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Critter Motif Quilt

5/2/2020

 

Drafting an Quilt featuring Applique Blocks

During the Stay at Home order, I challenged myself to improve my drawing skills.  Who would have guessed that all you need to do is Google "how to draw a XXX" and there are lots of tutorials on how to draw just about anything.  Rather than using pencil and paper, I chose to do my drawing in Electric Quilt 8. 

​I did my drawing as live events, which allowed me to get immediate feedback on my drawings and make suggested changes.  For those that chose to join my live events on Zoom -- thank you for being there with me.  I loved interacting with you and so appreciated your encouragement and feedback.
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If you would like to watch any live event replays, they are posted on my Facebook page, under videos.  They are a bit long and messy (i.e  no editing) so they won't like like any of my lessons or my blog posts tutorials.
Critter Drawing LIve Event Videos on Facebook
I ended up with a total of 36 different critter motifs.  Definitely enough to draft a quilt.  For today's tutorial, I will share with you the quilt I designed to feature the majority of these critters.  Even if you don't have a collection of critters, you could swap my critters out with a favorite collection from the EQ library.  Or use each critter two times so your favorite young person can play a matching game.
Here is the quilt from the video.  I am hoping to start cutting out critters on my Cricut Maker this weekend.  I am a little nervous about this process as some of the pieces are really small.  I will let you know how it goes.
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Critter Motifs Quilt by Kari Schell designed in EQ8

Other Critter Creations

Here is a collection of critters from others that joined in the fun and posted their images in a Facebook group.  It was so fun seeing where they chose to take their drawings.
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Tina Rohde Owls
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Pat Harkin
The following were designed by  Tammy Dunn.
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The following were designed by Kay Jennerwein
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The following were designed by Helen Hicks
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Trudy
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Academic Owl
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Bamboo
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Pork Chops Diva Sister Mud Playing
Camille Lechleiter's critters, plus her full quilt design
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Critter Quilt by Camille Lechleiter
I hope these will inspire you to create your own critters in EQ8.

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Carole Shaw link
5/2/2020 08:35:58 am

What a wonderful set of tutorials! This could be a great online paid class, by the way.

Kristy
5/2/2020 11:24:48 am

Thanks for freebie motifs and quilt, they are darling. Truly appreciate your generosity. Good luck with your Cricut cutting this weekend.

CAMILLE M LECHLITER
5/2/2020 02:06:52 pm

Thank you for including my critters in your post! I had so much fun!

Maureen Pinwill
5/2/2020 02:59:10 pm

Love the quilt and the critters. Thank you for your kindness and thank you for the contributors for their lovely designs.

Must try this in the future.

Take care and be safe :)

Yvonne
5/5/2020 12:37:48 am

I have been doing the Critter Quit and have enjoyed doing it. A problem though why is the second block 12 inch. What am I doing wrong.

Kari Schell
5/5/2020 10:57:09 am

The blocks were all designed at 12 inches. You can change the size of an individual block set on layer 2 (or in custom set by using the adjust tool.


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