January 2009 Challenge: A Firm Foundation! (Page 1)

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My friend, Susanna, challenged our Rather Bees quilting group to piece these blocks and design a quilt with them. I added applique designs to fill in some of the negative spaces. This quilt is currently a work in progress. The pieced blocks are finished. I think I'll use felted wool for the applique and add beads for embellishment.

St. Charles, Illinois, USA

Believe it or not, this entire quilt design can be foundation pieced. There is not a curved seam in it! The block is original, inspired by an irregular grid layout in the EQ6 Layout Library. Blocks were set in the Variable Point quilt layout.

St. Charles, Illinois, USA

Our guild was asked to create heart quilts for the cardiac unit of our hospital, small quilts for patient rooms, wall hangings or a larger quilt for the nurses's station or hallway.

We had a size and color restriction, but as I played around with designs for the project, I decided to take it a step further and use the January challenge as a way to solve the problem. Valentine's Day is also approaching.

The diagonal striped block is from the EQ Library, The vertical striped block I created to meet the paper piecing requirement.

Williamsburg, VA

Our guild was asked to create quilts for the cardiac unit of our hospital, small quilts for patient rooms, wall hangings or a larger quilt for the nurses's station or hallway.

We had a size and color restriction, but as I played around with designs for the project, I decided to take it a step further and use the January challenge as a way to solve the problem. Valentine's Day is also approaching.

The diagonal striped block is from the EQ Library, The vertical striped block I created to meet the paper piecing requirement.

From the Layout Library, I used Irregular Grids - 15.

Williamsburg, VA

Original spiky foundation-pieced block along with nine-patch and half-square triangle blocks set on a "variable point" layout

Sierra Vista, AZ

(What's black & white and red all over?)

Statesville, NC

Norway

Norway

Foundation pieced blocks embellished with ribbons

Rotterdam
the Netherlands

Rotterdam
the Netherlands

Used "On Point Medallions" layout from the layout library and replaced the corner blocks with a merged block I made.
Original foundation-pieced strips surround a "Twist 21" block. Border is "Sawtooth" from the Set Auto Borders collection.

Sierra Vista, AZ

A springtime quilt with budding flowers and leaves. Foundation pieceable. The blocks are from EQ libraries.

Fabrics, 3 pinks (one of which is dark), 3 greens (one of which is dark), and a light background fabric.

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Blocks from block library

Davenport, IA

Blocks from block library

Davenport, IA

The January Fabric Collection: Kaffe-Inspired Colorway from EQ was the inspiration for my block design. I drew a paper pieced block to use some of the fabrics.

Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada

The January Fabric Collection: Kaffe-Inspired Colorway from EQ was the inspiration for my block design. I drew a paper pieced block to use some of these fabrics.

Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada

Black adds a nice touch to this design. I might think twice before actually piecing 144 blocks. :-)

Florida

Do you think this quilt looks better with or without a border?

Florida

Taiwan

My fpp block for this quilt started out to be very much like a skewed Log Cabin -- 11 pieces total. Then it took on a mind of its own and turned out to have 22 pieces and a sort of tapestry look.

The block is in two colorings, a positive and a negative, and the setting is one I have used for a standard Log Cabin block.

Great fun!

Sunnyside, Washington

A simple-yet-spectacular fpp block -- that was the goal. I didn't make it. This block has eight sections so it can't be termed bed-rock simple. But the units are easy to sew together -- easier than your traditional Feathered Star, anyway! The joining order is on block notecard. As for spectacular, that is in the eye of the beholder ...

Ms Adelaide was inspired by the cover of a Dick Blick catalog.

Sunnyside, Washington

This is a great block for Beginner Foundation Piecing. Achieve crisp points with ease. A great quilt to use up your scraps.

Texas

I like the movement with uneven log cabin blocks and this can be completely foundation pieced with some pre-piecing. The red corners have to be pre-sewn to the appropriate log before adding the unit to the foundation. This technique was in a commercial pattern that I made once and it works well. I think this one has quite a modern look.

Ontario Canada

The addition of the border blocks turned this quilt into something very funky and fun.

Ontario Canada

A simple hand-drawn block was inserted in the interior of the Star 22 layout. EQ6's "Roses and Butterfly" was used in the background.

Texas

I wished I could spend more time on this challenge by drawing my own snowflakes... But fortunately for me EQ library has some of them!
Cheers from Switzerland (snow is almost gone for now...)

I love NY Beauty quilts and I love math so I used the mathematical pattern of the golden rectangle combined with NY Beauty blocks. I haven't made one yet but I'm getting closer. I enjoy paperpiecing.

West Columbia, SC

This golden rectangle quilt with NY Beauty blocks has a simpler border.

West Columbia, SC

I designed this quilt with a block from Sew Precise. Reminds me of the snow in our alps in Austria

Austria

This quilt I created with a strip and string corner block.

Austria

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