Last week, we took a look at the many new capabilities in EQ7 for working with images. Here are a few more fun tools that have been added: the Swath Tool and the Serendipity Tools.

My EQ7 upgrade arrived this past week, so I thought we’d take a break from our series on Art Concepts for Quilting and check it out. Find out some of the great new features in this latest version of the popular quilt design software from The Electric Quilt Company.

I realized that my study of squares and rectangles in quilts was incomplete because my last article focused solely on traditional patchwork quilt block designs. Here are some additional examples of quilts, this time in a more contemporary or art quilt style.

Let’s look at examples of how the element of shape is used in quilt design. We’ll begin with two similar geometric shapes: the square and the rectangle.

Shape is an element of design that is very familiar to quilters. Patchwork blocks are constructed from a variety of geometric shapes; appliqué patches can take on any form or shape. And of course, quilts themselves come in a variety of shapes and sizes.

In this new series, we will be looking at art and design principles and considering how they apply to quiltmaking.  Many of us have come to quilting without an art or design background – myself included.  But it’s never too late to learn!  Besides, as Pablo Picasso once said, “I am always doing that which [...]