Geometric Garden Quilt Using Electric quilt 8

I was perusing the Quilt Index the other day.  It has a huge collection of quilts along with historic information on the quilts.  It is great inspiration for finding projects to draft in EQ

I came across Geometric Garden, a quilt made by Amanda Brookshire in Limestone Tennessee.  It is estimated it was made around 1900.  Pretty amazing for a quilt that is over 120 years old.  

You can obtain more information about the quilt here.

Geometric Garden by Amanda Brookshire from the White Bluffs Quilt Museum in Richland Washington

Geometric Garden from BlockBase+

If you look up Geometric Garden in BlockBase+ there is a similar quilt block.  The one in Amanda Brookshire's quilt is slightly different.

It appears the block in Amanda's quilt was done based on a nine patch.  The one in BlockBase+ was based on a five by five grid.  Also there are two strips in the alternate sections of the the 9 patch, versus three in BlockBase+ version.

Sizing Blocks for the Quilt

The size of the blocks in the antique quilt appear to be around  12" x 12".  I started with the finished size of the quilt ( 63" x 84") and backed into these numbers.   

However the block is actually easier to draft at 18" x 18".  Then each of those tiny squares in the nine patches in the corners has a finished size of 1".  In a 12" quilt, the finished size of the 9 patch squares will be .667".  This is something that would be super easy to do with templates.  Not so much for rotary cutting.

The beauty of using Electric Quilt is we get to decide the size we want to use for the quilt.  it could easily be 9", 12" or 18".  Or something else.  Whatever you prefer.

Fabric Selection

For fabric, I decided to use the free fabric download from EQ for May 2023.  The collection is Color Club, which was designed by Heather Valentine for Windham Fabrics.

And yes --  it is pretty "modern".  But with EQ we get to pick our fabric as well.

What collection will you use for your quilt?

Color Club from doyoueq.com

Do You EQ Free Download for Color Club Fabric Images

See how to design the block and quilt in my video tutorial.

Here is the block and quilt from the video.

Geometric Garden drawn by Kari Schell using EQ8

Geometric Garden Quilt drawing in EQ8 by Kari Schell

I look forward to seeing what you do with this block along with what layout you decide to use for your quilt.  

Feel free to share in the Learning EQ Facebook group.

Learning EQ Facebook Group Post for Geometric Garden Quilt

Tech Know Quilters May Showcase

Current Tech Know Quilter members have been sharing their class projects along with their original designs (and in some cases quilts) in the membership's private Facebook group.  Each month they are challenged to apply what they have been learning in their classes.  Enjoy this show of some of their recent creations.

You can learn more about the Tech Know Quilters membership program and sign up for the wait list for the next open enrollment period here.

Jane Perri I love stained glass quilts. I made a simple one in a workshop last year. This quilt is from the kaleidoscope class. The smaller points, which is the main center star, were made from modification of an 8 point star block I found in EQ. The larger points are a modification of the center star points.

Rhonda Goss Quilt from the Blockbusters class.

Patricia Hansen I designed a block for the Blockbusters class, used it with another block in a quilt and then tried serendipity. This was my favorite result.

Shari White This quilt is from the Masters Block Busters class on overlapping blocks.

Kathleen Lemon Pawlik From the Intro to Easy Draw Class. Learned so much. I find designing blocks fun but still struggle to put them together into a quilt.

Curryanne Hostetler I use four blocks and made pieceable blocks and designed the quilt.

Connie Bradley Bobcik I was working on Foundation Blocks. I found this a little challenging at times and had to go back and forth fixing my blocks. My favorite quilt for this month was the Heart and Home Quilt. I played around with many blocks, some of them I had no problem with making them foundation piecing and some of my favorites when I actually stitch I'll still be piecing because I really like star blocks. I also played with my barn and modified it.

Kathleen Lemon Pawlik finally got to the serendipity lesson in the intro to easy draw class. Could play with this forever. Although I have no idea how I would actually construct these blocks!

Julie Pedersen Inspired by Block Busters Lesson 7

Julie Pedersen I decided to see what my Lesson 7 quilt would look like in fall colors for this challenge. I like it.

Zdenka Nemethová EQ8 Drawn Table Topper

Zdenka Nemethová SewnTable Topper

Fran Heisey Kari's Masters Block Busters lessons are a step beyond in using EQ8 as a design tool. This is my quilt from the last lesson, but it is actually a product of several of the lessons.

Kathleen Lemon Pawlik Just finished the easy draw lesson, and then you send the email with the log cabin variation. Followed along and learned even more. Like the way it turned out.

Edith Craig My class this month was Master's Block Busters. This quilt, inspired by this class, is based on 3 9-patch blocks, positioned in Custom Set, overlapping and rotating where necessary. Border blocks and a standard border variation were added to complete the quilt. This class is about the confidence to use a selection of blocks and to combine and manipulate them into a pleasing quilt.

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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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