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There are two basic shapes, that you can work with (1) an equilateral triangle and (2) a diamond.  There are a ton of size options, but you essentially can create larger over-sized units by combining the diamond with two equilateral triangles.  The ...

During the Stay at Home order, I challenged myself to improve my drawing skills.  Who would have guessed that all you need to do is Google "how to draw a XXX" and there are lots of tutorials on how to draw just about anything.  Rather than using pencil and paper, I chose to do my drawing in Electric Quilt 8. 

​I did my drawing as live events, which allowed me to get immediate feedback on my drawings and make suggested changes.  For those that chose to join my live events on Zoom -- thank you ...

Since our Stay at Home order, I have been doing regular live drawing events.  It has provided me an opportunity to interact with people on a regular basis during this isolation period and improve my basic drawing skills. 

​I current have over 30 motifs and will be bring this exercise to a close at the end of the month.  
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If you would like to join a live session or watch any or all of the old videos, make sure to follow my Facebook page.  I will typically ...

My love of Dear Jane began in June 2000 (almost 20 years ago) when a new guild was being started by JoAnn Atikins (now the owner of Four ...

With the Covid-19 challenges, I am staying put this Easter.  I will still celebrate Easter--with online services hosted by my church.  We are learning how to do church through Zoom and I appreciate still being able to see friends via this method.  But I am looking forward to the day we can meet again in person.

When thinking about how I could share Easter with my family, I decided I would send the North Dakota clan an Easter postcard.  I just got it done -- so it won't actually reach them in time.  But hopefully they will enjoy the late ...

Across the country -- and I suspect across the world -- quilters have been stepping up to the challenge of supplying face masks to hospitals, clinics, care facilities and essential workers who need to stay safe during this pandemic. 
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There are a lot of videos on how to sew these masks.  I decided that the simple ones to sew made the most sense as more people can participate and they take much less time per mask to produce. 

​For my first set of masks, I followed the video tutorial provided Deaconess Hospital.  My one modification was using two different ...

I challenged the Master's Group within Tech Know Quilters to design an Irish Chain quilt.  Here were some of the early submissions. 
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A great group of quilts to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

Scroll down to see some new amazing quilts from Tech Know Quilter members as they share some of their favorite quilts completed in January.

I recently purchased a Cricut Maker and have been having fun learning how to use it.  This week I watched a tutorial on using Print and Cut.  With Print and Cut you can print an image on your home printer and then cut it out using a Cricut machine.  The light bulb went on and I thought -- this is how we could feature those complex EQ8 designs that we ...

Have you ever designed a quilt and then wanted to play with the finished design in another quilt -- but didn't want to start over in drafting and coloring the quilt.

That was my dilemma this with.  Last week, I shared a blog post where I designed a Mitten Quilt Layout.  I liked the design -- but thought there was more I could do with it.  Specifically, I wanted to create a medallion quilt with this quilt as the center.  

In this tutorial I will take you through the process of how do this (without needing to redraft the center in ...

Current Tech Know Quilter Members were challenge to apply what they learned at the end of their December class.  Although December was a busy month, I was impressed with how many rose to the challenge.

Do you ever remember something from childhood -- but can't remember the context.  That is how I feel about my blog title.  The saying came to mind as I work working on my blog post.  I am wondering if it was a game we played or a book I read.  An internet search was not helpful.  If anyone else remembers this, let me know.

We are in the midst of a snow storm with 8-10 inches projected followed by a significant drop in temperature plus heavy winds that will whip all that snow around (think ...

Last week I shared about cutting my applique patches using a Cricut Maker.  This week I decided I needed a new Mug Rug and decided that with the ease of cutting out designs with the Cricut Maker, I would create a mug rug that featured some seasonal applique.

The penguin in my mug rug came from the EQ library -- so this was a fun and easy project for Electric Quilt ...

Background:  I owned a Silhouette Cameo (first edition) and had pretty mixed results with cutting fabric.  I had some nice cuts but wouldn't have achieved that without some great advice from my blog readers.  Check out my paper snowflake project last year -- which was done on the Silhouette Cameo.)

​Given my fairly ...

Growing up, our parents would let us stay up on New Year's eve.  We would closely watch the clock so we would know exactly when it was time to blow our paper horns and wish each other Happy New Year.

If you are a clock watcher on New Year's eve -- create your own clock using Electric Quilt 8. 

​This tutorial will share how to use PolyDraw and add some simple Applique shapes. 

PolyDraw has some unique features that often makes is the best option for working with blocks based on a circular grid ...

Step 1:  Simplify the quilt ...