Lady of the Lake

I received my fabrics from the Fat Quarter Shop in the mail today.  WOOHOO!!! And that meant, of course, that I had to immediately drop what I was doing, and come play some more in EQ7. I decided that I like the piano keys, but I also liked the large triangles. So i wondered what would happen if I combined the 2. And this is the result. I really, really like it. So I think this will be the one I will go with. Anyone want to play along with me? If even one person says yes, I'll post the cutting instructions from a fat quarter that will enable this quilt to be made from 14 fat quarters, with just a couple of the large triangles left to have to make.

New project Planning

I know, I know, the last thing I need is another new project. But, I ordered some fabric a couple of weeks ago, with just this project in mind. I've always loved the Lady of the Lake block with its very graphic light and dark sides. So I spent some time tonight, a lot of time tonight, downloading the fabric images from Moda Fabrics, where they have a section on their website to download their fabrics. This one  is Collection for a Cause Friendship by Howard Marcus. After playing in EQ7 for a while, I have a couple of possibilities.

 

I figured out the cutting, too, from  fat quarters, which is what I have coming, and I can get the makings for the light sides and the darks sides for 3 blocks from each fat quarter. This will leave a 6 inch finished triangle left over, as well as quite a few 2 1/2 inch strips for more triangles for a triangle border as in the one on the right, or for a piano key border, as the one on the left. It might be interesting to combine the left over 6 inch triangles in a border somehow, as well

The one above here on the right is a bit too much, and rather over powers the rest of the quilt, but I like the one on the left. The look of the actual large triangles would be a lot more varied, of course since the larger triangles would be out of a bunch of different fabrics. But this rather gives a good idea of what it would look like. I love playing with the Electric Quilt software. It's like making a quilt, without making a quilt. And being able to download the fabrics is a great way to get a general idea, at least, of the way the final project will look.