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Double Wedding Ring

Posted on January 27, 2012 | 5 comments

I love following Judy Butcher’s  and Linda Franz’s blogs!  They are creative, consistent and quite inspiring!  And they are encouraging me to get familiar with EQ7.

The following design was simple to create in EQ7 and I really like it.  I may play more with it, just like Judy would, but for now, it is enough to follow in her footsteps and show the design as it is.

Double Wedding Ring

A color variation…it is so easy to switch colors:

Double Wedding Ring2

I wish I could say that the pieces could be printed out with Inklingo (I wanted to enter the design in Linda’s Love the Lines contest), but they can’t.  However, Linda does have a Double Wedding Ring Collection. 

EQ7 is quite capable of printing out templates and rotary cutting directions.  Cool!

If you want to make a Double Wedding Ring quilt, I suggest playing with EQ if you are a blessed owner of this great design program, or checking out Inklingo.  Linda Franz is full of helpful ideas and inspiration!

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Orca Bay Mystery Quilt Part 5

Posted on January 11, 2012 | 30 comments

Since I am not at home where I can finish sewing my version of Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay Mystery Quilt, I drew the design in EQ7.  This gave me much needed practice with EQ7, and a clear vision of the quilt.

In reading Yahoo Quiltville posts and link-ups, I’ve noticed that there has been some discussion on layouts.  One indeed must be careful about positioning the many blocks.  It is very easy to turn a block the wrong way.

I’ve only used color here to bring out the design of the quilt.  There are many terrific color combinations posted by Orca Bay participants.

The first layout shows Bonnie’s direction; the blue (red for Bonnie’s version) string triangle blocks all point to the light Ohio star blocks. 

In both layouts, the orange string blocks follow the diagonal lines of the layout and create a wonderful secondary design element.

The blue string blocks in Layout 2 all point to the dark Ohio stars.  This one change creates a dramatic difference in how the quilt looks.

There is no right or wrong; just personal preference.  You decide.

Addendum:
I just discovered that I forgot to turn a couple of orange blocks in Layout 1.  Like I said…it is easy to turn a block the wrong way in this quilt.  LOL!
 
For Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay mystery quilt – Part 1, click here.
For Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay mystery quilt – Part 2, click here.    
For Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay mystery quilt – Part 3, click here.
For Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay mystery quilt – Part 4, click here.
 
 

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Fields of Star Flowers

Posted on January 6, 2012 | 6 comments

I am still in Michigan visiting my daughter and her family (and loving it), but I do have my laptop with me.  And I do have ‘me’ time.

So I thought I would try the Love the Lines Inklingo contest.  Here is a photo of my first effort (created in EQ7):

Fields of Star Flowers

Although there are Inklingo sizes in the quilt, there are not enough for me to enter into the contest.  Clearly, I lost sight of the rules while designing.  Oops.

There is a ton of piecing to do if one were to actually sew this design, and it is a busy design.  But I like it anyway.

Click here for the Love the Lines contest rules.

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