Over at Frog Quilter I have been watching as eye fooler blocks have been made. I love an optical illusion but I didn't love all the piecing that she has in one block. So, open EQ and see if we can simplify. (Thoreau said "Simplify, simplify" - and sometimes simple is better! or at least easier, heehee.)
I took out the flying geese, the four patches AND the corner half square triangles.
I made this a whomping big 15" finished block. Each section is 3" finished. (I did this because I have the "triangle in a square" die for my GO! cutter and the 3" half square triangle die)
Thus, the digital sample shown here would make a 60" by 75" top not counting the borders. With borders as shown (1" inner, 2" outer) it would come to 66" by 81". I am sure I won't be making one that big anytime soon unless it is a commission!
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If anyone from the Electric Quilt company sees this and feels generous, I would love a copy of EQ7 to replace my old EQ5.
6 comments:
I like this quilt pattern Gene.
Very pretty.
That is great and I think I could make a block of that with the GO dies I have. (Of course the "eye-lusion" won't show up with just one block. Hmmmmm........can't really justify jumping into another project right now, but I do very much like this one and the colors are SUPER!!!
Wonderful design Gene, and I love the colors. Great job!
Oh, I love this design! I don't have EQ, YET! It's on my "wish list," though!!! :o)
Very cool, Gene
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