Duck Pond

Last week I shared how to draft two super simple duck blocks -- Mama Duck and Baby Duck.  Both are foundation friendly -- with only a few pieces making them quick and easy to do.  

You can find the tutorial here -- along with how to bring in and use Delivered in Love -- a brand new Moda fabric collection.

​Here were the final drafted blocks.  FYI -- you will love the technique for making the Baby Duck.

Mama Duck 4" x 4"

Baby Duck 4" x 4"

As promised, this week I have a video on how I incorporated these blocks in a quilt.  

However -- they are not in the main section of the quilt.  Instead I placed them in the border.

For the center of the quilt, I found the block - Goose in the Pond.  It is a block under 01 Classic Pieced>Five Patch.  When doing a search make sure to type the name exactly as written.  EQ does not look for "similar" names in a search.

Getting Everything to Fit

Center Block Size

The block was drafted in a five by five grid.  Count the equal division across the top -- four half square triangles plus a square that is the same size.   For a total of five.

Next look at the 9 patches.  They are the same size as the half square triangle.  They have three divisions both horizontally and vertically.

Because of this, an ideal size for the block would be 15" x 15".  (Multiple the 5 for the major division by the 3 for the smaller section division.) 

So I used 15" for the size for the center of the quilt. 

As previously mentioned, the blocks for the ducks would be best done at 4".  If I wanted to fit them exactly around the center block, they would need to be resized to 3-3/4" x 3-3/4".  (15 inches for the center divided by 4).  Since the plan is to foundation piece, this is doable.  But a 4" block would accommodate other types of blocks as well.

So to use four inch blocks we need to make the size of the center 16 inches.  I chose to do this by adding a 1/2" border to the center.  

Layout for Duck Pond Quilt in EQ

Then we are ready to add the blocks border.  The number of blocks in border is defined as the number next to the previous center.  it does not include the corners in the count.  So for four inch blocks we would set the number of blocks at 4 x 4.  (16 inches total divided by the size of 4" for the blocks).

From there you can place, rotate and color the blocks.  And add and color any additional borders.

See more on how to draft the entire quilt in this video.

I ended up with two versions.  Do you prefer cantaloupe or spray for the first narrow border and binding? 

​The body for each of the ducks (both Mama and Baby) can be cut from a 5" x 5" square -- making this quilt charm friendly.  You will need additional yardage for the background, borders and the Duck in the Pond block.

Duck Pond Option 1 by Kari Schell

Duck Pond Option 2 by Kari Schell

I am curious what you decide to do -- either with the layout or the blocks.  Feel free to share pictures in the Learning EQ Facebook post.

Learning EQ Facebook Post for Duck Pond

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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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