Tag Archives: Electric Quilt

Circles of Geese

What can I do with a circular geese block?

Choose a layout or two from EQ7, pop in my block, and just see what happens.

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Change it up.

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Play a little bit with color.

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Whoa!  It was busy before!  This isn’t the direction I want to go with it.

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Tone it down; one big block in the center.

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Playing with sizes.

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Mute the color.

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Add in new flying geese shapes for fun.

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I don’t know that I like any of these designs, but lots of possibilities are here; with layouts, elements and color.

Design a block and let yourself have some play time.   Just for the fun of it.

Patti’s Star

Several years ago, I took an Electric Quilt class (EQ4) from Patti Anderson at Quilt University.  For practice, I’ve decided to revisit a project from that class.  The following block was drawn during that class.

Patti's Star Quilt Block

When the block is placed in a quilt, the unexpected appears…a star with a pinwheel shaped center, or one could focus on the circles with larger pinwheels that formed:

Patti's Star

Playing with symmetry; the circles have been lost:

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Similar to the previous quilt, but now the dark pinwheels are more defined:

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Fun!

Which do you like?  Or not?

Update: There is a free pdf available for Patti’s Star under the Freebies tab on my header.