Turkey Celebration EQ8 Tutorial

Turkey Celebration EQ8 Video Tutorial

Last month I challenged the Tech Know Quilter Masters members to create a harvest themed quilt.  You will definitely want to scroll down and check out their designs.  They are super creative.

I decided to challenge myself to complete a harvest themed quilt myself.  I will walk you through my process and share with you the blocks and quilts in this weeks video tutorial.  

Start by setting up a new project.  I labeled my project Turkey Celebration. 

​I found it useful to add some addition "fall-like" fabrics.  Most of the added fabrics were from the Plaids collection (under Themes). 

Draft three EasyDraw blocks.  These are great beginner blocks to draft.

Flying Geese Block (for quilt corners)

Merge Block for Quilt Center

Merge Block for Alternate Block Spaces on Quilt

There are some super fun fall and harvest themed blocks in Electric Quilts library.  Under Foundation Pieced category, scroll to Holidays - Other. 

​Locate the Turkey and Pioneer Hat blocks and Add to Sketchbook.

Use Serendipity>Merge Block for new blocks for the quilt center and for the Alternate Block Spaces.

Quilt Center with Pilgrim Hat Merged Block

Alternate Block Merged with Turkey Foundation Friendly Block from EQ8 Library

For a different quilt, consider using different foundation blocks for the merge.

Note that the triangles in lower corners of the turkey block, will actually help us create a faux flying geese patch that will extend across three blocks.

On the Quilt worktable, set up as following:

• Horizontal Layout
• Number of Blocks 3 x 3
• Size of Blocks 3 x 3
• ​On the design tab set and rotate the blocks.

Quilt Center with Blocks

Set up the borders
​Border 1

• Style Blocks
• 4" Size
• Number of blocks in border 6 x 6

Border 2

• Style Long Horizontal
• 1" Size

Border 3

• Style Long Horizontal
• 2" Size

Border 4

• Style Mitered
• .25" Size
• ​(Use for binding)

Set up the borders on the Borders tab.

Go to the Design Tab.

​Under Auto Borders, select the border style "Flying Geese".

Select the Guided Geese Border and click on any of the block spaces in Border #1.

Flying Geese Auto Border Options

Finish off by coloring the blocks and remaining borders.

​To save your work select "Add to Sketchbook".

Turkey Celebration Designed by Kari Schell using EQ8

Check out the details in the video tutorial.

I look forward to seeing your version of this quilt.  Please feel free to share your designs in the Learning EQ Facebook group.

Learning EQ8 Facebook Post for Turkey Celebration

Harvest Time EQ8 Challenge Showcase

Each month, I provide a challenge to Tech Know Quilter Masters members.  In October the challenge was to design a Harvest themed quilt.  It is so amazing to see the creativity of this group of EQ8 users.

Wanda Smith Hizer Here is my challenge quilt using the theme Harvest time. The block is one from Block Base Plus called Harvest Star. The setting is from a block of the month program that I designed for our local quilt shop called a Quilt from all Seasons. I designed four quilts one for each season.

Edith Craig Here is my challenge quilt. I used a pumpkin applique for some of the blocks and a pieced block for the others. A vine border was added and I included the pumpkins for the border corners.

Mary Groesbeck For my block, I chose the sunflower. I own 2 houses in Minnesota, United States of America. One is in Fergus Falls and one is in Pelican Rapids. Driving from either one to the airport or to shop in Fargo (North Dakota, USA), they alternate crops. So in the lucky years, there are miles and miles of sunflower fields. Depending on the time of day, their "faces" are all turned toward you or away from you. I just LOVE that! I would spend those miles and miles listening to my audiobook and just smiling at the sunflowers. I have big plans for this block, but we'll see what I end up with.

Mary Groesbeck Just to make this month's challenge MORE challenging, I bought my fabric in September. Here's what I bought (it's Vertex by QT Fabrics, which is already in EQ8).

Mary Groesbeck Then I used my sunflower block from last week, added some barns and silos, and designed a fall wall hanging. Now I'm ready to sew (when I finish quilting my September challenge quilt). I won't get to this until next week, so I may change the border up to make it more interesting.

Curryanne Hostetler My Challenge using Harvest type blocks and fall fabrics

Lee Wiencki A harvest themed quilt called Geese and Grain Fields. Based on the BlockBase Castle Garden block.

Jane Perri Here is my challenge quilt using the theme Harvest Time. I love corn mazes so that the center block with corn around the border too. Cornucopias surround the maze. Fall trees and leaves are in the next ring with the sun and blue skies shining down on it all.

Rhonda Goss My harvest suns quilt

Jane Perri Awhile ago, Kari shared a quilt by Kathy Bradbury, "Blue Jeans Pearls and Drama" in a help session. I loved the quilt and challenged myself to make it. I modified it a bit and changed the color scheme completely. I thought this would fit nicely with the harvest time theme, so I am sharing it. It looks like fall is busting out all over.

Katherine Martin For my Harvest Time Quilt Challenge, I decided to use and manipulate blocks from the EQ8 libraries.

Connie Bradley Bobcik I used the Harvest Star from Block Base+, a Star block that I modified using the Harvest Star for sizing so that seemed to be so my small gold triangles would be the exact same size as the Harvest Star and various applique blocks of which I modified to be motifs. That seemed my time consuming part until I remembered some steps that were key to success. I am pleased I stepped up to the challenge!

Connie Bradley Bobcik I posted my first Challenge block a little while back. I really had fun with that so I changed it up a little and had the same theme in different layout.

Thelma Bonfiglio-Lucas Fall challenge, these block, are fall, the block came from EQ.

Janice Kawka First time posting a challenge, first month in Masters program. My challenge is based on block #4167 called Harvest Moon. Used Kaleidscope to create the blocks. If this quilt made I would use whole cloth and applique curves using the Apliquick method. Used fall colors.

Julie Pedersen This challenge reminded me of a class from months ago, Landscape Quilts. Here is mine from that class. I revamped it a bit.

Loronda Schuler Played with ready made blocks as time is short during harvest time here. Thinking Thanksgiving. Just looked at your fall tutorial and realized I chose the same optional leaf as you did in your optional quilt.

Lynne Maramieri My Challenge Quilt. A simple Harvest Themed Table Topper.

Renae Frank Butler Quite simple but I don't work with Applique alot. Reinforced a couple of things when I drew the center by hand and with shapes.

Helen Hicks Here’s my harvested pumpkin table runner truly had fun with this challenge

If you have completed twelve or more months of Tech Know Quilters, you are eligible to join Tech Know Quilters Masters.  If this interests you, send me a note and I will provide you more information on the program.

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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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