EQ Lesson 3

I finally parked myself in front of the computer without going in the internet. It turns out that you can get a lot done when you stay off the internet. I did my EQ3 lesson where I learned a few more things that I didn't know before. Imagine that!

Lesson 3 is about creating blocks using guidelines and drafting from the center. I did not know that I could draw my own guidelines!

Then we created this applique block. I've never done applique blocks before and certainly never used wreath maker. It's exceptionally cool!

This is the quilt put together as piecing and applique. I don't particularly like the quilt but that wasn't the purpose.

The final part of the lesson was how to turn the applique block into quilting lines. That was new to me also. After I finished this I got to thinking about a book my friend loaned me and whether I could draft some of the designs in EQ.

Instagram is all atwitter over this book. People are making carved stamps from it. I thought to try to design pieced blocks from it. 

Now I know that this has probably been done and all of the blocks are probably already in the EQ library. That's not the point. The point is the exercise and it was a darned good exercise. I did the first two patterns in the book. The third pattern is based on a hexagon so I'll have to wait a couple of chapters to learn how to do that.

​Here are the first two patterns in the book. I don't know if I'll be able to design all of them but I'll give it a try. I couldn't have done it without learning about guidelines in this lesson so that's good.

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After I got the quilt "designed" I decided to analyze the block and see what I could do with the lines to make it piece-able. I basically set it up as a 9-patch. This one actually isn't a bad looking quilt.

School was dismissed and I headed out to meet my friend at a local bar for recess.