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String Pieced Circles Quilt

2/25/2023

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Last week, I shared how to create a block for string pieced circles.  I even shared how to create a coping strip circle to make it easier to applique the string pieced circles on a quilt.
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String Pieced Applique Blog Post
A few readers shared their block and quilt designs in the Learning EQ Facebook group.
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Margo Reppert (created from Kari's EQ7 blog post)
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Dianna Carter
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Helen Hicks
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Martha Watson
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Kristy Goodin Soard
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Ella da Silva
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Pat Norrad
This week, I will show you the quilt.  The quilt starts with a center of 30" x 30".   Borders (including a small flange) are then added.  The quit ends up being 39" x 39".  A perfect size for a baby quilt.  But the techniques are very adaptable to any size quilt.

I ended up making 2 six inch circles, 5 eight inch circles and 1 twelve inch circle.  My coping strips were larger in my finished quilt than what I drafted last week.  I missed that until after publishing the post and decided to just live with the difference.  Let me know if you prefer the smaller or larger coping strips around the applique.

In the borders, I carried over the string pieced concept and drafted three different blocks.  Super simple.  If you weren't using scraps you could create strip sets and cross-cut them into 4-1/2" segments.
Here are the pieced border blocks.
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6" x 4" Border Blocks - Make 10
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6" x 4" Border Blocks - Make 10
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4" x 4" Corner Blocks Make 4
Here is the quilt from the video. I did a very minor amount of recoloring after the video.  Finding just the right background took a little more searching.
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String Pieced Applique Quilt created by Kari Schell using EQ8
Here is my final quilt -- complete with flange and binding.
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Kari's finished String Pieced Circle Quilt
I would love to see what you decide to do with the circles.  Share you pictures in the Learning EQ Facebook post.
Learning Electric Quilt String Pieced Circle Quilt Post

Tech Know Quilter Showcase

Tech Know Quilter members shared some of their favorite projects (along with their own designs) from their January class.  You can learn more and sign up for the wait list to join this amazing group of designers here.
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Milly Houchins Introduction to Easy Draw Lesson 12. I loved playing with the log cabin block layouts
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Mary Groesbeck Just a fun one. These are not my fabrics...they'll be here in a few days.
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Lee Wiencki Reproduction Quilts. I found out just how old some of the blocks we use today are, 300 years. How cool is that? This is Ships Wheel Quilt recoloured.
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Rhonda Goss Masters-Log Cabin class
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Jane Perri Medallion Borders. The Swath lesson was great fun, and I don't even care for flying geese unless they are in the sky.
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Jane Perri I couldn't sleep so at 2 am I got up. I was thinking about the snow geese that migrate to the nature preserve on the Oregon California border where I use to live. Every spring, farmers offered up their fields to feed the gazillion Canadian snow geese that stop on their way to their summer home. Thanks for showing us the swath tool in Medallion Borders lesson 13.
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Edith Craig I was part of the Master's Log Cabin class this month. We had a great time making pictures using log cabins, like a snowman and a Christmas tree. With that in mind, I decided to "spring "ahead and draft an Easter bunny. I was inspired by a picture from a cross stitch pattern. I drafted the bunny and eggshell using log cabins, then added solid fabric appliques for the whiskers, ears, eyes, nose and mouth. A log cabin carrot was also added. Great fun to play. Each time I looked there was something else I wanted to tweak.
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Delia Dorn I just started with the first month's class--Working with Fabric Collections. I learned a ton of new things. Really enjoyed the fussy cut tool. Also--the randomize map to fabric. Both let me play with some of my favorite Jinny Beyer fabrics.
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Pat Harkins I love using EQ to design. I used the flexibility of moving blocks around in custom set to get reasonably "piece-able" background blocks for this panel baby quilt. I used the Text Tool to label the blocks to keep them organized for cutting and piecing without partial seams. (14 sections in 15 steps)
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Pat Harkins quilt without the annotation
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Kristy Goodin Soard I enjoyed the Log Cabin Building Blocks Masters Class in January. Here is my first application of those lessons. Thanks Kari Schell!
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Loronda Schuler Fun learning some paper piecing design skills and how to deal with odd diagonal lines.
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Julie Pedersen This is for the Masters Log Cabin Building Blocks class. I created a simple cat using various types of log cabin blocks. Recreating this cat was more challenging than I thought. Thanks, Kari for challenging me once again.
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Debbie Lee I've been playing catch up, I finished both Medallion classes and part of the Bargello class. I loved learning more about using the drawing side of EQ8! That is not something I have ventured into in the past. I had a request to make a winter quilt for a customer who had found a quilt pattern he like, but wanted something larger and just a little bit different. With the draw tool I was able to make all the snowflakes for this quilt. So simple!! I LOVE these classes! Thank you!!
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Zdenka Nemethová I took Calendar Quilts Class. I think I didn´t spent that much time on others TKQ Basic Classes as I spent on this one. But it was worth it - it was a repetition of a lot of skills in these 14 lessons. Really enjoyed.
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Helen Bagnall I did this applique motif by tracing a drawing I did of a magnolia. I pushed myself in all directions.
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Karine Jolicoeur I took double classes in January, (foundation piecing and Easy Draw Kaleidoscopes). Foundation piecing is my favourite style of quilting. I used what I learned and made a pattern for a Peppa Pig block. I haven't had time to test it yet, but someone else tested it for me and it worked out beautifully! Now to design her brother, ma and pa and the title, then make them all into a quilt for my kiddos enjoyment.
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Karine Jolicoeur Although not my own work, it was absolutely delightful to see someone test out my design and instructions and know that it worked!! This was her version of it!
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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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