Here Comes the Sun EQ8 Tutorial

Here Comes the Sun

5/28/2022

Here Comes the Sun

This weekend is the unofficial start of summer in the US. With a super cold spring season in Minnesota we are looking forward to some warm weather.

Electric Quilt currently has a sale with 25% off everything on their website. The sale lasts through Monday, May 30. I decided to snag the latest Stash collection. In this collection I found the Century Prints Deco Glo fabrics designed by Giucy Giuce and sold by Andover. These fabrics definitely have a summer vibe to them. So I decided to use them for today's project.

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After loading in the new fabric, I pulled in the sunglasses block from the Contemporary Applique>Season - Summer collection in the EQ8 Block Library.

While I like the sunglasses, I didn't want the background. To remove the background you can copy the applique elements to a new Applique motif block. I also decided to change the block size to better match the size of the sunglasses. This will make it easier to work with the motif in the Quilt worktable.

For the quilt, set up a new Horizontal quilt on the Quilt Worktable. Change the number of blocks to 1 x 1 and the size to 16. Then add borders.

After coloring the quilt, set the sunglasses motif on Layer 2. Motifs are always put on Layer 2 -- which is on top of all the elements on Layer 1. With the adjust tool you can copy, paste, change placement and adjust rotation of each of the sunglasses motifs.

I also share how to find a complementary color and recolor the tips of those sunglasses using that color.

To personalize your quilt, consider using a different fabric collection. And rather than a collection of sunglasses, use a collection of different summer motifs. I would love to see pictures of your quilt.

Feel free to share in the post I have set up in the Learning EQ Facebook group.

Tech Know Quilters Virtual Quilt Show

One thing I hear over and over again is -- I didn't know you could do "that" using Electric Quilt 8. I have found that the main thing that holds us back from truly using Electric Quilt 8 is just not understanding that this versatile software can help you create any type of quilt. I think you will be inspired by the quilts created by Tech Know Quilter members using Electric Quilt 8.

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Here are the quilts submitted in the last "apply what you learned" challenge.

Shawn Spjut I find myself using Serendipity more and more. This quilt started out with medallion 29 (from the class), but I didn't care for the oval, so I redid it with a circle instead (the oval tweaked my symmetrical button), then brought it back into Serendipity for some fun renditions.

Patricia Hansen This month we did symmetry. I designed my own block and tried several variations to use in a quilt. Here is one of them.

Lynne Maramieri This month I worked on Quilt Layouts - Pixilated Quilts. This is the original photo.

Lynne Maramieri This is my Pixilated version of the Cherry Blossoms. This series of lessons was very time consuming but very satisfying. There is so much more to learn!

Linda Carlson This is lesson 7 of the Masters Symmetry class I took this month with my own Auto Border. It was a great class!

Lee Wiencki Mix and Match Medallion Borders. Its such a versatile way of building a quilt.

Rhonda Goss This is my adaption of Lesson 7 of the Masters Symmetry class.

Nancy Kiley Fabric Collections class. I especially enjoyed fussy cutting and rotating fabrics. My Color inspiration came from an episode of Bewitched classic TV show. A student in a picket line wore navy and kelly green outfit with white ankle boots.

Nanne Panne I learned how to make colors fabric and more.

Julie Pedersen I took the Masters- Symmetry class this month. It was fun playing with the different aspects of Symmetry. This is my Challenge quilt.

Dotty Smalley I was in the Masters Symmetry class last month, and have been working on this quilt, which is somewhat related. It started out as a way to use up scraps and try a new Quilt-As-You-Go technique. The borders became a challenge to myself to try different paper foundation patterns from the block library and some I designed myself (thanks to Kari's classes). I call it Nautical Dreams.

Dotty Smalley Here is the back of my Nautical Dreams quilt, which uses scraps and some orphan blocks as the center.

Nancy Kiley Fabric collections class. A newer release and I love Red/White and Blue. This collection has cream/tan instead of white. Made good use of the plaids and florals in the collection and all my newly acquired skills! Great classes Kari Schell. I looked forward to each lesson.

Sara Edmonds Byan I have really enjoyed learning about EQ8. I have been doing the lessons and then when time allows, I have played with my new knowledge. I especially liked learning about how to get precise snap to grid lines. The quilt design I might actually make from the Intro to Easy Draw lessons is the Drunkards Path.

Pat Harkins I designed this in EQ, pieced the top and it went to a friend who did the longarm quilting. It is a raffle quilt for a dulcimer festival. I saw it finished for the first time at festival yesterday.

Tina Onat This is the first fabric that I have taken a photo of and uploaded and scaled into EQ8. It is "My Home State" panel by Northcott. I will probably end up using the Arizona block on the left and right of the panel in the top and bottom more and use the simpler blocks to the left and right. We will see...but I have learned a ton! Also, I have been participating in the moda blockheads 4 sew along, and drawing each week's blocks into EQ8 and playing with the color placement to get different outcomes. Super fun!

Donna Harris I drafted these blocks, the whole quilt from a picture of a quilt I saw in a book. I never dreamed I would be able to do this. I'm very pleased and excited about this.

Tech Know Quilters Masters Challenge -- Bloom Where You Are Planted

TKQ Masters members were encouraged to design an original quilt around the topic "bloom where you are planted". Here are some of their quilts.

Rhonda Goss I keep telling myself I will make a quilt with these Rose of Sharon blocks I downloaded from an EQ8 challenge. That is what came to mind when I saw the challenge this month. At least, I can now say I designed a quilt with them. They are so spring and flowery.

Julie Pedersen While doing the first 2 lessons this month, I saw flowers appear in the blocks that I made. So when the challenge came, I knew that I had to adapt the block and make a quilt.

Edith Craig Spring in North Carolina is flowers and butterflies. Attached is an image of my challenge project. The small size would make a good table topper or wall hanging. (Now if all of the pine pollen would disappear, it would be great to be outside.)

Patricia Hansen I have adapted the design I made into a bed quilt years ago as a banner for the "green" season at a local church.

Curryanne Hostetler My idea of Bloom where you are

Happy quilting.

Kari

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