February 2007 Challenge: Blocks within Blocks! (Page 1)

Design a quilt in which you put a block into a patch of another block on the quilt. This can be done in several ways:

(EQ5 & EQ6) Set one block on Layer 1. Set the other block on Layer 2 above one of the square or rectangle patches of the lower block.
(EQ5 & EQ6) Edit a block with squares or rectangles in it. Draw your second block inside one of these spaces. Recolor and add the new block to the Sketchbook. Set this block in the quilt.
(EQ6 only) Use the new EQ6 "Merge Block" feature (page 259) to put one block in the square space of another block. Set this new block in the quilt.
(EQ6 only) Use the new EQ6 "Create Quilt from Block" feature (page 175) and convert a qualifying Sketchbook block into a quilt layout. Set other blocks in these spaces.

- Barb Vlack

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Quilt 1	Quilt 2	Quilt 3	Quilt 4
Barb Vlack Show and Tell	Barb Vlack Tea for Twelve	Abbi L. Through My Kitchen Window	Berit Pramm Mosaics 2
This quilt was designed to showcase 6" blocks I received in an exchange with one of my quilting bees. There is no physical resemblance between these quilters and the real ladies in my bee, in order to protect the innocent. Faces are from the Viking embroidery library in the embroidery upgrade for EQ5. I purchased the set so I could actually make this quilt! St. Charles, Illinois USA	The T Square blocks for this quilt were from a bee exchange several years ago. I contemplated for a long time about what to do with the plain muslin centers in the blocks, which were otherwise made from murky fabrics. I finally decided to applique folk art motifs into those empty-looking spaces, and I have just completed stitching a top that is very similar to this design. St. Charles, Illinois USA	All blocks are from the block library. I just recolored to better match my kitchen colors and flipped the right hand blocks to look more like my kitchen windows. As Spring comes and I set flowers out during the warm days to "harden" these scenes represent what I see through my kitchen windows as I wash dishes etc.	Norway

Quilt 5	Quilt 6	Quilt 7	Quilt 8
Berit Pramm Fans in Mosaic	Barbara Gilstad From My Window	Barbara Gilstad From My Window... Spring!	Brenda Stultz Off Center Log Cabin Sampler
Norway	Texas	Texas	I chose a variety of blocks from EQ5 to create an off center log cabin layout for a BOM quilt with 12 8" blocks. Fairmount, IL

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Brenda W Embroidery Quilt	Brenda W Patch Blocks	Charlotte Kleiner Butterfly Garden I	Charlotte Kleiner Butterfly Garden II
		BlockBase 2192 or Dutch Puzzle (Aunt Martha) was used for the base block. I then merged the butterflies from the EQ Library into the centre. This quilt uses a horizontal setting. I made a block to fit in the border blocks which is a duplicate of one side of BlockBase 2192. Winnipeg, MB Canada	BlockBase 2192 or Dutch Puzzle (Aunt Martha) was used for the base block. I then merged the butterflies from the EQ Library into the centre. This uses the on-point quilt layout. Sashing is used between the blocks and I made a block to fit in the sashing which is a duplicate of one side of BlockBase 2192. Winnipeg, MB Canada

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Carol Baldry View from an Attic window	Carol Baldry Attic Window Design	Claudia Chang Garden Maze	Carol E. Skrube Snowy Weekend in Wisconsin
I wanted to try a double merge. This proved I could do it. Davenport, IA	I wanted to try a double merge. This proved I could do it. Davenport, IA	Taiwan	Watching the snow this weekend I just knew I had to do snowflakes. The cat I had drawn some time ago from a picture of my "grandcat" and just made it a silhouette. The corners were done like scollwork and also the folds in the fabric. Sheboygan, Wi

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C.Wipplinger Block in Block I	C.Wipplinger Block in Block II	Daphne Stewart Tangled Feathers	Daphne Stewart One Dozen Spring Flowers
I filled this quilt with the same Blocks I used as the Layout: Log Cabin 2. For Borders I used the Auto Borders Tool > miscellaneous > handkerchief edge Germany	This is another version with rotated Blocks in other colours. Germany	Challenge option #2: "Edit a block with squares or rectangles. Draw your second block inside one of these spaces ..." Instead of drawing, I copied the block 'Tangled Stars' into the center of the 'Feather Star' block. If I ever sew a feathered star in real life, it will be an only child so this is a one-block quilt. This challenge was easy so I also experimented with the 'Set Thread' tool to soften the block outlines. Sunnyside, Washington	Challenge option #3: "Use the new EQ6 "Merge Block" feature to put one block in the square space of another block ..." The block 'Spring Flowers Corner' showed up in my sketchbook after I played with the auto-borders feature. I set this block into itself twice to get a three-spring block. I then drew a sash to connect the straight bands of the block. More experimentation with the Set Thread option on layer 1 -- love this feature! Sunnyside, Washington

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Donna Harney Feathered Blocks	Donna Harney Machine Pieced	D. Katherine Willis Texas Piney Woods	Donna St Jean Log Cabin On Top of Log Cabin
All blocks came from either EQ or Blockbase East Hampton, NY	All blocks came from either EQ or Blockbase East Hampton, NY	Using the "Create Quilt from Block" feature, I chose High Flying Squares as the layout and inserted various tree blocks that I found in the EQ6 block library. The rope-like border was created using the "Auto Borders" feature. Houston, TX, USA	Log Cabin on Top of Log Cabin Minnesota

Quilt 25	Quilt 26	Quilt 27	Quilt 28
Donna St Jean Attic Window Inside Attic Window	Elaine Grasher Walking in the Woods	Elaine Grasher Scenic Travels	Elizabeth VanPatton Kelbaugh Peonies and Stars
Attic Window Inside Attic Window (Attic Window drawn inside/ontop of Attic Window) Minnesota	This quilt plays with creating a quilt from a block. The block used to create the quilt is "Flying Squares". Then I simply plugged in other blocks and did some coloring with the new fabrics in EQ6 and the next thing I knew I felt like I was walking in the woods. This must be due to the weather starting to warm up in Texas and I want to go camping. Texas	This quilt plays with "merging" one block into another block. I modeled this quilt after the articles I had read in quilting magazines on barns being painted with quilt blocks. Texas	With multiple blocks the secondary design is created with the peonies pointing in. West Columbia, SC

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Elizabeth VanPatton Kelbaugh Star and Peonies	E Mossman Unnamed	Gabi Girndt Hawaiian Tees	Gina Andrews Tribal Animals
This quilt uses my first try designing the block in a block. With the peonies pointing out, the secondary design formed by the peonies is not appealing. West Columbia, SC		Paderborn, Germany	I am actually making a long, narrow wall hanging quilt with these animal appliques right now and they are fabulous! I am doing them in batiks.

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