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I could have chosen a different way to simulate an on-point setting, while keeping a straight set. (See more about this quilt and its design process here.) Though technically it was fine, my personal preferences led me, ultimately, to turn it back to a straight setting. It’s based on a simple 9-patch format.Īs soon as I turned it on point, I knew I wasn’t happy with it.
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When I began one of the samples for the Medallion Sew-Along, I chose a churndash block. Design Process - Another Way to Go On-Point This entry was posted in Creativity, Quilts and tagged Center block, Center medallion, Color, Design, Design-As-You-Go, Electric Quilt 7, EQ7, Experiment, Medallion quilts, Medallion Sew-along, Original design, Process, Quilt borders, Shape, Solving problems on Januby Melanie McNeil. And please be sure to ask if you have questions. There are instructions, inspirations, design coaching, and a lot of other information. If you’re interested in the Medallion Sew-Along, see posts under this tab. I persisted and the resulting quilt is one I love. It’s true that not all quilt designs are salvageable, but this one was. More than that, I learned lessons in patience and experimentation.
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Lessons included color, value, and shape variation and how to correct for problems how to use strip borders to rest the eyes and how to fracture color into the outer borders. That’s totally up to the quilter.Sparkle, made using Medallion Sew-Along Track 1. The inside sashing was added to help separate the blocks a little bit, but when I originally made it I didn’t have the sashing and it looked just fine. If I were to ever make this into a quilt, I would definitely add some shading to the pig to have it more closely resemble the pig in the game. The only one I somewhat cheated on was the pig, and that was because EQ7 just didn’t have the colors I needed- it would have looked a lot worse. You can tell what they are, but which one looks more like the real in-game monster? The same goes for the other blocks. If I were to use just one shade of green for it, it would still look like a creeper, but it wouldn’t be nearly as authentic. The important thing with these blocks is the variety of colors used in them.
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I don’t have a close up of Steve (the human) or the pig- they got lost, unfortunately. The rest of the blocks are done using 2” squares. The following blocks are created using 1” squares: If I’m going to rip off a video game, I want to do it right, dangit!
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Especially the TNT- there are four colors in the TNT in the game, and while I tried it with just two colors it lost much of the definition and looked wrong. But I felt like I lost too much detail if I did that, and then it would seem like a cheap, badly done ripoff. Is it possible to make this quilt entirely with blocks made from 2” squares? Yes. Luckily, there are far more 2” square blocks than 1”. This quilt is also a little bit tricky because for some of the blocks you can get away with 2” squares and some blocks are going to have to be 1” squares, which can definitely mess with you if you aren’t careful. What do you think? Let me know in the comments! I’m tempted to add a border to it to bring it up to a queen-sized quilt. This quilt will be much, much larger than the baby quilt I bought a couple of layer cakes for this quilt, so its final measurements will be along the lines of 80” x 80”. Take a look! Not only did I design this in EQ7, but I managed to find the same fabric online, and for an absolute steal. I’m not getting that particular fabric though, so it will probably turn out more pink/light blue themed due to the charm packs I mentioned above.īut, after I created this quilt with the HST, I really liked the look of it so I decided to play around a little bit and see if I could make something a little more adult themed.Īnd that is when my favorite quilt I’ve made in EQ7 so far was born. Dan thinks the coloring on this one is too busy, but for some reason I really enjoy the blue and the gold/yellow working together. The second quilt design favors HST (half square triangles). I’ve also never done the rows on a diagonal like this quilt displays, so it will definitely be a learning experience for me! My problem is now I have to work on getting the white fabric for the sashing in between the squares. This one won’t work with the charm packs up top, but I also bought a layer cake of Kansas Safari Playground fabric (great for a little who loves animals, and not as girly as most fabrics you see out there), and this design will be absolutely perfect to use up one layer cake. So what are these fabrics going to be turned into, you may ask? Well, wonder no more! Here are a couple more baby quilt designs I made on EQ7 today during my lunch break.