EQ Mystery Quilt - Lesson 3
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Getting Started
Before you start Lesson 3 make sure that you have completed Lessons 1 and
2. If you have not completed these previous lessons return to the table
of contents and complete them both before you begin Lesson 3. If you are a beginner
to EQ6 then you may want to familiarize yourself with EasyDraw before doing
this mystery lesson. Print off these instructions from your internet browser
by clicking FILE > Print.
Open your Mystery Project
- Double-click the EQ6 (EQ5) icon on your Windows Desktop.
- Click the Open an Existing Project tab in the Project
Helper.
- Choose your Mystery Project file which should be saved as mystery.PJ6
(or mystery.PJ5). When this file is selected it is highlighted.
- Click OK. The Sketchbook containing your Mystery Project
is now showing.
- Click Close (x in EQ5) to close the
Sketchbook.
Set up Snap Grid
- To create a block you must be on the Block worktable. On the menu bar,
click WORKTABLE > Work on Block.
- To start a new block click BLOCK > New Block > EasyDraw
Block on the menu bar.
- On the menu bar, click BLOCK > Drawing Board Setup > Snap
Grid (in EQ6). Beside Horizontal grid points (Horizontal
Divisions in EQ5) click the arrows until the number of point is
9. Repeat this step for Vertical grid points (Vertical
Divisions in EQ5) until it is also 9.
Important: Remember you have done this. You will want to set this
back to the default numbers 24 x 24 after this lesson.
- (EQ6 only) To make it easier to draw precisely you will want to make sure
that snapping is activated. While still in Drawing Board Setup
click Snapping (under EasyDraw). Make sure there is a check
in the boxes beside Snap to grid and Snap to nodes
of drawing. If there is not, simply click on the box and a check
will appear.
- Click OK.
Make a 9-patch Block
- Click the small square in the Grid tool button image
.
The Grid Setup box appears and allows you to adjust the
number of columns and rows that the grid will contain. If the setup box
does not appear, on the menu bar, click BLOCK > Grid Tool Setup
(Grid Setup in EQ5).
- In the Grid Setup box click the arrows beside Columns
until the number of columns is 3. Follow this same step with Rows
so that the number of rows also is 3.
- Make sure the Grid tool is still selected and place the
crosshairs of the Grid tool over the top-left corner of
the block outline. Click, hold and drag the crosshairs diagonally to the
bottom-right corner of the block outline. You will see four solid lines
that split the block into nine sections, making a Nine Patch. If you don’t
get a perfect Nine Patch, click EDIT > Undo and draw
again.
Draw the Block
The only patch of the block that you will draw in is the center patch, which
when completed will be a Squared Chain. The remaining patches will get a solid
color fill when it comes time to color the block.
- Click the Line tool. You will draw a total of four lines.
Line 1
Line 2
Line3
Line4
- The block is now complete. Click the Add to Sketchbook
button (Save in Sketchbook in EQ5).
Color the Block
- Click the Color tab at the bottom of the screen. Your
block will appear and be ready for color. (Note: If any
lines disappear, it is because they are not drawn completely point to point
so they do not snap to the grid. Click the EasyDraw tab,
click the Edit tool, click the nodes of the “Problem
lines” or redraw using the Line tool.)
- On the Fabrics palette click the Colors tab
(Solids in EQ5). This is where you will get the solid colors
for your block. Scroll through the colors until you find the colors that
you need.
- Click the color, then click on the area of the block that needs to be
this color. The example below shows where each of the colors need to be
used in the block.
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1. Black
2. Dark Gray
3. Light Gray
4. Yellow |
Continue coloring your block until it is complete. When your block is complete
it should look like the following:
Save and Name your Block
- When you are done coloring your block click the Add to Sketchbook
button (Save in Sketchbook in EQ5).
- Click the View Sketchbook button.
- Click the Blocks section.
- Click the block you just drew and colored. (For EQ5, click the arrow pointing
right, beneath the block, to display the block in color).
- Click the Notecard button at the bottom of the Sketchbook.
A blank notecard appears. Beside Name type: Squared
Chain.
- Click the X in the top-right corner of the notecard to
close it. You will notice that your block now displays its name.
- Click Close (x in EQ5) to close the
Sketchbook. Click the Save button.
- Exit EQ6 (EQ5) by clicking FILE >Exit.
Congratulations! You now have two mystery blocks drawn.
Check out these sewing
tips if you plan to sew the mystery quilt as you do the lessons.
Tune in next month to do the next lesson.
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