EQ8 Block Spotlight

Welcome to the EQ8 Block Spotlight series! Each month we highlight a block from the EQ8 Block Library with a few design ideas. Then we want you to show us what you can do with the block. We hope these posts will inspire you to try something new and expand your EQ skills! This month’s block: Nine Patch Art Square Where to find it: 01 Classic Pieced > Diamond in a Square Design ideas to get you started I used a standard 4×4 horizontal layout for my first quilt. I alternated the Nine Patch Art Square block with the default Mosaic, No. 2(2) block. Coloring this way gives the illusion of an on-point setting. For my second quilt, I used the Stars-19 layout from the library. The featured block is set in the center star point spaces and the default Nine Patch is set in the outer diamond spaces. I

Welcome to the EQ8 Block Spotlight series! Each month we highlight a block from the EQ8 Block Library with a few design ideas. Then we want you to show us what you can do with the block. We hope these posts will inspire you to try something new and expand your EQ skills! This month’s block: Daffodil Where to find it: 03 Foundation Pieced > Flowerbed Foundations Design ideas to get you started I used the Daffodil block plus a couple of other blocks from the Flowerbed Foundations section to make this cute height chart quilt. It would make a great baby shower gift! For my second quilt, I played with the block a bit before setting it in an on-point layout. First, I used Create Serendipity > Shrink & Flip to make this block: And then added a few lines on the Block Worktable: Here is the new block

Welcome to the EQ8 Block Spotlight series! Each month we highlight a block from the EQ8 Block Library with a few design ideas. Then we want you to show us what you can do with the block. We hope these posts will inspire you to try something new and expand your EQ skills! This month’s block: Uneven Cross X Where to find it: 02 Contemporary Pieced > Good Alternate Blocks Design ideas to get you started This first quilt uses a vertical strip quilt layout. The strip styles alternate between Pieced Blocks and Half Drop Blocks and the Uneven Cross X block is set in all the spaces. My second quilt uses the Hexagonal – 1 layout from the Layout Library (Layouts by Style > Hexagonal). The featured block is used in the six center block spaces. What would you design with the Uneven Cross X block? Post a quilt

Welcome to the EQ8 Block Spotlight series! Each month we highlight a block from the EQ8 Block Library with a few design ideas. Then we want you to show us what you can do with the block. We hope these posts will inspire you to try something new and expand your EQ skills! This month’s block: Mosaic, No. 6(6) Where to find it: 01 Classic Pieced > Antique Mosaics Design ideas to get you started For my first design, I combined the featured block with two of the default blocks that every EQ project starts with—EQ Default Variable Star and EQ Default Mosaic, No. 2(2). The quilt is colored with fabrics from Art Gallery Fabrics’ Dusk Fusion collection. For my second quilt, I created two variations of the Mosaic block on the Block Worktable that I’m calling Cherry Blossoms and Sunflowers.  Here’s a look at the seams I added to the

Welcome to the first EQ8 Block Spotlight post of 2023! Each month we highlight a block from the EQ8 Block Library with a few design ideas. Then we want you to show us what you can do with the block. We hope these posts will inspire you to try something new and expand your EQ skills! This month’s block: Raspberry Cheesecake Where to find it: 01 Classic Pieced > Nine Patch Stars Design ideas to get you started I used a simple Horizontal layout with several wide borders for my first quilt. These gray January days are calling out for some bright, happy colors! I alternated the original Raspberry Cheesecake block with a variation I created by adding seams to the four corners of the block. For my second quilt, I used a Vertical Strip layout. The center strip is a Half Drop Blocks style, and the two adjacent strips

Welcome to the EQ8 Block Spotlight series! Each month we highlight a block from the EQ8 Block Library with a few design ideas. Then we want you to show us what you can do with the block. This month is a little different—you have three blocks to choose from! Pick from one of the snowflake blocks below (or use them all!). This month’s block: Snowflake 1, 2, or 3! Where to find them: 05 Contemporary Applique > Season-Winter Design ideas to get you started I used all three applique blocks in the border of my first design. Because the border has such complex blocks, I kept the center blocks simple to piece and used two blocks from the 01 Classic Pieced > Diamond in a Square section of the library. For my second quilt, I used the Stars-19 layout from the Layouts by Style > Stars section of the Layout

Welcome to the EQ8 Block Spotlight series! Each month we highlight a block from the EQ8 Block Library with a few design ideas. Then we want you to show us what you can do with the block. We hope these posts will inspire you to try something new and expand your EQ skills! This month’s block: Goose Frame Where to find it: 02 Contemporary Pieced > Frames Design ideas to get you started The blocks in the Frames section of the library all have a larger center square. This square can be used for something special like a photo, fussy cutting a special fabric, or merging with another block (Create Serendipity > Merge Block). I choose to edit the Goose Frame block to the Block Worktable and draw some new lines in the center square. I alternated this variation block with another block from the Frames section (which I also