Red and White Stars and Bars Quilt using Electric Quilt 8

Red and White Stars and Bars Quilt

8/27/2022

The International Quilt Museum currently has an exhibit of Red and White Quilts that were donated by Joanna S. Rose. In 2011 her collection of 651 quilts was displayed in New York in an exhibition entitled "Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts".

Stars and Bars quilt of the month from the International Quilt Museum. IQM 2022.001.0098

The Stars and Bars quilt was made between 1860-1880 and is a gift of Joanna S. Rose to the International Quilt museum. IQM 2022.001.0098

"The printed Turkey red fabric of this quilt helps to date it. It was a popular choice for quiltmakers of the mid-nineteenth century, prior to the development of synthetic red dyes. A dye process known as discharge printing created the tiny yellow floral design set against the red ground. First, the fabric is dyed red. Next, a discharge paste, or bleach, is applied – often in a specific small-scale design – removing the red color. A second color is either included in the discharge paste, simultaneously filling the bleached areas, or added in a separate print process."

This is a great quilt to practice your EQ8 drafting skills. The blocks are simple ones -- but the layout is a little tricky. Can you figure it out before watching the video?

Here is my quilt from the video.

Stars and Bars drafted in EQ8 by Kari Schell

Here are a few key measurements if you are drafting the quilt.

The quilt center was drafted at 24" x 28".
Border 1 was 1". There were 24 horizontal and 28 vertical blocks.
Border 2 was 5". Stars were added on Layer 2.
Border 3 was 1". There were 36 horizontal and 34 vertical blocks.
Border 4 (binding) was 1/4" mitered.
The quilt finished at 38-1/2" x 37-1/2".

Making the Quilt Larger
You could make the quilt larger by adjusting the size of the small half square triangle blocks. For example -- if that block was changed to from 1" to 2", double the size of the center and each of the borders (other than the binding).

Tech Know Quilters Virtual Quilt Show

Current Tech Know Quilter members were challenged to apply what they learned at the end of their June class. As you can see they learned a lot!

Nanne Panne I made a fabric using what I learned last month. (100 x 150 cm)

Lee Wiencki Created in Introduction to PolyDraw.

Shawn Spjut For this one I combined one of the medallions we did in the Medallion class with the first Bargello we did.

Helen Hicks This particular one is “Angela Walters” Fillers FMQING along going on now. I took a snap shot of the quilt, created fabric sheet 12x12 , run it through the printer, and here I have a mock-up of the original panel to do my FMQing exercises on. When I build up my confidence, I will then apply to the actual panel. All of this was done in EQ8.

Terry McCaskey The Polydraw class has been very challenging. Thanks Kari. I still have miles to go to learn the technique. Here is a sample of the compass block re-drawn with 8 flying geese to match the points.

Terry McCaskey Here is another practice doodle adding appliquéd geese and flowers to the basic design.

Rhonda Goss I took the Masters diamond class this month.

Patricia Hansen I was in the master's diamond class and have entered my final quilt which I call Diamonds in the Sky.

Lynne Maramieri This is a Table Runner I designed while taking the Masters Diamond class this past month. Thank you Kari for your easy to follow style of teaching. I have learned more about EQ8 than I ever thought possible and look forward to learning more.

Linda Carlson I combined a block from Lesson 3 and 7 and put them in a variable block layout. The fabrics spoke loudly, so I only added a binding.

Nancy Kiley I participated in the Mix and Match Medallion Centers TKQ class this month. I played with a wedge star and bear paw block to create my favorite for the month!

Julie Pedersen Here is my quilt. I took the Masters Diamonds class this month. I combined 3 of the blocks that we created in a variable on point setting and recolored the blocks. This month's lessons were a bit of a challenge especially when I chose my own block to work on.

Brigitte Lee This month I worked on Modern Quilts 2. This class helped me a lot with the design of the quilt below which I needed to design for a student. The corner and sides were a little challenging but I finally got it right. I used Aboriginal Fabrics (S&M Textiles) together with Quilters Linen from Kaufman.

Edith Craig My basic class for this month was Modern Quilts 2. The attached quilt is a variation from Lesson 11 using the Fibonacci principle. I added a little bit of applique and additional borders. It is exciting to put the concepts from different classes together to make a project.

Mary Groesbeck I'm in table runners. This is my favorite so far.

You can learn more about the Tech Know Quilters membership program and sign up for the wait list for the next open enrollment period here.

Masters Tumbling Blocks Challenge

The Masters challenge in June was to design a tumbling blocks quilt. The tumbling blocks quilt could be built on a hexagon quilt layout, a baby block layout (that could include pieced blocks in each of the diamonds) or incorporated in a block or blocks in a standard quilt layout. They were encouraged to make it traditional or make it modern.

Mary Groesbeck What I love about the Masters' Challenges is that (as is obviously the point), the more skills we have the easier these get. It gives me a feeling of accomplishment while entertaining my small brain with fun designs. Thanks for these, and this one was quite entertaining. It's a baby quilt...49"x51"--I could make an even size before piecing it, since I will be paper-piecing and don't mind odd sizes there.

Helen Hicks Here’s my tumbling block rendition “rambling crayons”

Lynne Maramieri Tumbling Blocks. This is an exact rendition of what I thought of when I read the challenge.

Linda Carlson This is the result of making the 60 degree star style quilt in EQ into a block. Kari figured out how to take the pre-designed one-block quilt into a block during the Masters Help session.

Rhonda Goss Baby size quilt in patriotic fabrics

Julie Pedersen Here is my Masters Challenge using a baby blocks layout and the blocks we used in the Masters Diamonds class for lesson 3. I like how the diamonds in the center of the block create a path that weaves back and forth through the quilt.

Julie Pedersen When I pulled up the original, I noticed stars as a secondary design, so I tried to create some 3D ones using various colors.

Pat Harkin 1 of 3

Pat Harkin 2 of 3

Pat Harkin 3 of 3

Edith Craig Inspirational Photo

Edith Craig Here is my block.

Edith Craig And her is the quilt.

Fran Heisey I have been having way too much fun with this challenge.

Fran Heisey

Dorothee Ilgner I was inspired by a quilt by Kay Rhodes from Jinny Beyer's book 'Designing Tessilations'

Curryanne Hostetler

Tech Know Quilters members are eligible for the Masters program after completing 12 months of Tech Know Quilter classes. Masters members receive fewer lessons each month, with more time to devote to their own projects and challenges.

Drop me a note if you have completed over 12 months of Tech Know Quilters and are interested in learning more about the Masters program.

You can learn more about the regular Tech Know Quilters membership program and sign up for the wait list for the next open enrollment period here.

Happy quilting.

Kari

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