled Dressed Up Half Square Triangles. This week we are going to explore using the Fancy Star feature within Serendipity.

We will be using the original blocks developed in Session 1 for the Fancy Stars.
If you missed the previous sessions you can catch up here:
Session 1 - Create your Dressed Up Half Square Triangle Block
Session 2 - Combined Dressed Up Half Square Triangle Blocks
Session 3 - Pyramid Setting for Dressed Up Half Square Triangle Blocks
Session 4 - Clip and Flip your Dressed Up Half Square Triangle Blocks
Session 5 - Shrink and Flip your Dressed Up Half Square Triangle Blocks

The fabrics in these blocks are from Timeless Treasures Tonga Mystical collection by Wing and a Prayer Design.

Fancy Star #1 by Kari Schell

Fancy Star #3 by Kari Schell

Fancy Star #2 by Kari Schell

Fancy Star #4 by Kari Schell

Fancy Star Quilt (On Point Layout) by Kari Schell

Featured Pattern: Come Said the Wind

Patterns:
Regular Price $10
Sale Price (one week only) $8

Digital Download

Physical Pattern Mailed to You

Digital Bundle includes digital pattern plus quilting designs digitized for major longarm systems. (Regular $30, on sale for $15)

Digital Bundle

Pattern on sale this week only for $8.

The poem in the quilt was written by George Cooper, an American poet who lived from 1838 – 1927.

The large wall hanging finishes to 33” x 33", while the small one finishes 15” x 12”.

To make construction easier, many sections in the quilt use over-sized piecing along with specialty rulers. If you cannot find the specialty rulers, instructions are provided for use of traditional rulers.

Solving the Mystery of Zoom

8/5/2017

Learn more about Zoom in Electric Quilt below. First I would like to cover some updates and new class information.

We are approaching the end of the first wave of participants in Catch the Waves. When I originally offered the program I expected 200-300 sign-ups. As I write this we are close to hitting the 2,000 mark. I have been so appreciative of the feedback and reports of successes by participants in the program. This obviously is a training style the resonates with Electric Quilt owners.

Would you like to join the fun? You may enroll in this free two week training at any time. The first video will be sent the day after you enroll with additional videos sent each day thereafter. Read more and enroll here.

I have noticed that some people signed up for my newsletter thinking they were also enrolling in Catch the Waves. Catch the Waves is a separate program offered by me. So if you aren't getting the emails (but thought you signed up), please enroll here. If it says you are already enrolled, check your spam, junk (or promotional) folders. Still no luck, send me a note so I can help investigate.

What's Next - Easy Peasy Easy Draw

I have a number of follow-up offerings:

Easy Peasy Easy Draw: For those that love the 10 minute a day format, and learn best with small bursts of training. Learn more.
Introduction to Electric Quilt 7: A much deeper dive into learning the basics of the program. These classes are live (via the internet) and are limited to 8 participants. This allows participants to ask questions while I am demonstrating and even share their screen to allow me to see their work and personally advise them. Also participants receive videos of the class sessions plus detailed handouts supporting material covered during the classes. Learn more.
Pieced Patch Draw: The blocks in this class will be those based on special grids – including those based on circles, octagons, Kaleidoscopes, eight pointed stars and hexagons. Layout options will also be provided for many of these blocks. Level: Intermediate. Learn more.

I am current working hard at my next 10 minute a day offering. Now that many of you have been introduced to Easy Draw -- are you ready to expand your proficiency? This will be a 6 week class with over 30 videos.

There will also be a few changes based on what I have learned through administering Catch the Waves.

If you are interested in signing up, enrollment is open (as of today). The pre-launch price is $50. (After August 21st it will increase to $60.)

Learn more here.

Purchase Easy Peasy Easy Draw

Solving the Mystery of Zoom

A number of participants in Catch the Waves reporting struggling with the zoom tools within Electric Quilt. Zooming in and out appears to be a function that works quite differently from computer program to computer program. In this video tutorial I will share with you how these tools work in Electric Quilt.

Featured Pattern - Whim Wham Stars

Regular Price $10
Sale Price (one week only) $8

Digital Download

Physical Pattern (mailed to you)

On sale this week for $8.

Do you like gazing at twinkling stars on a clear night? You can now put those stars on your bed. The asymmetrical star used in the sashing will make it appear that the stars are dancing across the quilt. Quilt may be completed with seven fabrics or may be scrapped using fat quarters.

Available sizes include Small (52 x 68), Medium (68 x 84), Large (84 x 100) or XL (100 x 100).

Recommended (optional) Tools:
Perfect Corner Ruler™ by Forever in Stitches, LLC
Tucker Trimmer 1™ by Studio 180 Design
V Block Trimmer™ by Studio 180 Design

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What to Do When Your Whites Aren't White Enough

Ready to Devote 10 Minutes a Day to Learn Electric Quilt?

Catch the Waves Free Challenge for Electric Quilt Newbies

Easy Peasy Easy Draw - Learn Easy Draw in 10 Minutes a Day

Special Effects for Dressed Up Half Square Triangle Blocks

What are you doing Monday Night?
Monday Night Football -- or Introduction to Electric Quilt?

Featured Pattern - Northwoods Loon

Diagonal Geese

Back to School

Introduction to Electric Quilt

Pieced Patch Draw

Easy Peasy Easy Draw - Learn Easy Draw in 10 Minutes a Day

Catch the Waves Free Challenge for Electric Quilt Newbies

Sun, Moon and Stars

Last Chance for Introductory Pricing on Easy Peasy Easy Draw Online Class

Fancy Stars with Dressed Up Half Square Triangles

Featured Pattern: Come Said the Wind

Solving the Mystery of Zoom

What's Next - Easy Peasy Easy Draw

Solving the Mystery of Zoom

Featured Pattern - Whim Wham Stars

Kari Schell

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What to Do When Your Whites Aren't White Enough

Ready to Devote 10 Minutes a Day to Learn Electric Quilt?

Catch the Waves Free Challenge for Electric Quilt Newbies

Easy Peasy Easy Draw - Learn Easy Draw in 10 Minutes a Day

Special Effects for Dressed Up Half Square Triangle Blocks

What are you doing Monday Night? Monday Night Football -- or Introduction to Electric Quilt?

​Featured Pattern - Northwoods Loon

Diagonal Geese

Back to School

Introduction to Electric Quilt

​Pieced Patch Draw

​Easy Peasy Easy Draw - Learn Easy Draw in 10 Minutes a Day

Catch the Waves Free Challenge for Electric Quilt Newbies

Sun, Moon and Stars

Last Chance for Introductory Pricing on Easy Peasy Easy Draw Online Class

Fancy Stars with Dressed Up Half Square Triangles

Featured Pattern: Come Said the Wind

Solving the Mystery of Zoom

What's Next - Easy Peasy Easy Draw

Solving the Mystery of Zoom

​Featured Pattern - Whim Wham Stars

Kari Schell

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