Love Word Art

Love Roses from Creative Fabrica

I've been looking at a lot of graphic designs and one that intrigued me was a word composed of some flowers and leaves.  I spent some time playing in Electric Quilt, to see if I could replicate the concept with some simple shapes.  (Let's face it, I don't have enough time or patience to replicate the inspirational photo.)  

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 The two shapes I decided to work with were the heart and a posie.  Both are super simple to create in the applique worktable in EQ8.  In fact the posie is done with a new tool in EQ8 called PosieMaker.   If you are hesitant to draft your own applique, this is a great place to get started.

In my free EQ8 tutorial, I will show you how to create the shapes, and then place then in a block to create your own WordArt.  We also cover using Wreathmaker (as I found it helpful in drawing the "O").

I didn't cover drafting the quilt layout.  However, if you would like to replicate my project, create a Horizontal layout with 1 x 1 blocks.  The block size was 14 x 5.  There are two borders.  The first is a .5 inch long horizontal and the second a 1 inch long horizontal.

​Here is my quilt.  The fabric in the border is part of the free fabric download from EQ for February 2020 (Mackinac Island by Moda.

Love WordArt designed by Kari Schell using EQ8

After designing the Love WordArt quilt,  I started thinking about using other words.  This could be a fun gift for a child, friend or family member.  Here is "quilter" spelled out using the same concept.

Quilter WordArt designed by Kari Schell using EQ8

What word will you put in your WordArt quilt?  Feel free to post your Word Art on the Learning EQ Facebook group.

Word Art Post on Learning EQ Facebook Group

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Be My Valentine

Create a quick table quilt measuring 40" x 16" to celebrate Valentine's Day.  Or this would also make a great shower or wedding gift for that special someone.

This project is a lot simpler than it looks.  I used over-sized units that are cut down with the use of rulers from Deb Tucker's Studio 180 Design.  I've also provided alternate instructions if you wish to do the project without her rulers.

Click here to purchase Be My Valentine.  On sale for $5 (regularly $8).

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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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