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Drafting your own Foundation Patterns

10/25/2014

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Are you enjoying the fall season?  The leaves have been slow to fall and have been particularly colorful.  

Did you know how much fun it can be to make your own leaf foundation pattern?  For this weeks tutorial, I will show you how I did so in Electric Quilt.

However, even if you don't have EQ, you could still use this technique with a photo and graph paper.

I decided to work with a maple leaf.  Here is the inspiration photo and my finished block.

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Maple Leaf Block by Kari Schell
If you are interested in a free pdf of the maple leaf foundation (6" size), please click here.

If you are interested in the EQ7 file, please click here. 

Happy quilting.

Kari
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18 Comments
Betty G.
10/25/2014 01:21:30 am

Love the mapleleaf pattern - hope I get it made this year. Thanks a lot.

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Lilia
10/25/2014 02:15:14 am

That was beautifully done Kari. I really appreciate your generosity and watching your tutorials has really kept me informed. I have trouble remembering the buttons and snaps; what to switch on and off, and their functions. Watching and listening and taking notes and trying them out keeps them in review. Thank you so much! I look forward to the tutorials each week!

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Melanie
10/25/2014 02:24:05 am

Another super tutorial Kari. Thanks again.

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Liz English
10/25/2014 03:25:30 am

Thank you so much for sharing this pattern and the video on how to make a foundation pieced block in EQ7.

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Cat
10/25/2014 10:04:39 pm

Thank you Kari! I made a foundation pieced leaf some years ago. It was my contribution to a hug quilt a group made for a friend when her husband died. You can see my block here https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=783160378414384&set=a.763367547060334.1073741827.100001612869747&type=1 If you'd like the EQ file, I'm willing to share.

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Willy Trivière
10/26/2014 07:27:52 am

I learned a lot. Kari. by watching our explicit tutorial.thank you for sharing your knowledge.
best wishes Willy

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Lee
10/27/2014 05:34:11 am

Awesome! You are a fantastic teacher! Thank you.

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Penny McMorris
10/28/2014 03:43:13 am

I agree with Lee -- fantastic teaching, Kari. You have such a nice, calm, way about how you talk and move on the screen, and what you mention. You make drawing this block really easy, and as you draw we can see the decisions you're making for how to section the block. Loved it!

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Doris Duran Paex
10/10/2017 11:44:14 am

Bellísimo me encanta ese programa

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Linda Stodola
8/10/2018 10:22:40 am

I love Fall motifs. I love this leaf and have a couple ideas brewing already. Looking forward to receiving the pattern.

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Pam Stultz link
4/17/2019 06:39:25 pm

I would love the paper pieced leaf pattern. Thanks in advance

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Kari Schell
4/17/2019 07:11:44 pm

Hi Pam. There is a hyperlink in the blog post. Click on that to get the foundation pattern.

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Wendy
6/20/2019 10:04:33 pm

I was looking for a maple leaf pattern to put on a quilt.

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Elaine Barnes
9/20/2019 07:24:54 pm

Hi- I'm new to paper piecing and was wondering in which order do you piece each section together? Thank you!

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Kari
9/21/2019 09:07:33 am

Elaine I put the left side of the block together as one section. And did the right side as another section. Then combined the two sections.

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Jessica
11/12/2021 09:13:54 am

I have drawn out something that I want to paper piece but I don't have the program you used to be able to have It do the separations and numbering for me. Any suggestions?

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Phyllis Nuebel
1/25/2022 06:17:17 pm

Hi Kari,
I tried to print out your free paper pieced maple leaf. It only printed out section A. I tried it 3 times. I love this pattern and want to use it for my retreat block as I Love paper piecing! Thank you for sharing!
Phyllis

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Nancy J.
8/8/2022 06:02:23 am

Love the maple leaf, looking to add as a "creative" border around some pumpkins. Thank you

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