Sun, Moon and Stars

Sun and Moon - In a few days many in our country will experience a solar eclipse (where the moon blocks the sun for a short period of time).    I know of a number of people hoping to observe this event -- but I can say "been there, done that".  Back in 1979, while still living in North Dakota a solar eclipse was visible in our town.  I remember laughing with my father because Minot officials had decided to turn on the street lights during the "dark" period.  I think I will miss this one, but there is always 2023 when the next solar eclipse is expected to pass through the US.

Stars - This weeks blog post is about Stars (since they are visible in the sky with the sun and the moon).  Read more below on creating Fancy Star blocks in Electric Quilt  from our Dressed Up Half Square triangles.

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Last Chance for Introductory Pricing on Easy Peasy Easy Draw Online Class

Introductory price of $50 available through August 21, 2017.

​Purchase here.

Would you like to draft your own quilt blocks?
Have you been frustrated with you skills in drafting blocks?  Maybe the lines weren't "quite straight" or you couldn't figure out how to set up the "right" grid to draft your block. Or did you have to guess about what snapping options to use?  Or maybe you found the “perfect” block online.  But then realized you wanted to piece it a different way.  Maybe you want rotary cutting instructions or a foundation pattern.  Or maybe you want a different size to incorporate into a different quilt.  With Electric Quilt you can redraft these blocks.  

This class will focus on how to “read a block” and then come up with the most efficient way to draft it with Electric Quilt.  The blocks in this class are those that can be done in a “grid” format – basically just like drawing with a pencil and graph paper.  Within Electric Quilt these blocks are drafted within Easy Draw.  
 
What’s Included?

• 30 separate video lessons emailed  over  six weeks (one lesson a day, Monday-Friday).
• Instructions for drafting over 30 blocks in the Easy Draw section of Electric Quilt.
• Access to videos demonstrating the drafting of each block for up to 12 months after purchase.
• Written instructions to supplement the videos.
• Access to a Private Facebook group only for those in the Easy Peasy  Easy Draw class.  This will be a chance to ask questions and share photos of your work from the class.

Read more about the class here.

​Purchase here.

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Fancy Stars with Dressed Up Half Square Triangles

This summer I have been presenting a Electric Quilt series on my blog entitled Dressed Up Half Square Triangles.  This week we are going to explore using the Fancy Star feature within Serendipity.

We will be using the original blocks developed in Session 1 for the Fancy Stars.
​If you missed the previous sessions you can catch up here:
Session 1 - Create your Dressed Up Half Square Triangle Block
Session 2 - Combined Dressed Up Half Square Triangle Blocks
Session 3 - Pyramid Setting for Dressed Up Half Square Triangle Blocks
Session 4 - Clip and Flip your Dressed Up Half Square Triangle Blocks
Session 5 - Shrink and Flip your Dressed Up Half Square Triangle Blocks

The fabrics in these blocks are from Timeless Treasures Tonga Mystical collection by Wing and a Prayer Design. 

Fancy Star #1 by Kari Schell

Fancy Star #3 by Kari Schell

Fancy Star #2 by Kari Schell

Fancy Star #4 by Kari Schell

Fancy Star Quilt (On Point Layout) by Kari Schell

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Featured Pattern:  Come Said the Wind

Patterns:
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Digital Bundle includes digital pattern plus quilting designs digitized for major longarm systems.  (Regular $30, on sale for $15)

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Pattern on sale this week only for $8.

The poem in the quilt was written by George Cooper, an American poet who lived from  1838 – 1927. 

​The large wall hanging finishes to 33” x 33", while the small one finishes 15” x 12”. 

To make construction easier, many sections in the quilt use over-sized piecing along with specialty rulers. If you cannot find the specialty rulers, instructions are provided for use of traditional rulers.

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Happy quilting!

Kari

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