It's been a very busy past week here, so I haven't been able to sew or blog that much, but thought I'd share a new quilt that I'm starting to work on. I've been so driven to finish up my UFO's that new projects have taken the back burner.
I was asked to make this special quilt last week, and was told the recipient's favorite colors, and that they like dragon flies. They also are more "traditional" in their quilting tastes. After looking on the web and in local stores for dragon fly fabric with very little success, I found this dragon fly quilt block among some image searches on line, but no instructions or patterns, so I made up a test block using graph paper and fabric scraps.
It's been a goal of mine to learn the EQ7 program that my husband bought me almost a year ago. I've been trying it out with each project, with only limited success, but for some reason, it all seemed to click this time!! I was able to draw the quilt block, then put it into a quilt!! I can not tell you how excited I am about this!! I think EQ 7 is best suited for these traditional styles, or at least it's best to start out with these designs to learn the program.
I quickly realized that the block makes a beautiful pattern when they are rotated in a certain way!!! I'm so in love with this design!!
Finally, I sent these "use your selvages" postcards off into the world for my last postcard swap.
I'm linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced WIP Wed. Come see what others are working on!
I've never played with EQ...but...oh my! Love your original block, but the 2 variations are even better -- and the one with sashing resembles snow flakes. I think it's the play of the borders against the pieced edges of the blocks...A trio or quartet would make a great table runner -- and a perfect size for sampling. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteI love that block... and both arrangements are really nice, but I think I prefer the one with the sashing. Can't wait to see how it turns out! :-)
ReplyDeleteLooks great. Great job on learning your new program!
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