Pictionary Quilt Part 2

Last week I shared about my participation in a Pictionary Challenge I gave to my Tech Know Quilter members.

Using an online Pictionary Generator, I had the following three items to incorporate in my quilt:

• Swimming Pool
• Doll
• Cherry

Last week I designed the swimming pool as a pieced block and created a layout for my quilt.

If you missed the post, you can find the tutorial here.

Merged Swimming Pool Block 30" x 30"

Pictionary Pieced Blocks and Layout

Adding Applique Elements to the Pictionary Quilt

In this weeks  video, I will take you through the process of drafting the cherries and the doll block. 

​If you would like to replicate my blocks, feel free to save the images on your computer and import them for tracing in Electric Quilt 8.

Cherries 16 x 8

For the cherries, you can use the leaf and circle shapes in the applique toolkit.

For the stems, draw straight lines and apply the Brush Stroke.

Make sure to check out my suggestion for not connecting the straight lines for the stems.

Doll 22 x 22

For the doll, under Shapes select the equilateral triangle (dress and bow) and circle (feet, arms, face, eyes and bow). 

Use the Bezier Curve for the mouth with the Brush Stroke.

The hair is the most challenging and uses the Bezier Curve with start and stop at every sharp point (this is where the curve changes). 

• Trace the hair focusing only on placement of the start and stop nodes where the curves change (I call those sharp points.)  Do not worry about the wonky curves.
• Use the Edit tool to move any nodes (those start and stop points) to the correct location.
• Use the Edit tool and move the handles to adjust the curves so they match the tracing image.

I decided to add a life preserver to allow the doll to float in the swimming pool.

This was drafted as two blocks in PolyDraw.  Using two blocks allows you to layer part of the life preserver below the doll and part above the doll. 

​Make sure to place the blocks in the exact same spot so both parts line up on the quilt worktable..

Life Preserver 1 22 x 22

Life Preserver 2 22 x 22

Check out the full tutorial.

Here is the final quilt.

Pictionary Challenge Quilt by Kari Schell (Swimming Pool, Doll, Cherry)

Feel free to post any pictures and comments in the Learning EQ Facebook Group.

Pictionary Part 2 Post in the Learning EQ Facebook Group

Happy quilting.

​Kari

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