Yes, mystery lovers, read on! Our mystery unfolds all during the year in a continuing series posted monthly here on our Home Page… In February we introduced our mystery. You met our narrator, young Brooklyn-based “Quilt Detective,” Mitzi McDruben, along with her faithful receptionist Ruthie, and able assistant, Raoul. Mitzi took on her first quilt case: The Mystery of the Missing Quilt. Her mission? To find a missing quilt. Her time frame? Exact...
Yes, mystery lovers, read on! Our mystery unfolds all during the year in a continuing series posted monthly here on our Home Page… In February we introduced our mystery. You met our narrator, young Brooklyn-based “Quilt Detective,” Mitzi McDruben, along with her faithful receptionist Ruthie, and able assistant, Raoul. Mitzi took on her first quilt case: The Mystery of the Missing Quilt. Her mission? To find a missing quilt. Her time frame? Exact...
... My only hope is that I can still get away with calling him kid! But first, I had to ask about the track. I wasn’t exactly jumping up and down at the prospect of returning to that place. You see, it’s not exactly your average running track. To even call it a running track isn’t really doing it justice, since running is definitely optional on this track. In fact, it’s used for practically any activity other than running. Visit on a summer Saturday...
Yes, mystery lovers, read on! Our mystery unfolds all during the year in a continuing series posted monthly here on our Home Page… In February we introduced our mystery. You met our narrator, young Brooklyn-based “Quilt Detective,” Mitzi McDruben, along with her faithful receptionist Ruthie, and able assistant, Raoul. Mitzi took on her first quilt case: The Mystery of the Missing Quilt. Her mission? To find a missing quilt. Her time frame? Exact...
Yes, mystery lovers, read on! Our mystery concludes with this, the final episode… In February we introduced our mystery. You met our narrator, young Brooklyn-based “Quilt Detective,” Mitzi McDruben, along with her faithful receptionist Ruthie, and able assistant, Raoul. Mitzi took on her first quilt case: The Mystery of the Missing Quilt. Her mission? To find a missing quilt. Her time frame? Exactly eleven days. Her problem? No one knows what th...
There was a knock at the door just as I took a big bite of bagel with tomato. “Yes?” I tried to sound like I didn’t have my mouth full. My receptionist, Ruthie, opened the door a sliver. “There’s someone here to see you — she says it has to do with a quilt,” she smirked at me. I (reluctantly) put down my bagel. “What do they think I am, a quilt detective or something?” Ever since I’d cracked a quilt case a year ago, I’ve been flooded with calls ...
Yes, mystery lovers, read on! Our mystery unfolds all during the year in a continuing series posted monthly here on our Home Page… In February we introduced our mystery. You met our narrator, young Brooklyn-based “Quilt Detective,” Mitzi McDruben, along with her faithful receptionist Ruthie, and able assistant, Raoul. Mitzi took on her first quilt case: The Mystery of the Missing Quilt. Her mission? To find a missing quilt. Her time frame? Exact...
Mystery lovers, read on! Over the next year, a tantalizing mystery will unfold in a continuing series posted monthly here on our website. This mystery originally ran on our site 10 years ago. It’s back by popular demand, rewritten for EQ5 and EQ6. This first episode introduces our narrator, young Brooklyn-based “Quilt Detective,” Mitzi McDruben, along with her faithful receptionist Ruthie, and able assistant, Raoul. In eleven successive episode...
Yes, mystery lovers, read on! Our mystery unfolds all during the year in a continuing series posted monthly here on our Home Page… In February we introduced our mystery. You met our narrator, young Brooklyn-based “Quilt Detective,” Mitzi McDruben, along with her faithful receptionist Ruthie, and able assistant, Raoul. Mitzi took on her first quilt case: The Mystery of the Missing Quilt. Her mission? To find a missing quilt. Her time frame? Exact...
Raoul returns… I heard him before I saw him. “Man, that last subway stop took forever to get to,” I heard Raoul tell Ruthie by way of a greeting. “That’s because you’re going under the river, my friend,” I poked my head out the door. “Welcome to Brooklyn!” “Hey, boss!” he outstretched his arms for a hug (you gotta love a kid who calls you “boss,” you know?) “How’s the new digs working out?” “Great — we haven’t even been open for a week, and we’v...
Be sure to view this image with the block and patch outlines turned off. This quilt is George Washington, our first president, designed from a picture I took in 2009 at Mt. Rushmore. The actual Mt. Rushmore was designed by Gutzon Borglum and sculpted by 400 workers between 1927 and 1941. The carvings are 60 feet heads of famous USA leaders and are located 23 miles from Rapid City in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Washington State ...
This calico corn table runner used an ear of corn quilt block I had designed earlier. I decided to add more piecing to the ear of corn and stitch in fall colors. I also resized the block from 6″ to 12″. EQ makes it so easy to resize blocks and add on to my previous design to create something new. The perfect table runner for Fall. ...
I designed the table runner project for the Friendship Circle chapter of the Richmond Quilt Guild. We were in the third and final month of a three month “Purge and Splurge” challenge in which members were challenged to use fabrics from their stash that had a fall theme. Since I am the program director, I thought a simple table runner would be a good project to use the fall fabrics. I taught the class using the paper piecing technique since bo...
At a fabric store a couple weeks ago, I spied the fabric as soon as I entered. Drooled on it so had to buy it. A dear friend had invited me for a weekend at her home, so I was trying to think of something for a little gift. I know she really likes handmade things, so I decide to share that fabric with her in the form of a table runner. I like stars and I wanted something that show off that focus fabric, so decided to work with the Tennessee Walt...
I had made a Rose of Sharon block for the challenge previously so I decided to use that block in my runner. I set the setting triangles on Layer 2 and rotated and clipped as necessary. This would be a very labour intensive runner to actually make. I wanted to eliminate the block outlines but couldn’t figure out how. Bracebridge, ON Canada ...
This Christmas Table Runner was designed in EQ and is a spin-off project from my Women of the Bible quilt (also designed in EQ). Three women played key roles in the Christmas story – Elizabeth, Mary and Anna. The pattern offers foundation piecing patterns, English paper piecing, and template options, plus a desciption of the three blocks chosen to represent these three women. A ribbon border wraps the table runner. This is a great gift idea f...
I started by merging the Fan 5 block with the Sugar Bowl block. Then I played with different placements until I settled on the diagonal design and then I added the Pinwheel Chain block as a filler. As I played with the coloring, the strips of Ric-Rac appeared. But I felt the design needed borders and since I had already decided to name the quilt Ruffles & Ric-Rac, the Ribbon Border block fell right into the theme. So, Ruffles, Ric-Rac and Ribbon...
A note from Gail: “Are you as excited as I am for the new episodes of Downton Abbey? As owner of Ladyfingers Sewing Studio in Oley, PA, our new collections of Downton Abbey fabric inspired me to create a fun easy-to-sew table runner to enjoy all season long. I just loved using the fussy cutting feature of EQ7, as well as the ability to rotate the fabrics when creating the runner design.” -Gail Kessler ...
...to the Sketchbook and deleted the extra whites before adding grades of everything. Understanding the Basics Look at the next 4 sections before starting on the blocks. You’ll learn about tints, shades, and tones, and then the rules. Lighter Values – Tints – Mixing with White In EQ, you can use the Add Shades and Tints feature or Add Grades and mix your selected color with white. On a predominantly light block, you can make a color less important ...
...d press TAB, the numbers would be: 6, 6, 24, 24, 2, 2 Then, Graph Paper Cells ON, Snap to Grid OFF, Snap to Node ON, and Snap to Drawing OFF. Draw 1 Twist Before we start drawing… here’s a quick recap. We need to remember rules b & d from the February lesson. Remember these Foundation Fundamental Rules b) If you don’t want to draw all 8, it still doesn’t work to draw only one wedge – you need to draw 2 adjacent (side by side) wedges. For...