Our block this month over on chrisandbarbaraquilts is called Big and Little Trees.
These are the default colourings of the block in EQ but we can play around with those a little – here we have just changed the greens and added in a few seasonal fabrics – as it is that time of year we have assumed these trees are conifers / Christmas trees. But they could be any tree so you could make your trees more autumnal and colour them in shades of yellow, orange and russet.
You can download the templates for 6 inch and 9 inch blocks here as well as colouring pages for the block and a quilt.
Our doodle over on ChrisandBarbaraQuilts this month features a block called Illusion.
This is the original default colouring and greyscale from EQ and you can download the templates to make 8 inch and 6 inch blocks here along with a block and a quilt to colour in.
A brief play with the EQ magic wand gave us these three different colourings
The block we chose for April over on our Chris and Barbara site was Bluebell. Lots of pointy points in this block so we have just given you templates in this month’s download – for both 6 inch and 8 inch blocks.
A new month and a new letter – P. If you are making (or collecting) the applique letters you can download the pattern here.
There are many blocks beginning with P so today we have just two for you. The first – continuing our sweets/desserts/puddings/cakes theme – is Peach Cobbler.
This, as you see, has corners like those in last week’s Ornate Star block while the other units form a Friendship star. Download the cutting instructions and a block to colour. Add it to Oatmeal Raisin Cookies from a fortnight ago along with several others in previous posts (and there are more to come). Electric Quilt’s magic wand had some fun with the colours –
Our second block this week is a lovely simple block called Pinwheels – just lots of half-square triangles.
Download the cutting instructions and a block to colour here. Once more we played with the colours on Electric Quilt, changing lights and darks around and using different colours in one block.
More blocks beginning with J this week – Jewel Star and one of the many blocks called Joseph’s Coat. Both of these have a lot of potential for secondary patterns if you put four (or more) together as well as a lot of different patches to colour and so change the look of the block entirely.
Jewel Star has shapes that can really only be cut out with templates – you can download these and a block to colour – and it seems a rather odd-shaped ‘star’, until you put four blocks together when the star becomes apparent. These are the greyscale and initial colours from EQ
The magic wand in EQ then gave these four blocks – but how would you colour it?
This Joseph’s Coat block looks more star-like than Jewel Star and, oddly for a block called Joseph’s Coat doesn’t offer quite so many colour opportunities. It too is best cut out with templates or you can foundation piece it – both templates and foundation papers are included in the download along with a block to colour. These are the EQ greyscale and colour versions
More blocks beginning with ‘I’ this week and we’re getting tangled with Interlaced Star and Interlocked Squares.
Interlaced Star is two stars in one and can be foundation pieced or you can use templates to cut out the pieces – both are given in the instructions to download. This is the star in greyscale and in colour
With a wave or two of the magic wand in EQ these are some of the other ways you could colour it – there is a colouring page included in the download.
Our second block – Interlocked Squares – can be rotary cut or you can use templates for piecing, a block to colour is also included in your download.
These are the initial greyscale and coloured versions of the block
And these are some of the other colours EQ chose
What colours would you choose?
Next week we start our selection of blocks beginning with J.
. . . . is for Apple Pie. This is the block in the original colours from EQ (Electric Quilt) and in greyscale.
Using the recolour magic wand in EQ we find these colours too – the look of the block can change depending on where you place your lights and darks.
As you can see it has four Flying Geese units in the corners and four two-strip units with a square in the centre. Download a block to colour and the rotary cutting instructions plus templates to make this six-inch block. You can find instructions for various ways to make Flying Geese on the Tutorials page if you need them.
As promised we also have an applique pattern for the letter A as shown at the top. Download it here. It too is a six-inch block – cut your background square at 7 inches and then trim it down to size (six and a half inches with seam allowance) once you have finished the applique. The letter has no seam allowance so if you want to turn the edges under rather than raw edge applique you will need to add seam allowances before you cut anything out.
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