If you can keep the green in it then this would be my preference.

Rhonda, is it EQ you're using? If it is, I need to get more familiar with mine..

Wow Rhonda, you have just made my life easier. I like the one with the green in it. I like the other ones too, so I guess I better go see what fabric I have and what I need to order. You are so special! Thanks

This color combo wouldn't be my choice either but I wanted to see what they could look like. I think it would take a strong red and a chocolate brown but it can be done. I tried pink and just didn't like it in there.
But that is probably in the eye of the beholder!! Someone else may like the pink and red and dark chocolate. Sounds like a sundae!! LOL

Yes I have my EQ5 but I am getting EQ6 soon. If you need any help just let me know. There are things about my EQ that I don't use so there are things I may not know. My DGS Joey has a download of my EQ and he was showing me things I didn't know were on the EQ.

I love my EQ and it is sooo easy to change colors on it. You can click on the button and then click on the color in your quilt you want to change and it will change all the blocks with that color in one click. So playing with this was really fun!

You're welcome Katie. Can't wait to see how yours turns out!

OMG...I would have a really hard time choosing between view #5 and the view with the green. The one with the green makes all those secondary patterns really stand out.

I would love to see a picture when you are done, Katie.

Oh I will, and I'll post it on this thread.....I'm debating between the one with the green and the other one Rhonda likes. So when I decide, you'll all know. LOL

LOL See what you started with your quilt top??? That and Katie's color combo was interesting to work on. I love doing that and seeing what comes out.

LOL...It's funny that you say that because I was just thinking,"Oh,oh..did I just start something?" LOL

See what you get, Rhonda, for creating a thing of beauty...lol.

I think I was having more trouble drawing the blocks than changing the colors. I tried to put one of your blocks in so I could play with color combos and got stuck somewhere. I also have EQ5. I'll have to take some time with it again and see if I don't have better luck. Maybe I'm making more work out of it than I need to.

So how did you draw the blocks? I go into new block and I draw the lines for a Boston Block. Then color it. Then save it. I then go into New quilt and click on layout.
I get rid of the sashing. And set the number of blocks to 6 x 6. Then put a boston in each square and then play with color and turning the blocks.
Once I have a quilt block I like then I go into new block and I seperate the block with lines into the 6 x 6 grid and then following the quilt block I liked I then put in lines to recreate that quilt block in a new block so I can use that as a single block in a new quilt. So I go to layout and decide the number of quilt blocks usually a 2 x 3 gives you an upclose view of how it will look or a 3 x 4 layout. Then go into your quilt blocks on the menu at the right and put that quilt block in each block in the quilt. Make sense or did I totally confuse you?

Don't remember now what I had tried to do, but I just followed your instructions and voila!

Have I told you lately that I love you??? Thanks, Rhonda, for taking the time!

klgreene - those are so pretty - I am envious!

You did good!! This is one of my favorite ways to play!
I can get lost for hours doing this. I look at things and think what if....... I love putting my own fabrics in my EQ and then seeing what I can come up with.

After you put in the bostons or star points etc. then try starting at the top left corner and turn each block one time. Move across the top row and then continue down the rows. It is fun to see what designs come up. Kind of like shaking a kaleidoscope toy and seeing the designs that happen. I love it!

Oh-h-h-h Rhonda, this is going to be trouble. One more thing to keep me on the computer way too long each day. Can't put my own fabrics in as I don't have a scanner, but I can still see where you could have no concept of time once you get going on the EQ.

Thanks again for your tutoring.

Have fun!! Maybe we will be seeing some really terrific quilt blocks from you!! it's quick and easy and sooo satisfying to design on the EQ. You get the satisfaction of seeing the design without having to take the time to sew it together. Of course that does come later.

Ok, I've started on the quilt for my friend. It'll be a wall hanging using 12" blocks. I decided to use #5, the one Rhonda likes a lot. The one with the green gave me some more choices of fabric, but this one is going to be better. And yes, I will post it when I get the first block finished.

I can't wait to see what it looks likes.

Ok, here are the first two blocks of the wall hanging I'm making for a friend. I'm lovin it so much, I don't want to give it to her. LOL So hopefully I have enough fabric to make one for myself. But this won't be finished until after I can get to Hobby Lobby to get more batting, and that may not be for a week or so. So just keep looking.

PS ignore my water stain on my ironing board. Time to make a new one.

Oh yes, Katie....I really, really love those colors. That wall hanging is going to be so beautiful. I can't wait to see the finished product.

Katie that's gonna be fabulous. The colors are looking great together.

That is really coming together so well!! I love the colors. I'm not one for tones of beiges or tans but I love the black and red! And it all looks so good together even with the tans!! It is going to be a beautiful wall hanging!! And you are a credit to the teacher!! LOL

Looks great, Katie!

Here it is. All ready to quilt and bind. I think it turned out wonderful. So your first wall hanging has already designed and finished. I will be quilting it next week maybe, and it will be bound in the same black fabric. I have one quilt just about finished quilted, then I'm working on the sampler, then this one gets quilted. Have to do them in order. I can piece all the time, but quilting comes in order of project. LOL

That is beautiful! I think I like yours better then mine...lol. However, since I have one row left to piece before the borders, it's too late to change color schemes...lol. Really nice job! How are you going to quilt it?

I like your colors too. It's because you had already done most of yours that I decided to do this for my friend. Those are her colors. She told me beige to brown. and red was the accent color. I wasn't sure I'd like these colors together, but I really do. I don't think there is a color I don't like.

Forgot, I can only SITD or outline, my machine doesn't do anything else, so I'll do a little of both. One amoung many reasons I like Rhonda's blocks is because I like to see the design more so than the quilting. I'm sure if I had a machine that I could do more that I'd do a little more in sashings.

My DH always gives me his opinion (when asked) on color, quilting design, or whatever. His suggestion was to place a couple of stitches (kind of like tying) in the corner of ever other 2 1/2 inch block on every other row. His reason for this is so it doesn't take away from the beautiful design. I will probably hand quilt some design on the outer border. I thought it was kind of funny that you and my DH was thinking along the same line...lol.

There are so many quilt designs, and I like to do ones with lots of design just because of that. I have a quilt I did about 1 1/2 yrs. ago, when I first started machine quilting. I had a pattern, and it's all batiks. But it needs lots of quilting to really make it look like what I want it to look like, so it hangs in my closet. Only one of 2 UFO's. The other UFO are three pansies that I hand did about 15 years ago and lost the pattern, so I only had three 16" blocks. I did add sashing, but I'm not thrilled with it, so it'll have to come apart so I can add something that wouldn't need so much quilting.

I love your wall hanging Katie! The colors did come out really good. I'm not much for beige or tan but it does look good with the red. It does have a vague resemblance to Native American designs. I love the secondary designs that come out. The white around the red squares reminds me of Native American stars I have seen. it's a vague resemblance but I didn't see it til you put this together.

I love seeing what happens when you put several of the same quilt blocks together. Those secondary designs are so fun to see pop out.

I hope your friend likes it as much as I do!

If she doesn't, I'll just tell her to send it back, cause I like it too.

I love your fabric choices!

very pretty :)

Beautiful!!! I love secondary patterns in the quilts. They are like an extra present. :thumbup:

Katie I love the 3D effect that it has. It is georgious! I've got to say that that's my favorite block out of them all.

I have so many favorite blocks. Maybe that's why I'm going nuts down here. I want to do so many and now that I did this one where it shows the secondary block. I have to make them all. My sampler won't show any secondary blocks, but I'm getting really close to getting to it to start my quilting.

Katie you're so funny. Now I know why you keep Rhonda hopping...lol.

Well I don't like seeing someone just sit and do nothing. LOL I don't know what I'd do if I worked. I'd never get any sleep.

Your blocks are beautiful