Seasons Row A Long

Welcome to week #2. I hope you’re having fun. There are lots of great rows still to come.
My season is SPRING!

This is a simple fusible applique design so have some fun playing with your decorative machine stitches around the edges.

♥This pattern is now available in my PatternSpot shop. It is no longer free.♥

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For those wanting some EQ7 practice I’ve included the tutorials for my blocks.

Symmetrical Butterfly

Set Up Worktable

Click BLOCK >NEW BLOCK>PATCHDRAW BLOCK. Click the Applique Tab at the bottom of the page.

Make your worktable settings…
Block: 7 1/2” X 7 1/2”
Snaps : 30x30
Graph paper: ON
Graph Settings: 2 x 2
Snap settings: same as below. Snap to Grid Points will keep the first set of lines perfectly on center. Snap Whole Patch to Grid Points will allow the second cloned half to snap perfectly in place.

Draw Half a ButterflyThe easiest way to get a symmetrical shape is to draw half the shape, clone and flip it.

Select the Bezier tool . Starting on the center line of the block draw half of the butterfly. It’s very important to keep the end nodes snapped to the center line of the grid so we can easily match them later.

Use the Shape Tool to adjust the curves to your liking. You can add more nodes by double clicking on the line. When it’s to your liking save to Sketchbook.

Click the Pick tool . Hold CTRL key and click “A” key to select all. Then click clone and flip left/right. Move the new shape into place. It should snap to the first half of the butterfly. Remember it isn’t a closed patch yet. The nodes are just overlapping each other.

Select the Shape tool and click on each center node one at a time to merge the nodes together and close the patch. Color and move the shapes forward or backward as needed so they are layered correctly.

Draw the body or cut and paste one from a library block. Hold CTRL key and click “A” key to select all. Hold CTRL key and click the center of the butterfly to open the rotate feature. Grab the arrows and rotate the design to your liking.Save to Sketchbook.

Flower

For the flower let’s learn to import images. Draw a wonky flower on a piece of paper. Scan and save it to your computer.

Set Up Worktable

1. Click BLOCK >NEW BLOCK>PATCHDRAW BLOCK. Click the Applique Tab at the bottom of the page.

Make your worktable settings…
Block: 7 1/2” X 7 1/2”
Snaps : 30x30
Graph paper: OFF
Snap settings: same as below. This time the lines won’t snap to the grid points.

Click the Tracing Image tab at the bottom of the worktable.

Then on the left click the import button . Find the image and set it on the worktable. Back on the Applique tab you can trace the image.Use the Shape Tool to adjust the curves to your liking. You can add more nodes by double clicking on the line. You can toggle the design on/off as you work. When it’s to your liking center the image . Save to Sketchbook.

Click BLOCK>DELETE TRACING IMAGE. Then click Refresh .

To add the flower center use the Ellipse tool. This is a hidden tool that you have to add to the work table. Click ADD/REMOVE>ELLIPSE TOOL.

Using the Ellipse tool, hold the CTRL key and drag to draw a perfect circle. You must convert this shape to a patch . Drag it in to place. Color and save to Sketchbook.

Hope you learned something new!!

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♥Full Participant List♥

Tuesday, Sept. 1

• Spring - Kissed Quilts
• Summer - The Quilting Queen
• Fall - Quilt Art
• Winter - Thimble and Mouse
• Filler Row - Bea Quilter
• Filler Row - Stof Geneog

Tuesday, Sept. 8

• Spring - FunThreads Designs (ME)
• Summer - Country Junktion
• Fall - Sew Fresh Quilts
• Winter - Seams to Be Sew
• Filler Row - Stof Genoeg

Tuesday, Sept. 15

• Spring - Sew Hooked
• Summer - Morning Glory Designs
• Fall - Just Let Me Quilt
• Winter - Winter - Seams to be Sew
• Filler Row - Stof Genoeg

Tuesday, Sept. 22

• Spring - Patchwork Breeze
• Summer - Create In The Sticks
• Fall - Seams To Be Sew
• Winter - Patti’s Patchwork
• Filler Row - Linda Franz
• Filler Row - Stof Genoeg

Tuesday, Sept. 29

• Spring - Seams To Be Sew
• Summer - Sew Incredibly Crazy
• Fall - Loreen’s Schoolhouse Quilts
• Winter - Quilt Shop Gal
• Filler Row - Stof Genoeg
• Tutorial - Do You EQ

Tuesday, Oct. 6 - SHOW and TELL DAY!! 
Stop back and see completed quilts using all the rows from the hop.

•  Seams To Be Sew
• The Quilting Queen
• Sew Incredibly Crazy
• Create In The Sticks
• Just Let Me Quilt

This Row Along is being hosted at Seams To Be Sew by Marian Pena