It Looks Like Sun

There are extreme heat warnings in Minnesota this weekend with temps predicted in the 90s and dewpoints in the mid-to-low 70s. Saturday and Sunday could feel like 100 to 110 degrees. Minnesota has definitely moved into summer mode

When looking through the blocks in Block Base Plus, I came across the block "Pride of the Prairie".  The pattern was sold by Old Chelsea Station (a mail-order company that started in 1933).  The Brackman ID is 1489.

I though this really does look like a sun.

Pride of the Prairie from BlockBase+

I did some research to see if I could find any finished quilts made with this block.  The only quilt I was able to locate was documented on the Quilt Index.  ​

Pride of the Prairie photographed by Quilts of Tennessee

Quilt by by Sarah L. Henderson McSwain of Puryear, Tennessee.  It was made in 1937 and was hand pieced.​
Citation:  McSwain, Sarah L. Henderson. Pride of the Prairie. 1930-1949. From Tennessee State Library and Archives, Quilts of Tennessee. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=22-18-969. Accessed: 06/04/21

I came up with a layout for the block, which you can create in EQ8.  In this video you will learn how to

• use a block from BlockBase+ in Electric Quilt 8,
• use Random Recolor to assign colors, and
• how to export an SVG from BlockBase+ with the templates needed to create this quilt.

If you don't have BlockBase+, consider challenging yourself to draft the block using EasyDraw.

Here is the quilt from the video.  I would love to see pictures of your quilts.  Feel free to post in the Learning EQ Facebook group.  I've set up a separate post for your shared designs.

Sunny Days Quilt

Cutting Fabric Using Cricut Design Space Bonus Video

Curved piecing -- yes or no?

While I love the look of curved piecing, it is not my go to piecing method.  Using templates to cut all of those pieces by hand is not my idea of fun.  So I decided to use my Cricut Maker to do the cutting for me.  The rotary cutting blade is fantastic for cutting through fabric and no sizing or backing is required on the fabric.

In the bonus video, you will learn how to work with the design in Cricut Design Space.  Cricut updates there software continually.  Typically svg files are not imported into Cricut Design Space at the correct size.  There is a workaround that I will share with you.  Electric Quilt was really thinking ahead when they added that 1" square in the export.

​Happy quilting.

​Kari

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