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Jelly Roll Friendly Tessellation Quilt

11/9/2024

 
What is a tessellation? According to Jinny Beyer, a tessellation is a shape or combination of shapes which will indefinitely cover an area without any gaps or overlaps.  Tessellations are most easily identified as interlocking motifs.  However, any quilt block that repeats itself can be considered a tessellation.

The block drafted in today's tutorial has a tessellation shape within the block.  Four corners come together for a repeat of the shape in the center -- giving the illusion of the interlocking pattern.  
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Tessellating Unit in Block
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Interlocking Tessellating Units
Because the tessellating unit was designed in a block with a 6 x 6 grid (note that there are six even divisions going across and down), it will be super simple to piece -- no inset seams required. 

In the EQ8 video tutorial, learn to draft a smaller unit (1/4 of the block), use serendipity to create the larger block, and use some advanced coloring features to recolor the quilt.
Here is a link to the free fabric collection used in the video and available on the Do You EQ website.  The collection is Good Vibes.  It was designed by Crysta Watson and manufactured by Benartex.
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Tessellation Block by Kari Schell
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Tessellation Quilt by Kari Schell
I would love to see pictures of your quilt.  Feel free to share in the Learning EQ Facebook group.
Tessellation Quilt Learning EQ Facebook Group Post

Jelly Roll Friendly Piecing

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Modified Rotary Cutting Chart from EQ8
When piecing these blocks, I prefer using a folded rectangle method of construction.  So I will modify the rotary cutting charts produced by EQ.

Rather then cutting pieces 4-7/8 x 2-1/2 as called for in the rotary cutting chart, I will cut a rectangle 1/2 inch larger than the drafted size.  It is always a good idea to add personal notes when modifying the rotary cutting chart.  

Folded Rectangle Construction

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Place the two 4-1/2" x 2-1/2" pieces right sides together as shown in the diagram.  Use a ruler with a 45 degree angle as a guide, draw a diagonal line.  The line will start at the corner of the top patch and end at the corner of the bottom patch.  Sew on the drawn diagonal.
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Trim back two pieces leaving 1/4″ seam.  
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Press toward the dark fabric.  The unit should measure 6-1/2" x 2-1/2" (with seam allowances).  
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Combine with 6-1/2" x 2-1/2" strips (from the EQ8 Rotary Cutting Chart).  The unit should measure 6-1/2" x 6-1/2".  Combine and rotate four units for each block.  Consider trying different rotation options for your block.
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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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Fall is in the Air Quilt

10/8/2022

 
Do you decorate with quilts for fall?  I love working with fall fabrics and quilts are my decoration of choice in my home.  I created this fall quilt that could easily be stitched up before the snow starts to fall.  

Fall is in the Air Quilt

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Last week I shared how to take a number of applique motifs from the EQ8 library and combine them to make a wreath.  If you missed the tutorial you can catch it here.   

​In addition to sharing how to create the wreath, I also discussed how to convert the file to an svg format -- which is usable with Silhouette Cameo, Brother Scan n Cut and Cricut Maker cutting systems.  So it would be super easy to make this 20 inch wreath.

This week I will share with you how to create a simple setting and some easy to piece blocks for a fun new fall quilt.
The maple leaf block is 3" finished and easy to rotary cut and the large 20" finished block would be conducive to foundation piecing -- or adding 5-1/2" and 3-1/2" squares for folded corners.
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Wreath Background Instructions by Kari Schell
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Maple Leaf Instructions by Kari Schell
Additional Cutting Information for Borders
  • Border 1 is cut from 2 inch strips of Dark Gold.
  • Border 2 is cut from 1-1/2 inch strips of Background.
  • Border 3 is pieced with Maple Leaf block and spacers.  Spacers are cut  4-1/2" x 3-1/2".
  • Border 4 is cut from 1-1/2 inch strips of Background.
  • Border 5 is cut from 2 inch strips of Dark Gold.
  • Border 6 is cut from 4-1/2 inch strips of Leaf Print.
Quilt will finish 44" x 44" (without binding).
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I am curious if you go with my design -- or come up with one of your own.  Post a picture of what you ended up doing.
Learning EQ Facebook Group Fall is in the Air Post

Tech Know Quilters Showcase

Tech Know Quilter members shared some of their favorite projects (along with their own designs) from their August class.  You can learn more and sign up for the wait list to join this amazing group of designers here.
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Curryanne Hostetler
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Curryanne Hostetler I was in the Mountain Mist Masters class. It was fun to take a reproduction Quilt and see it take my person touch. Whether I change the coloring or took it to a new innovation. I am sharing my Blue reproduction and the quilt I found and made my take on it.

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Linda Carlson My class was the Masters Mountain Mist With a Modern Twist. Here is the quilt I created for the Challenge which was to choose a block(s) from the Quilt Index. I looked through all of them, saving several then seeing if something similar was in the Block Library or Block Base + library. I combined 2 that were to create this quilt. It was a great class, and I was challenged a couple times to figure out where I went wrong. Thanks Kari!
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Debbi Treusch My quilt is from the challenge for the Mountain Mist class. I started with a Path in the Woods quilt from the Quilt Index. When I first saw the quilt, I saw colored pinwheels where the blocks came together. I made a few modifications to the block and then used Tula Pink fabrics to color to emphasize the pinwheels more than the "path" of the HST's in the quilt. I really like how the quilt came out and I am planning on making it.
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Rhonda Goss Mountain Mist Class. Learned how to better use the Quilt Index. Bowtie quilt is for granddaughter for Christmas.
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Loronda Schuler A little bit of kalidoscope and other things I learned. Very fun.
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Shawn Spjut Choosing just one quilt design was hard___I like all of them. But if I have to choose, I'll go with this table runner design.
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Lee Wiencki I liked the Pacman floral theme, so I made a Pacman Maze.
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Gloria Worthen Jacobs I was quite intrigued with the challenge of the fibonnaci quilt designs and the amazing possibilities in the Modern Quilts 2 class.
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Candy Huddleston Here's my version of the Susan Beaird Lewellin Sunburst Quilt from our Reproduction Quilts classes. I only used different colors for this challenging quilt, but because I like purple, it was my go-to color.

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Karen Mason
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Connie Bradley Bobcik My attempts at downloading and playing with fabrics in Working with Fabric Images. Had lots of fun learning all the options with fabrics and colors.
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Candy Huddleston I wanted to show you the Double Wedding Ring Quilt that you helped me figure out the border squares in one of our August Help Sessions. The quilt top is actually already sewn, but I still have the borders to add. My 6" blocks were set into a Double Wedding Ring setting that American Quilter's Society published in 2019 for their Paducah Sewalong. I just put Lori Holt's Farm Girl Vintage blocks into the quilt instead of their Sampler blocks.
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Lee Wiencki I put together some different classes to make this design.
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Nancy Kiley I participated in the TKQ Bargello Quilts sessions this month. I'm posting my favorite quilt based on comments that I received from friends and family. Even my grandson, age 11, said he loved this quilt! This block and quilt were the Bargello Spiral Star Log Cabin lessons.
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Lynne Maramieri I took the Sampler Quilt Class in August. This is one of my favourite quilt designs in Christmas fabrics.
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Zdenka Nemethová I learned how to make a number of various borders in my August Advanced Border Design Class. I noticed this is my 17th month with TKQ and I was never bored - I love and enjoy every lesson ❤
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Fran Heisey This quilt was inspired by Masters Class Mountain Mist Lesson 4. Kari showed how to make a scalloped border, that inspired me to play with borders for double wedding ring quilts.
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Happy quilting.

​Kari
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Lynn Burnett Klein I used the merge block, tint and shade with symmetry. Amazing how the look changes with each touch
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Julie Pedersen I have to share 2 for this one as I can't decide what is my favorite. I took the Masters Mountain Mist Class this month. The first one is the Masters Challenge quilt where I chose 2 blocks and recreated a vintage style quilt. The second is my quilt from Lesson 7.
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Amy McBurnie This is from the Easy Draw class where we modified the Sun Ray block and then were encouraged to make our own variation. Setting it on point changed the entire look. Right now I'm calling it "Christmas Star" but any other suggestions for a name would be welcome.
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Mary Groesbeck I'm still working on my Blue Bunnies...among many other things. It's been a long time since a quilt this far out of my usual has kept my attention so well.

Teeny Tiny Heart Postcard Construction using new Foundation Tools

2/29/2020

 
Last week, I shared drafting a postcard quilt that had a heart, in a heart, in a heart.  If you would like to create this pattern for yourself, please check out the EQ8 tutorial in last weeks bog.  
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Teeny Tiny Heart Postcard Designed in EQ8 by Kari Schell
I mentioned I had purchased a couple of new items for foundation piecing and decided to try they out when constructing the postcard quilt. 
  • See my review of  Foundation Stuff compared to the newsprint I typically use.   
  • Plus, see how to use the Triple-Duty 8" Seam Allowance Guide in constructing the Teeny Tiny Heart Postcard. 
Both products were purchased from georgesiciliano.com

Foundation Paper Comparison

When doing foundations, we need a base that has printed foundations that we will use as guidelines for sewing.  The new product I tried was Foundation Stuff.  
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Here is a personal comparison of the three foundations I currently use.  I printed out my Teeny Tiny Hearts foundations on all three.

Carol Doaks Foundation Paper

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Carol Doak's Foundation Paper
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Teeny Tiny Heart Foundation on Carol Doak's Foundation Paper
This is the brand I have been using for the last five plus years.  It goes through the printer without a problem and it is super easy to cut and to tear off.  Of the brands I was comparing, it was the hardest to see through -- but newsprint will darken over time (and the paper was purchased a number of years ago).  The biggest downside is that the paper can easily tear ahead of the removal process -- particularly when working with micro foundations.

The current price of the paper on Amazon Prime is $13.92 for 100 sheets.

EQ Printables - Quilter's Newsprint

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EQ Printables Quilter's Newsprint Sheets
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Teeny Tiny Heart Foundation on EQ Printables Newsprint Sheets
The EQ Printables newsprint was a little lighter than color than the Carol Doak's paper (and as a result a bit easier to see through).  This could be because the paper is stored in a sealed bag which gives it less exposure to light and air.

It printed beautifully and appears to handle just like the Carol Doak's newsprint.

It retails for $9.95 for 100 sheets on the EQ website (and on my website as well).  This does not include shipping.

Foundation Stuff

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Foundation Stuff Lightweight Foundation Material by George Siciliano
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Teeny Tiny Heart Foundation printed on Foundation Stuff
This is lightweight foundation material created by George & Virgia Siciliano.  The cover notes the following.  "Stabilizes fabric during stitching allowing for accurate seam lines.  It is durable, transparent and does not stretch.  Can be left in your project for added stability.  It's washable & dry-cleanable.  Can be marked with pen, iron-on transfers & rubber stamps.  Will go through printers and copiers."

When doing my miniature heart block (with the first heart foundation being under 3/4"), I found there was no splitting of the foundation during the sewing process.  I had set my stitches to 1.2 on my machine since I had seams that were less than 1/8" in length.  Very impressive.

It is a nice white material and is much easier to see through than the other two brands.  It was soft  -- as a result I would be comfortable leaving it in my projects.  But it also seemed as easy to remove as the other brands.  So leaving it in versus removal can be your choice.

It did do a nice job of printing -- however, my paper was slightly wrinkled when I removed it from my printer.  The wrinkles appear to have happened after the print as I was able to iron them out and did not notice an issue with distortion.  I ran three different sheets through my  Brother Laserjet printer with similar results.  I would recommend testing this will your own printer.

It retails on www.georgesiciliano.com for $15 for 50 sheets  plus a $3 charge for shipping.  So this is the most expensive of the options.

My Conclusion

For most of my foundations, I will use the EQ Printables Quilter's Newsprint.  The ease of running through the printer and the price point being the biggest advantages.

For minis, I will use Foundation Stuff, as I did appreciate that the foundation didn't fall apart during the pull-back, nor did it split when sewing my very small stitches.

Sewing the Heart Foundation

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While purchasing Foundation Stuff, I also saw that George Siciliano had a Triple-Duty Seam Allowance Guide.  I was curious how it compared to the Add-A-Quarter and Add-an-Eighth tools from CM Tools.  I typically use the Add-A-Quarter guide for all my foundation blocks and it is the tool I recommend in my foundation patterns.  .

I will share my experience with the Triple-Duty Seam Allowance Guide (along with using  Foundation Stuff)  in my video for the week.
I had a few nightmares with uploading videos from my phone to my computer and needed to abandon the first video where I sewed the center of my heart.  However, since the primary purpose of the video was to share how I use the Triple-Duty 8" Seam Allowance Guide, this should give you a good idea of the process.
I've now completed two postcards.  These are really a lot of fun.
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Teeny Tiny Hearts Postcard in Batiks by Kari Schell
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Tiny Tiny Hearts Postcard in Reds and Pinks by Kari Schell

Free Foundation Pattern

Would you like a downloadable copy of the foundation for the Teeny Tiny Heart block?  You can download it here. 

Make sure to double check the sizing before using the foundations asprinters can distort pdfs.  Two copies of the block are included on the page.
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​Kari
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Folded Corner Cutting Charts for EQ Blocks

11/30/2019

 
Included in this blog post:
  • Introducing Merry Christmas -- a new pattern by On Point Quilter
  • Free tutorial on creating Folded Corner Cutting Charts for Electric Quilt
  • ​Tech Know Quilters Virtual Quilt Show

Merry Christmas - New Pattern Release

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This tree skirt is sure to be a hit with everyone when celebrating Christmas.  Santa Claus, Northwoods Trees, Holiday Light and Starry Night blocks are all pieced using square and rectangle fabrics using a folded corner technique. No foundation piecing is required. 
 
Three sizes are included. 
Purchase for Introductory Price of $10 (regular $12)

How to Construct a Quilt Designed in Electric Quilt using Folded Corners

One question I am frequently asked is -- "How do I make a quilt that I designed in Electric Quilt?" 

There are many ways to approach piecing a block.  
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​I love working with folded corners as all the pieces are squares and rectangles.  No cut triangles are required when using this technique.

 I will share my suggestions for creating folded corner cutting charts for your Electric Quilt blocks.

What is a Folded Corner?

Back when I started quilting, I had a book from Mary Ellen Hopkins entitled "It's OK if you Sit on My Quilt Book".  In this book she introduced the quilting world to connector corners.  I think this may have been one of the techniques that revolutionized modern day quilting.  Over the years I have heard a number of names for the technique including "cheater corner" and "folded corner". ​
The technique refers to a method of adding triangles to a quilt block using only square or rectangle pieces of fabric.  It is frequently the suggested method for creating snowball blocks, square within a square units and flying geese units.  

Simple Folded Corner Construction

Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of a folded corner piece from corner to corner. 
  1. Place on the corner of a base piece with right sides together. 
  2. Sew on the drawn diagonal.
  3. Press folded corner to corner.
  4. (Optional) - Trim back two pieces leaving 1/4" seam.
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Drafting Cutting Charts for Folded Corner Blocks

As you can see, piecing a folded corner block is super simple!

However when we design in Electric Quilt, EQ does not give us rotary cutting measurements that are conducive to using the folded corner technique.

My video tutorial will share with you how to create cutting charts that utilize the folded corner construction technique.  This technique works best for blocks with patches that are square or rectangle and have 45 degree angles.
Here are the rotary cutting charts from the quilt in the video.
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10" Snowball Block -- Folded Corner Cutting Chart
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3" Chevron Block - Folded Corner Cutting Chart
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10" Wild Goose Log Cabin - Folded Corner Cutting Chart
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Folded Goose Crossings Quilt - Designed in EQ8 by Kari Schell

October Apply What You Learned

Enjoy the virtual quilt show as Tech Know Quilter members shared what they learned during October.  If you would like to join the wait list for the next open enrollment for Tech Know Quilters, you may sign up here.
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Curryanne Hostetler
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Sabine Neuberger The first month is over and I have learned a lot from the various classes. Everything was explained so well and having the print out at hand made everything easy to follow. Thank you very much! I am very much looking forward to next months classes. I have the "Bee Inspired"-Collection from MODA fabrics in my stash and played with these fabrics for our class-quilt. This is how it turned out:
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Carolyn Block From the Quilting Designs class...Learned so much (but have much practicing to do in freehand drawing of feathers!!!)
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Nancy Messuri I challenged myself to work in Custom Set with a block from Modern Quilts 1. Placing the triangles in the corners was indeed a challenge. However, I achieve the look I was after.
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Camille Lechliter
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Camille Lechliter This was fun to design from Modern Blocks Lessons 6 & 7. It's eventually going to be a QOV.
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Nancy Messuri My challenge for this quilt was to see if I could get an optical illusion using triangles on the sides rather than squares as we did in Modern Quilts 1.
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Maureen Pinwell Final rendition of my Christmas Quilt for the October Challenge. These challenges are a blessing it really pressed me into thinking how I achieved the lessons and how much I was led by the Tutor. Practice makes perfect!
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Charlotte Quiroz Shoot for the Stars
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Judy Sawyer Took my Baptist Fan quilt design and quilted this quilt.
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Suzanne Golden Enjoyed the Applique class. Took what I learned in this session and some of the others to create a custom quilt.
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Donna C. I really enjoyed the TKQ Easy Draw class. I’ve been using EQ8 for years but you taught me so many shortcuts for creating blocks and really fueled my creativity. I’m looking forward to the medallion quilt classes now. This is an example of one of the quilts I created.
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Kristy Goodin Soard Challenge incorporated a few challenges. I wanted to use bees from two previous challenges as the basis of my quilt stencils. I had to import those blocks from previous projects (a first for me). Upon completing the imports, I garnered what I needed from the lessons this past month to modify those blocks to create two bee stencils. I also utilized one of Kari’s straight-line lessons in conjunction with the bees. This is designed to fit on one of Ackland’s metal tabletop quilt stands.
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Rhonda Goss
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Carole Fox While I was doing the Modern Quilt class, I saw some socks in a shop and they inspired me for the following quilt. The difficulty was to create the block with the connections in mind for the whole quilt.
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Tina Rohde Working with Fabric. I spent the last three days caring for my grandchildren (5, 7, and 10). They are home schooled and when they found out grammie had homework they were over joyed. They jumped right in encouraging me to finish it. My quilt became a collaborative project. I would show them the steps and they would have to try. By the time I had done everything three times over the process was cemented in my memory. This is our finished design. The pattern and colors are not what I would have picked but we all had fun. When mom and dad came home my five year old ran our to show them how to recolor blocks.
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Julie Pedersen The Quilting Designs/stencils class challenged me. I enjoyed it. Feathers challenge me as a Free-motion Quilter, so that lesson was especially challenging as well. Here is my whole cloth quilt.
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Cres Bookstein Fabric Lessons I had plenty of frustrations and this-is-driving-me-crazy rants, but I enjoyed playing with all of the fabric choices and moving around blocks once I got the hang of it. Dizzy is the result of using randomize with the choice of fabrics I had pulled.
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Cat Beckstead A Sampler from the Quilt Index redrafted in EQ.
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Cat Beckstead A Sampler from the Quilt Index. I drafted each of the blocks. No blocks from the block library. It was a learning experience.
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Suzanne Golden -- Hexagon Challenge Quilt Some of the blocks are from the class and other from 300 blocks.
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Marielle Schelling I'm designing a quilt for a nephew who really adores pokemon. Very simple blocks. using coloring pictures for the applique.
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Micheline Herzan Using Kari's Lesson 2 on Garden Maze I was able to draw Judy Martin's Kyoto Gardens quilt. This is a scrappy quilt so I will be able to use a lot of my stash reds, greens, golds, beiges, etc. etc.. This is a twin size quilt. I can hardly wait to start piecing it. Although I did not recolour each star uniquely, in my pieced version there will be a lot more shades of each colour. Love scrappy stars.
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Dorothee Ilgnerr I designed a version of this some time ago. a slightly different setting, but the same solutions. I fell in love with the design, and redrafted it as a miniature quilt. 26x31 inches.
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Carolyn Block This quilt I had seen on Connecting Threads and designed it in EQ as a gift for Christmas for a new granddaughter.
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Carolyn Block Completed quilt using the fabric collection Amberley by Brenda Riddle for Moda...picked out by my daughter.
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Kathy Autry I finished piecing the Dream BIg quilt that I'm making for a Christmas gift and happy to say it is now on my machine and being quilted.
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Micheline Herzan My October challenge was to finish a charity quilt for my guild. The guild gave me the 4 African panels and some scraps. I added my own fabrics to it. The filler block in between the panels is from the EQ8 library. I did a lot of free motion quilting on my domestic machine.

Tech Know Quilters Masters Challenge - Quilts Inspired by Your Favorite Quilting Tool

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Kristy Goodin Soard After much thought, I determined my favorite tool is my creativity. As a means to represent this in my quilting journey, I chose to include the sewing machine on a quilt of luscious red fabrics. My creative thoughts become reality through the use of gorgeous fabrics and machine stitching. I also took this opportunity to review the skills Kari has taught us about creating unusual borders.
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Kristy Goodin Soard with the blue Grunge fabrics by Moda.
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Shann Wheaton It is very true that it is difficult to choose just one tool that is the favorite. However for me the answer is the obvious one...EQ8! No, not 7 (that was too difficult to navigate) but EQ8 and Kari's university classes. I love being able to audition designs, colors and fabrics before going through the hard work of making the quilt and then later wish I would have made some changes. Or, that you can find a design you like but want to tweak it. Here is the very large Judy Neimeyer Diamond Wedding Star that I completed.
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Shann Wheaton Trying to replicate Judy's design is very difficult for me but i was able to get the general idea of where to use the fabrics and the overall look with the border.
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JoAnne Scharn I'm not sure what quilting tool would be my favorite, but as I do a lot of hand work (applique & quilting) I do know I could not live without my thimble. As I'm late posting this challenge, my "Thimble" quilt is quite simple. I included a block I could hand applique using the thimble as well.

Other October Projects

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Collien K.
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Maureen P.
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Helen H.
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Sharon O.
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Julie P.
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Joy H.
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Cres B.
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Barbara B.
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Nancy M.
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Holly W.
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Charlotte S.
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Micheline H.
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Cat B,
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Charlotte Q.
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Barbara B.
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Collien K.
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Nancy M. One Jacks
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Curryanne H.
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Barbara O.
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Judy H.
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Holly W.
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Linda S.
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Dorothee I.
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Maryanne C.
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Joy H.
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Dotty S.
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Pam V.
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Nancy M.
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Dena T.
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Janet I.
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Carol M.
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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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Holey Rings

3/11/2017

 
I have some new great tips to share with you on the String Applique Circle quilt.  Did you know that you can create applique shapes with "holes" in them in Electric Quilt?  Read more below.

Also check out the next steps in constructing the String Applique quilt -- along with free templates for both the circles and the rings.

But first.......

New Online EQ Classes

Time is running out to get your early registration bonus for two brand new Electric Quilt classes.
What are the bonuses?
Early Sign-Up Bonus:  As a special bonus, if you sign up by March 13, 2017 you will be entitled to  a private 20 minute coaching call (value of $60) with Kari that may be used any time during the course of the class.  Use it for extra help on a topic or to pick Kari's brain on something you wish to do in Electric Quilt.
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Double Up:  Register for both classes Settings and Border 1 and Pieced Patch Draw and take an extra $20 off your total. Enter coupon code MarchMadness when checking out.

Settings and Borders 1
​Instructor Led Online Class

Class starts March 20, 2017.  Price $100.   Register here.

Pieced Patch Draw
Instructor Led Online Class

Class starts March 21, 2017. Price $100.   Register here.

For those attending EQ Academy, the Pieced Patch Draw material will be included in my blocks class.  Click here to register for EQ Academy.

String Circle Applique Quilt - Part 4

I've been pondering construction of my Circle Applique String quilt.  The problem (after having designed all those string pieced circles) was figuring out how best to attach them to the quilt.

After some contemplation, I decided I would create a 1 inch wide ring to surround each string pieced circle.  If I fused the surrounding circle (connecting the string pieced circle with the background), I would have something that would be very doable to machine applique.

However, before adding the fusible fabric to my quilt, I wanted to add the same to my Electric Quilt project as well.

The challenge was creating an applique shape with a hole in the center.  Check out my latest Electric Quilt video to see how I tackled this.

​String Quilt Construction - Adding Circles

If you missed any of the previous posts on the construction process, check them out:
  • Piecing the string piece segments.
  • Constructing and quilting the base.
Cut out the String Applique circle blocks. 

​For this I created templates in Electric Quilt which I printed out on freezer paper.  The size of the circles were 1/2 inch smaller than the original design -- so I could allow for the overlap of the fused rings. 
String Pieced Applique Quilt by On Point Quilter
Designed Circle Templates in Electric Quilt
Then I printed the block (using the block size of 12" x 12") on 12" x 15" freezer paper sheets using my wide-carriage printer. Then I didn't have to tape any sheets together.

Carefully cut out the three circles.

Iron on the back of a strip segment.  Cut the strip segment.

Here are the free downloadable freezer paper templates (pdf format).  
  • 8-1/2 x 11 paper
  • 12 x 15 paper (ignore the 2nd sheet)

You may get by with just one set of templates.  I found they could be reused multiple times.
String Pieced Applique Quilt by On Point Quilter
String Pieced Applique Quilt by On Point Quilter
Create the Fusible Rings

I had 3 separate ring blocks in Electric Quilt.  One for each size of ring.  Great for designing.  Not so great on economizing on usage of Steam-A-Seam 2 (particularly since I only had one package of five sheets for the project).

I used the large ring (12")as the base.  

I opened the 8" ring, selected it with the Pick tool and then selected Copy.  





Then opened the 12" ring and selected Paste.  I then change the size of the copied ring to 8" x 8".  Add to Sketchbook.  




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​Then I opened the 6" ring and repeated the process.   Add to Sketchbook. 

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String Pieced Applique Quilt by On Point Quilter
String Pieced Applique Quilt by On Point Quilter
String Pieced Applique Quilt by On Point Quilter
String Pieced Applique Quilt by On Point Quilter
Change your paper size to 9 x 12 (the size of the Steam-A-Seam sheets) and print. You will have to tape some of these together after printing.

Here are the free download pdfs for the Fusible Rings.  These may be used for either tracing or printing on fusible webbing.
  • 8-1/2" x 11" 
  • 9" x 12" (Steam a Seam 2 size) 

Rough cut the rings.  Peel and stick onto Ring fabric and cut out.
String Pieced Applique Quilt by On Point Quilter
Place string pieced circles and rings on quilted background.  Once you have a pleasing arrangement, fuse in place.

Using a blanket stitch, secure  the rings.

​Here is my project with rings fused and stitched down.
String Pieced Applique Quilt by On Point Quilter
String Pieced Applique Quilt by On Point Quilter
Now I am thinking I would like to add a quilting design on each of the string pieced circles.  But I will save that for next week.
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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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