Did you see the blog post I did for Accuquilt where I made this fun scrappy Patriotic log cabin star quilt with the log cabin die, and the 5” QUBE set. First I had designed it in EQ8! finishing at 55” x 55” The quilt is supposed to be scrappy so I got out my …
Patriotic scrappy log cabin star quilt with Accuquilt dies Read More »
Did you see the blog post for Accuquilt I made the other day? Sometimes I look at quilt books and want to QUBE them, so I get out a book like this one and browse for ideas Here is a pattern called Blue moon which is a free download on Mccall’s website Now this one …
Did you see this post on Accuquilt’s blog where I showed how to make a quick and easy table topper? First I designed this in EQ8 The blocks are really 2 QUBE’s wide, so here I used the 6″ QUBE set and the finished quilt is 24″ x 24″ I used both the companion Angles …
I’ve made these before and I think I’ve shown how to make them too, but if I haven’t, here’s a quick tutorial on making nursing pads! A friend requested these as I’ve made them for her before- but I don’t think I’ll charge her for them and I’m going to send her a quilt too- …
I guess I’m on a kick about using scraps and making baby quilts! I wasn’t sure if I wanted to turn this into a pattern or not, after it’s done I think I’ll just show it and not turn it into a pattern. The whole thing started because I had 4 orange FQs and didn’t …
The other day I was playing around in EQ and I was kinda bored, then I had an idea to find a random blocks and design something with it! I counted the sections in 01 classic pieced and found it had 39 categories, so I entered that into random.org and got the number 21, which …
EQ Tutorial Tuesday – inspiration hits the chimney sweep Read More »
It’s EQ8 Tutorial Tuesday! Do you ever design “on-point” quilt layouts in EQ? It’s not my favorite style because the border measurements are odd, but I do design on point quilts once in a while, it’s actually easier to “trick the eye” with that kind of a layout. Here is a simple layout with diamond …
Quilters often LOVE or hate Flying geese blocks! I don’t know why, maybe because it’s all triangles? a quarter square triangle and 2 half square triangles? that’s a lot of bias edges and easy to stretch or skew when sewing together?! I think Flying geese are fun and use them a lot, of course I …
I often get asked about what design program I use and if it’s “worth it” and the answer is always, YES get EQ8 you won’t regret it, it’s awesome and you can do so many things with it. First of all it has LOTS of blocks already in the library and there’s different categories too …
It’s election day! GO OUT AND VOTE!! I voted early but my husband wants to vote on THE day, so he’ll vote today! I figured I’d show a little tutorial on this VOTE table runner I just designed. Under Block library find section 03 which is foundation pieced There’s 4 different alphabet sections, I chose …