A quilt from things
I’m very excited that for this month’s #quiltfromabrief the Electric Quilt Company has given me a copy of their world-leading quilt design software Electric Quilt 8 (EQ8) to give away to one lucky participant.
To enter, you need to share a design you’ve made in response to the brief below, on Instagram with the hashtag #quiltfromabrief and be following both my feed and Electric Quilt’s.
You can enter as many different designs as you like but they need to be on separate posts and your profile will need to be public.
Entries close midnight on 15 March AEDT.
The winner will be chosen from the published designs and announced on my Instagram feed on 16 March. The winner will also be contacted by DM through Instagram.
The competition is open to anyone worldwide.
Win a copy of Electric Quilt 8!
Quilt brief #3
Design a quilt using things. That’s right, step away from the computer, don’t worry about your drawing skills, or the fact you don’t have the latest design software. This month we’re designing a quilt from things.
Let me give you some examples:
Below is a quilt design I created with Cuisenaire rods. The image on the left is the block, which I photographed and then repeated and rotated it in the PicFrame app (it’s free!) to make my quilt.
If you follow Victoria Gertenbach on Instagram, you may have noticed quilt blocks she was making recently with a vintage wooden block set? She kindly sent me one of the pics so I could use it in this post.
Again, the two blocks on the left are from Victoria, and the ‘quilt’ on the right was done by me, in PicFrame again, with the borders turned on this time.
PicFrame really is a very easy app to use, but you don’t even need that. Another person who caught my eye making quilts from things has been Kate Henderson, using Lego dots.
That sent me down a whole Pinterest rabbit hole, so I’ve set up a board for #quiltfromabrief and started to fill it with Lego dot quilt examples for you.
And of course, it doesn’t have to be a child’s toy or game you use either.
You could use petals, shapes you cut from paper, packaging or stationery items, stamped designs, even a design stitched in needlepoint if it takes your fancy. Use your imagination! The only guidelines are:
the quilt should reasonably be able to be pieced (rather than appliquéd) if you were to make it.
it cannot be a ‘found’ quilt. For example, no pictures of floor or wall tiles – some creativity is required from you.
no fabric should be used.
this should be a designed quilt not an exercise in improv.
Take a fresh look at everyday objects and see what you can come up with – have fun!
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