Unfinished Quilt Block is Finished!

A few years ago, maybe 6 or 7, I started a wallhanging with a technique I called "free form curves." 

I liked the technique and made quite a few smaller pieces using it. 

I found one piece last week that I hadn't finished--because I didn't know what to do with it!

This is what it looked like.

 But, I was inspired to finish it with 

one of Marian's blocks (Seams To Be Sew) from the EQ Seasons Row-Along.

I appliqued this little snowman in an afternoon. 

And isn't it cute?

I am going to a quilting retreat in a few weeks where I will quilt and binding it.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 

is the big day for me to show the row I designed. 

You definitely have to come back and see the block I used in the row, 

enter the giveaways

and visit the other designers showing their rows this week

and enter their giveaways! 

Here is the line up for Tuesday: 

• Carla at Create In The Sticks  http://createinthesticks.blogspot.com/
• Patti at Patti's Patchwork  http://www.pattispatchwork.com
• Nancy at Patchwork Breeze  http://patchworkbreeze.blogspot.com (ME)
• Marian at Seams To Be Sew   http://seamstobesew.com
• Linda at Linda Franz  http://www.lindafranz.com/blog/
• Anneke at Stof Genoeg  https://stofgenoeg.wordpress.com/

If you want to see how I have combined some of the other rows and blocks in my projects, join us on October 6 for the Show and Tell. 

Tuesday Archives and Week 3 EQ Seasons Row-Along

HERE is the link to the EQ7  Seasons Row-Along 

that is making a good buzz around the quilting blogs this month. 

And below are the links to my Tuesday Archives

of Triangle Quilts.

See the Mystery Quilt I made with triangles HERE. 

I call it Scrappy Regatta.

The scrappy mini quilt top HERE made from the trimmed corner triangles of a larger quilt. 

The folksy guy's plaid quilt I helped my sister finish for her son is HERE.

I can't forget the king size quilt (on a queen bed) HERE 

that I helped my daughter make for her new apartment.

And a slew of finished UFOs that contain the triangular shape in the blocks HERE.

Thank you for visiting. 

I so like that Val has put together this Linky. 

It helps me remember the things I have worked on and how far I have come with projects.
And I get so many great ideas from the others who are linking up.

3rd Week of EQ Seasons Row-Along

Last week was fun. I explored the posts of the designers and downloaded the patterns and PJ7 files that some of them offered. 

With some of the files downloaded, I was able to have a bit of fun using designs for my own projects file. I have the following table toppers saved in EQ7 files and will get to stitching them together during my October weekend quilting retreat I will be taking soon. 

Today I have items that used the blocks from Sew Fresh Quilts. Lorna had so many cute ideas on her blog. And her quilting technique was so simple yet so stunning on her table runner and placemats. 

Here are the images I exported from EQ7 to show you. 

I added an embroidery I designed to the center block of this one. 

Four corn blocks flipped and rotated some.

Add sashings and cornerstones.

and a runner. 

This week I will be visiting the posts of the designers listed below. 

I hope you will join me and the other designers on the Row-Along. 

Don't forget to make a block or two and post them in the Flickr group

which will allow you to enter the Rafflecopter you find at 

Seams To Be Sew. 

(And next week I will be revealing my design and many ways to create with it.)

September 15, 2015 

• Reeze at Morning Glory  http://blog.morningglorydesigns.net/
• Marian at Seams To Be Sew  http://seamstobesew.com
• Jennifer at Sew Hooked  http://sewhooked.com/
• Carol at Just Let Me Quilt  http://www.justletmequilt.com/
• Anneke at Stof Genoeg  https://stofgenoeg.wordpress.com/

Week 2 EQ7 Seasons Row-Along

Five more designers reveal their seasonal rows today. 

Download the pattern PDFs for the rows at each of their sites 

listed below 
and enter the giveaways they have for you. 

You can find out all the details about the Row-Along from 
Marian at Seams To Be Sew
or click the logo on the top right bar of my blog.

September 8, 2015

• Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts  http://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com/
• Carol at Fun Threads  http://funthreads.blogspot.com/
• Amy H. at Country Junk'tion  http://www.countryjunktion.com
• Marian at Seams To Be Sew  http://seamstobesew.com
• Anneke at Stof Genoeg   https://stofgenoeg.wordpress.com/
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Consider making one or more of the blocks or rows for your own project. 

Mix and match. 

Go big and make a quilt.

Or go smaller and make a wallhanging, a pillow for your sofa, 

or a table placemats for one of your favorite seasons. 

Have you made a block or row yet from last week's free pattern PDFs? 

Post your photo(s) to the Flickr group HERE  

and be eligible for entry into that giveaway? 

My Idea

I have plans to make this wallhanging so I can use it 

when celebrating birthdays and more. 

I have EQ7 with EQStitch installed. 

I used 3 of Janeen's present blocks 

from her PJ6 file that I downloaded HERE.

I incorporated Bea's filler rows ideas from her site HERE. 

I selected the "ribbon quilt" blocks from the Block Library.

I added them in the borders of the wallhanging and recolored them

so the pink and blue ribbons appear to be winding around and behind the stars. 

I designed the wallhanging by selecting Custom Set under the Quilt Worktable tab.

I set the size for 24" x 36" on the layout tab at the bottom of the worktable.

I added block borders (3" size) in the Borders tab at the bottom of the worktable.

I set the present blocks as I wanted them, which meant that I resized them.

EQ will print the pieces the size I need for my project 

regardless of the size they were designed. 

How cool is that!

When it came to adding the words, I went to the Stitch worktable. 

I added the words then repositioned the letters. 

I added this stitching to the quilt. 

The letters are not as bright as I would like in this exported image, 

but once they are made into the actual quilted wallhanging, they will be the color I want. 

I hope you get some ideas from this short description I have presented to you. 

Have fun!

EQ Seasons Row-A-Long Begins

Today is the first day of the long-awaited EQ Seasons Row-A-Long. 

We have been working on this Row-A-Long for quite a few months. 
This Row Along is being hosted at Seams To Be Sew by Marian Pena. 
You can click the Row-A-Long icon below to connect to her site and 
get all the information about all the giveaways and happenings.

Below is the list of design participants and the day each of them reveals their row. The giveaway rafflecopters are below this list. Read all of the rules for the giveaways and have fun!

My block reveal and EQ7 tutorial will be found here on my blog from Sept. 22 through Sept. 29. 
And on October 6 I will show you what I created using my blocks and some of the other designers' blocks, so be sure to come back then. 

September 1, 2015   

• Marlene at Kissed Quilts  http://www.kissedquilts.blogspot.com
• Lynn at ThimbleMouse  http://thimblemouseandspouse.blogspot.com/ 
• Doris at The Quilting Queen Online  http://www.quiltingqueenonline.com/
• Janine at Quilt Art  http://quiltartdesigns.blogspot.com
• Bea at Be A Quilter  http://www.beaquilter.com
• Anneka at Stof Genoeg  https://stofgenoeg.wordpress.com/

September 8, 2015

• Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts  http://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com/
• Carol at Fun Threads  http://funthreads.blogspot.com/
• Amy H. at Country Junk'tion  http://www.countryjunktion.com
• Marian at Seams To Be Sew  http://seamstobesew.com
• Anneke at Stof Genoeg   https://stofgenoeg.wordpress.com/

September 15, 2015 

• Reeze at Morning Glory  http://blog.morningglorydesigns.net/
• Marian at Seams To Be Sew  http://seamstobesew.com
• Jennifer at Sew Hooked  http://sewhooked.com/
• Carol at Just Let Me Quilt  http://www.justletmequilt.com/
• Anneke at Stof Genoeg  https://stofgenoeg.wordpress.com/

September 22, 2015

• Carla at Create In The Sticks  http://createinthesticks.blogspot.com/
• Patti at Patti's Patchwork  http://www.pattispatchwork.com
• Nancy at Patchwork Breeze  http://patchworkbreeze.blogspot.com
• Marian at Seams To Be Sew   http://seamstobesew.com
• Linda at Linda Franz  http://www.lindafranz.com/blog/
• Anneke at Stof Genoeg  https://stofgenoeg.wordpress.com/

September 29, 2015

• Amy W. at Sew Incredibly Crazy  http://sewincrediblycrazy.blogspot.com/
• Darlene at Quilt Shop Gal  http://quiltshopgal.com/
• Marina at Sews To Be Sew  http://seamstobesew.com
• Loreen at Loreen's Schoolhouse Quilts  http://loreen.typepad.com/loreens_place/
• Anneke at Stof Genoeg   https://stofgenoeg.wordpress.com/

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