One of the reasons why I picked up a compass & protractor set last summer is for this: I want to make a 5 pointed star for one of my quilts in the "Twilight in the Bronx". Yesterday I figured it out. I'd been doing the math incorrectly. I'd been looking to make the center… Continue reading Working on drafting a 5 pointed star for a quilt
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Linda M Poole’s quilt
My apologies to my facebook friends as you'll be seeing this twice I offered to design a quilt for Linda M Poole for her new fabric line "Radiance". This is called: "The Radiance Quilt" I'm thrilled Linda agreed to let me design this for her. "The Radiance Quilt" is a virtual quilt designed entirely in… Continue reading Linda M Poole’s quilt
Congratulations to
Mary Anne and Renee who both won ribbons at this years World of Quilts hosted by the Northern Star Quilters. Your quilts rocked! Donna also entered a quilt - the first quilt she made and got some great comments from the judges. Donna is a goldsmith and jeweler...oh my goodness her pieces are beautiful. Mary… Continue reading Congratulations to
New Printer & Blogs I visit
I arrived home from work last night and was quite surprised and overjoyed to learn that my dear husband purchased this little beauty : A Samsung color laserjet printer so that I can print the patterns I design in EQ6 and now I can print patterns from Benartex! I had no idea this was coming… Continue reading New Printer & Blogs I visit
Two great things…one busy day
Whew! Yesterday was a busy day. I spent most of the morning working on blocks for a pattern for Benartex. It was fun getting them pieced! When the mail came yesterday I was thrilled to find this in the mail box. I've known for months that this new magazine was going to be issued soon… Continue reading Two great things…one busy day
eagerly awaiting the arrival of…
The software and a companion book should be here by the end of the week. I was so excited last night that I watched a whole bunch of videos at the EQ website! I stayed up waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too late. Lacey Hill says it's a plug & play and the video's are hinting at that. I'll… Continue reading eagerly awaiting the arrival of…
EQ6 or InDesign
Benartex would like to send digital images for me to design quilts and then make them, potentially making the process a bit quicker. I have CreativeSuite 3 (InDesign). I don't know what the learning curve will be to import the fabrics from the disc and then create quilts from the images. I'm thinking that EQ6… Continue reading EQ6 or InDesign