Magic Cross Quilt

4/17/2021

To celebrate the release of BlockBase+, Electric Quilt has been hosting a Sew Along. Every couple of weeks Electric Quilt is posting a block from Block Base Plus while introducing us to some of the features of their newest software.

This week, the block was the Magic Cross block (Brackman ID 2898).

Magic Cross block from Block Base Plus (Brackman 2898).

Blocks become much more appealing when you work with your favorite fabrics. Before piecing the blocks, bring them into Electric Quilt 8 so you can audition the blocks with a fabric collection. Pick a collection from either a favorite manufacturer or a collection of your personal fabrics.

The video will not only show you how to include a block from BlockBase+ in an Electric Quilt 8 project, but will also show you how to design a quilt starring the Magic Cross block.

The fabrics used in the Magic Cross quilt were from the April 2021 Free Fabric Collection -- Decostitch Elements by AGF Studio.

If you are having problems accessing your purchased BlockBase+ blocks in EQ8, make sure you have purchased and installed BlockBase+ on your computer and you have downloaded and updated your EQ8 software. The EQ8 update is free. You can obtain the most recent version of EQ8 from your your account on the EQ website.

Magic Cross Quilt Designed by Kari Schell in EQ8

If you wish to piece this quilt, you will need five six inch blocks. Four of the blocks in teals and one in pinks. There are also 40 2 inch blocks for the tile square border.

What will you do with the Magic Cross block?

Happy quilting.

Kari

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Barbara

4/17/2021 08:21:50 am

Thanks. That was interesting and informative.

cheri maytjaszek

4/17/2021 06:14:07 pm

This is a great block. I've been working along with the sew along and I love the blockbase. Thank you.
Cheri

Brenda Pedrotti

4/17/2021 06:35:30 pm

Thank you for t he lesson on EQ-8 with the Magic Cross Block. I was wondering if in the future you could make the instructions in the video as a printable document too. The video goes so fast and I would like to practice using the EQ-8 software. Just a suggestion. I appreciate the video!

Kari Schell

4/17/2021 09:55:07 pm

Both my Shoot for the Stars class and my Tech Know Quilters classes provide written tutorials to accompany videos. You are welcome to check into either of those options to gain the benefit of written tutorials.

Jan Beckert

4/20/2021 08:13:40 am

I was surprised at the variety of designs I could make using this simple block! So fun to play with color & layouts in EQ8!

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