Creating Original Quilt Blocks for Drawing Challenged Quilters

Last week I posted both cutting charts and piecing diagrams for a donkey and an elephant block (based on designs by Evaline Foland for the Kansas City Star).  One reader sent me a note suggesting that with a couple of additional blocks, these would work nicely for a child or baby quilt.

I'm somewhat drawing challenge (I remember an old Pictionary game where I drew a bird with four legs.) so I knew I wanted some help getting started on my additional quilt block.  A few months ago when putting together some handouts for an Electric Quilt class I ran across the Photo Patch quilt layout.  I decided to use this as a start for drafting my quilt block.

Here is my inspirational photo along with the final block I created in EQ (using only squares and half square triangles consistent with Foland's blocks).

Kari Schell Giraffe Blcok

This took me about 30 minutes to create with Electric Quilt.   See how I created the block in this weeks video.  The video was shortened to 13 minutes by deleting much of the coloring parts of the video.

To make it more consistent with Evaline Foland's donkey and elephant blocks, I suggest having just one background.

If you are interested in the FREE Electric Quilt 7 file, please click here.

If you are interested in a FREE pdf of the block diagram, please click here.

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Now for a quick follow up on the other "election" blocks in last weeks quilt.

Kari Schell variation of Clay's Compromise

Clay's Compromise by Nancy Cabot from Block Base.

Kari Schell's Clay's Choice Block

Clay's Choice by Finley from Block Base.

These blocks represented the policies of Henry Clay a candidate for President from the Whig party. 


Happy Quilting!

Kari 

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