Easter Egg PosieMaker

I promise -- this is the last egg-stranza post for the year.  I have been a bit fixated on egg quilts.  In case you missed it, you may want to check out the posts for the last two weeks:

• Easter Egg Hunt
• Foundation Pieced Applique Easter Egg

The new one I will be sharing with you today is a circular design.  Depending on the size you could turn it into a table topper for a round circular table.  Or for those that are into working with wool and embroidery -- a candle mat.

Easter Egg PosieMaker EQ8 Tutorial

• Start with three blocks from the EQ8 Library.  These were all found in 05 Contemporary Applique>Holiday-Easter. 

Decorative Easter Egg from the EQ8 Block Library

Baby Chick from the EQ8 Block Library

Chocolate Rabbit from the EQ8 Block Library

• Find the Decorative Easter Egg in the Project Sketchbook and edit to the Block Worktable.

• Delete all the "decorations".

• From the Main Menu select Edit>Copy.

• Select a New Block>Applique Motif.

• Select Paste.

• Color and Add to Sketchbook. 

Easter Egg Motif

• In the Project Sketchbook, edit the Baby Chick block.

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• Make sure you are on the Applique tab.

 

• ​Select all the patches with the Pick tool.

 

• From the Main Menu select Edit>Copy.

 

• View the Project Sketbook and select the Egg Motif (make sure you are selecting on the Motifs tab -- not the Block Tab).

 

• ​Select Edit>Paste.

Baby Check and Egg Motif Combined in a New Motif

• Make a copy of the Egg motif and move it slightly away.
• Position the Baby Chick under the egg.  Rotate the chick to fit in the egg.
• Select the original egg motif and convert to guides.
• Center the duplicated egg motif.
• With the Draw tool, select the line.  Draw a series of slanted lines to crack the egg.
• Add nodes on the egg (double click with the Edit tool) where it intersects with the crack.
• Click directly on the node and break at node.  Tip -- If you aren't seeing the break option, click away and try clicking directly on the node again.
• Delete the top segment.
• With the Edit tool, connect the crack lines with the egg.  If necessary reposition the egg curves to match the guidelines.
• Make sure the egg is on top of the baby chick.
• ​Color and add to sketchbook.

• Use Posie Maker to make two flowers.

• Use the first and third auto shapes as a starting points.

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• For both use the style Petal and 9 repeats.

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Posie Maker 1 Settings

Posie Maker 2 Settings

• Resize the Posies 300% and Layer them on the Block Worktable.

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• Note the picture shows them without the Baby Chick and Egg Motif.

PosieMaker Results

• Select the Baby Chick and Egg motifs and use Wreathmaker.

• ​Adjust the Wreathmaker settings so they fit in the scallops of the first Posie.

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• ​Add to Sketchbook to Save.

Baby Chicks with Eggshell Wreath on Posie Blocks

• In the Project Sketchbook find and edit the Egg motif.  Select the motif with the Pick tool.
• From the Main Menu select Edit>Copy.
• In the Project Sketchbook, locate the Posie Block and select Edit.
• From the Main Menu select Edit>Paste.
• Use Wreathmaker to make a wreath of 7 eggs that fit inside the ring of Baby Chicks with Egg motifs.
• Add to Sketchbook to save. 

Posie Block with Added Egg Wreath

• In the Project Sketchbook find and edit the Chocolate Bunny block. 
  
• Select the applique tab and select the motif with the Pick tool.
• From the Main Menu select Edit>Copy.
• In the Project Sketchbook, locate the Posie Block and select Edit.
• From the Main Menu select Edit>Paste.
• Resize and reposition the bunny in the center of the quilt.
• Add to Sketchbook to save. 

Easter Egg PosieMaker Block

• Select the Quilt worktable.
• Select New Quilt>Custom Set.
• Decide on the size of quilt you would like and change the dimensions on the Layout tab..
• On Layer 2, select Block>Set Block.
• Locate the final posie motif and drag it on the quilt worktable.
• Resize if necessary and make any final adjustments to coloring.
• Add to Sketchbook to save.

Easter Egg PosieMaker Quilt

Check out the video for more details on drafting the Easter Egg Posie Maker design.

There are so many ways to personalize this design.  Here are a few.

• Use a different fabric collection.
• Change the number of repeats for the posies.
• Change up the motifs used with wreathmaker.  This could easily be adapted for a different holiday or season of the year.

I would love to see your design.  Feel free to share in the Learning EQ Facebook group.

Learning EQ Facebook Group Easter Egg PosieMaker Design

Tech Know Quilter Month End Challenge

Each month I encourage Tech Know Quilter members to share favorite projects from their class for the month and applications of the concepts for their own quilts.  Here are their submitted designs for the February Month-End Challenge.

​I am so grateful to be able to assist an amazing group of quilters and designers in their Electric Quilt journey.

Elly da Silva This quilt is a combination of all the blocks of this month

Narue Isabelle I designed this quick quilt yesterday using the blocks we worked on in Easy draw Kaleidoscopes class.

Narue Isabelle This has been my long-haul project of the past few months: a Zelda quilt for a friend’s daughter. I have traced and designed my appliqués and blocks , putting some of my Accuquilt dies to good use in the process. I’m halfway through piecing it and just about to tackle the 70-something cherry blossom flowers… wish me luck… and patience

Margo Reppert Here's my favorite quilt from this month's lesson.

Kristy Goodin Soard My sewing related quilt was fun to design.

Denise Mohler February was packed full of learning for me. I was able to complete all the lessons for "2021" Here is January Lesson 1

Denise Mohler February 2021 Lesson 5

Denise Mohler March 2021 Lesson 6

Denise Mohler April 2021 Lesson 7

Denise Mohler May 2021 Lesson 6

Denise Mohler June 2021 Lesson 6

Denise Mohler July 2021 Lesson 7

Denise Mohler August 2021 Lesson 7

Denise Mohler September 2021 Lesson 2

Denise Mohler October 2021 Lesson 7

Denise Mohler November 2021 Lesson 6

Denise Mohler December 2021 Lesson 4

Terry McCaskey I'm finally binding a project based on Quiltworx charms class pieced over a year ago. EQ became my tool to both colorize the scrap placement and do a virtual "test-drive" of possible quilting designs. The free-motion outcome is different but the virtual EQ design skills learned in Kari's classes helped me along the way

Terry McCaskey's Finished Quilt

Zdenka Nemethova This month I really learned and practiced a lot in Masters "Letters & Text Class", e.g. how to generate and then use AI pictures in EQ, imports & exports between EQ and Inscape etc. Enjoyed every lesson

Edith Craig My class this month was Masters More Letters and Texts. I used the techniques to design this Lighthouse Quilt. I used Easy Draw (with photo images as guides) to draft the lighthouses. I then added the title and names of the lighthouses on Layer 2 using one of the fonts that we downloaded for the lessons this month. I used a border that reflected the same black and white pattern as shown on one of the lighthouses. Fun to play with.

Jane Perri EQ Design

Jane Perri Quilt

Jane Perri Quilt 

This is the finished quilt from the EQ8 design above. I was trying to see how far I could push Angelina fibers and other embellishments. The quilt was first made in cotton. The sky, water and frog are covered in Angelina which changed the colors. The "trees" and "riverbed marsh" is covered in natural wool with Angelina felted in. I dyed the green wool. The shorelines are glass bead chips. The tree branch overhanging the bridge is made from dyed cheese cloth, decorated with hot fix crystals and beads. The sun is a rhinestone patch with silver metallic ribbons radiating out for rays. The bridge is stitched in holographic threads and trimmed in copper metal ribbon. Pins of bugs and a turtle are attached. I bowed out and stuffed the lower center of the river to simulate a mouth of a river flowing into the sea. This was great fun to design and make!

Fran Heisey There was so much to learn in Masters More Letters and Text this month. This was my favorite, but there were so many quilts I really liked, it was hard to choose.

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Happy Easter!

​Happy quilting.

​Kari

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