Modernizing an Antique Quilt

In a previous blog post I shared my techniques for redrafting an antique quilt.

Here is the inspiration quilt along with my EQ8 rendition.

Garden Maze Antique Quilt from the Ardis and Robert James Collection at the International Quilt Center Study Museum.

Garden Maze quilt redrafted by Kari Schell using EQ8.

One of the things I really love about using EQ8 is that you don't need to stop there.  Once you have the basic quilt drafted, you can start thinking about how you would like to personalize a design and make it your own.

I decided to play with creating a more modern version of the quilt.  As you will see in the video, this really is so easy -- and so much fun.

The updated quilt requires:

• A new fabric collection.  I used the free fabric download from June 2021 available on the Do You EQ website.  The collection is Dream.  Dream was designed by Kristy Lea of Quiet Play and was manufactured by Riley Blake.

• One modified block and one new block drafted in EQ.
• Some slight modifications to the borders.  You will definitely want to watch this section to learn how to ensure the angles in your triangle borders stay at 90 degrees.

Here is the updated quilt.

I look forward to seeing how you will update this classic quilt.  Feel free to share you pictures on the Learning EQ Facebook page.  

Happy quilting.
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Kari

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