Ribbon Border Block with Serendipity

In looking back at some old project files, I found a quilt I drafted using the Ribbon Border block.  According to my Notecard, the block came from Block Base (the original version) and was from the Needlecraft Supply catalogue in 1938.

A search in Electric Quilt, did not reveal this block.  Instead the ribbon block options appear to be a portion of the block I had found in Block Base.  The smaller block appears both in Block Base Plus and under Classic Pieced>Eccentrics in the EQ8 library.

Fortunately the first block (from the original Block Base)  is fairly easy to redraft using the tools in Electric Quilt 8.  It also gave me an opportunity to modify the block to make it much more piecing friendly.  I can now say "no thank you" to the "Y" seams in the original block.

In the video, see how to:

• efficiently draft the block  And how to
  
• use the design in something other that a border
  
• how to audition different rotation options in the quilt worktable

Here is the redrafted block colored with Cotton Supreme Solids by RKR Studio.  These solids are located under Manufacturing Basics in the EQ8 Fabric library.

​I think the fabrics give the very traditional block a very modern look.

Here are a few of the Symmetry rotation options as shown in the video.

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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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