Odelia’s Peacocks and the Electric Fan is a 3-color, 3-fabric quilt in a horizontal setting. It measures 81 x 81 inches. I was having fun just playing around with unusual blocks and fun applique designs in Electric Quilt with this quilt.
This design uses the Inklingo 9″ Storm at Sea Collection and the Inklingo 3″ Clamshell Edge Collection. I colored the blocks in EQ7 with fabrics from Toscana and Artisan Spirit Shimmer by Northcott.
There are 2 Odelias in my family tree. One I’m actually related to. She’s a first cousin 2x times removed in my paternal grandmother’s mother’s line—Odelia [George] Perry. The other Odelia is the sister-in-law of a third cousin 2x removed. Really. I was obviously busy following leads in someone’s tree on Ancestry.com and wasn’t paying any attention to just how the people I was adding to my tree were actually related to me. It happens. You lose track.
The same thing happens to me in Electric Quilt. All of a sudden I have 50 different colorways of the same quilt design because I’m thinking, “I wonder how it would look if I changed this color?” Somehow I ended up with the Electric Fan quilt block in my Sketchbook of Blocks. Being able to make the block with part of an Inklingo collection made me decide to keep it and use it in a quilt design. Then I was playing around with the Auto-Border feature—suddenly there were peacocks. [Who knew?] Well, I had to use them, too. I modified them a bit to make them simpler. You could probably even machine applique them. That’s how Odelia ended up with peacocks and electric fans.
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Fabric 1 |
J Square 1.5″ | 500 | 25] 8.5 x 10.75″ | 9″ Storm: 34 & 35 | |
| 4.25″ Squares [For No-Waste Flying Geese] |
65 | See Triangle Tips PDF: Flying Geese Instructions | In 6″ LeMoyne Star Collection if you want to print them. | ||
| G HST 1.5″ | 480 | 20] 7.5 x 10.25″ Pair with turquoise fabric, sew and cut. See Triangle Tips PDF. |
9″ Storm: 28 & 29 | ||
| G HST 1.5″ | 260 | 11] 7.5 x 10.25″ [Prints 4 extra] See Triangle Tips PDF: Square in a Square. |
9″ Storm: 28 & 29 | ||
| Border Strips | 4 | 6.5″ wide [Minimum as some like to add extra for shrinkage in applique] Cut length of fabric to avoid piecing |
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Fabric 2 |
F Square 2.12” | 65 | 5] 8.5 x 11.25″ & 1] 5.75 x 8.75″ [Prints 1 extra] See Triangle Tips PDF: Square in a Square. |
9” Storm: 26 & 27 | |
| G HST 1.5″ | 480 | 20] 7.5 x 10.25″ Cut but do not print. Pair with white fabric, sew and cut. See Triangle Tips PDF. |
9″ Storm: 28 & 29 | ||
| Clamshell Combo Quarter | 120 sets [Prints enough for blocks & inner border] |
20] 8.5 x 11″ | 3″ Clamshell Edge: 28 & 29 | ||
| Peacock Body | 32 |
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| Peacock Feathers | 64 |
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| Binding Strips | 9 strips |
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Fabric 3 |
G HST 1.5″ [For No-Waste Flying Geese] |
260 | 11] 7.5 x 10.25″ [Prints 4 extra] Before cutting apart, review Triangle Tips PDF: Flying Geese Instructions |
9″ Storm: 28 & 29 | |
| Clamshell Combo Quarter | 120 sets [Prints enough for blocks & inner border] |
20] 8.5 x 11″ | 3″ Clamshell Edge: 28 & 29 | ||
| Peacock Feathers | 64 | Odelia’s Peacocks Border Applique PDF | // | ||
| Small Circles | 96 | Odelia’s Peacocks Border Applique PDF |
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Want to check my math? The Odelia’s Peacocks & the Electric Fan Math PDF is here. Quilt blocks are pictured on the Math PDF. Linda’s Inklingo Triangle Tips PDF Some of the shapes are available in other collections as well as the 9” Storm at Sea Collection. For example, the HST 00B & Square 00B Collections among others. See the Index of Shapes for a list of collections the shapes are in.
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Margaret’s Storm at Sea is a 3-color, 5-fabric quilt in a horizontal setting. It measures 81 x 81 inches. I substituted the outside row of 6″ Square in a Square units for a 6″ Yin Yang block. They look like rolling waves in this 4-color block.
This design uses the Inklingo 9″ Storm at Sea Collection and the Inklingo Yin Yang Collection. I colored the blocks in EQ7 with fabrics from Artisan Spirit Shimmer collections and Stonehenge by Northcott.
I have two Margarets in my direct family lines that were immigrants to New York in the 1830s. [Andrew Jackson was president to give you a historical reference.] I thought a Storm at Sea quilt seemed appropriate for them. In my paternal grandmother’s line, Margaret [Hausauer] Buisch Bamberg arrived aboard the Charles Carroll in New York on 25 July 1833—the day after she turned 7 years old. Margaret is my 2x great grandmother. Her family is from Alsace France. In 1860 Margaret came down with smallpox which left her blind. She lived for more than 40 years as a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother without her sight.
Three years after the Hausauers arrived in New York, the Williamson family—my paternal grandfather’s line—arrived aboard the North America on 6 July 1836. Margaret [Pollitt] Williamson [Isabella’s mama] is my 3x great grandmother. The Williamsons left Lancashire, England to settle in Rochester, New York. Margaret died in 1856 from apoplexy which is a broad medical term that, at that time, could have been meant a stroke, an aneurysm or even a heart attack. Margaret Williamson’s descendents are scattered all over the United States today.
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Yin Yang Layout 4 | 28 | 14] 5.5 x 10.5″ | Yin Yang: 24 & 25 | |
| D HST 2.12″ | 144 | 9] 6.5 x 12.75″ | 9″ Storm: 18 & 19 | ||
| F Square 2.12″ | 81 | 6] 8.5 x 11.25″ & 1] 8.5 x 8.5″ |
9″ Storm: 26 & 27 | ||
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Fabric 2 |
Yin Yang Layout 4 | 28 | 14] 5.5 x 10.5″ | Yin Yang: 24 & 25 | |
| B/BR Combo | 288 sets | 18] 7.5 x 11″ LANDSCAPE |
9″ Storm: 10 & 11 | ||
| Border strips | 9 strips | 3.5″ wide Cut WOF and pieced |
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| Binding Strips | 9 strips | // | // | ||
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Fabric 3 |
A Diamond Layout 1 | 144 | 36] 7 x 10.75″ | 9″ Storm: 6 & 7 | |
| G HST 1.5″ | 324 | 13] 7.5 x 10.25″ & 1] 7.5 x 5.5″ |
9 Storm: 28 & 29 | ||
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Fabric 4 |
Yin Yang Layout 4 | 28 | 14] 5.5 x 10.5″ | Yin Yang: 24 & 25 | |
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Fabric 5 |
Yin Yang Layout 4 | 28 | 14] 5.5 x 10.5″ | Yin Yang: 24 & 25 | |
| C Square 3″ | 36 | 6] 7.5 x 11.25″ | 9″ Storm: 16 & 17 | ||
| E HST 3″ | 144 | 12] 8.25 x 12.25″ | 9″ Storm: 22 & 23 | ||
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Want to check my math? The Margaret’s Storm at Sea Math PDF is here. Quilt blocks are pictured on the Math PDF. Be sure to check my All About the Seas Pinterest board for more quilty Storm at Sea inspiration! |
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Storm at Sea is one of those blocks where color placement and light/dark value placement make a huge impact on the overall look of the quilt. All that was changed in the colorway above is the color placement in the 3” Square in a Square blocks. In the original quilt, the blocks have white centers with dark green HST. In this design, the colors in that block have been reversed.   |
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Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden is a 6-color, 6-fabric quilt in a horizontal setting. It measures 72 x 72 inches. Originally I used a pastel palette for the quilt but then decided that butterflies and flowers are usually much more colorful. I switched from Northcott’s Toscana line to their Artisan Spirit Shimmer Collection for this quilt.
This design uses the Inklingo 3″ Drunkards Path Collection. I colored the blocks in EQ7 with fabrics from several Artisan Spirit Shimmer collections by Northcott.
I have a few cousins named Kathleen in my Canadian Duthie and McEvoy lines. There are a lot more Katherines and Katherinas [thanks to some German lines] than Kathleens in my family tree. No Kathleen story to share though as there are none are in my direct lines.
I love playing around with Drunkards Path units turning and twisting them to make new designs. This block is not original but it is uncommon—Like the Kathleens in my family tree.
[WordPress updated their editor and I have to say, I DON’T LIKE IT!! I gave up in frustration trying to post tables copied from MSWord last week. I’m determined to catch up in my A to Z Challenge posts—frustration or not. It’s going to take a lot of chocolate…]
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The large flowers in the border would be good for machine applique. |
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B Layout 1 | 18 | 1] 5.5 x 14.5″ & 1] 5.5 x 11.75″ |
3″ DP: 12 & 13 | |||
| D Square | 9 | 1] 7.5 x 11.25″ & 1] 4 x 11.25″[Can also cut these from 3.5″ strips rather than printing] |
3″ DP: 18 & 19 | ||||
| Outer Petals [7 Flowers] |
28 | Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF | // | ||||
| Inner Petals [7 Flowers] |
28 | Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF | // | ||||
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Fabric 2 |
B Layout 1 | 18 | 1] 5.5 x 14.5″ & 1] 5.5 x 11.75″ |
3″ DP: 12 & 13 | |||
| D Square | 9 | 1] 7.5 x 11.25″ & 1] 4 x 11.25″[Can also cut these from 3.5″ strips rather than printing] |
3″ DP: 18 & 19 | ||||
| Outer Petals [7 Flowers] |
28 | Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF | // | ||||
| Inner Petals [7 Flowers] |
28 | Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF | // | ||||
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Fabric 3 |
B Layout 1 | 18 | 1] 5.5 x 14.5″ & 1] 5.5 x 11.75″ |
3″ DP: 12 & 13 | |||
| D Square | 9 | 1] 7.5 x 11.25″ & 1] 4 x 11.25″[Can also cut these from 3.5″ strips rather than printing] |
3″ DP: 18 & 19 | ||||
| Outer Petals [7 Flowers] |
28 | Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF | // | ||||
| Inner Petals [7 Flowers] |
28 | Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF | // | ||||
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Fabric 4 |
B Layout 1 | 18 | 1] 5.5 x 14.5″ & 1] 5.5 x 11.75″ |
3″ DP: 12 & 13 | |||
| D Square | 9 | 1] 7.5 x 11.25″ & 1] 4 x 11.25″[Can also cut these from 3.5″ strips rather than printing] |
3″ DP: 18 & 19 | ||||
| Outer Petals [7 Flowers] |
28 | Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF | // | ||||
| Inner Petals [7 Flowers] |
28 | Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF | // | ||||
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Fabric 5 |
B Layout 1 | 144 | 14] 5.5 x 14.5″ & 1] 5.5 x 6” |
3″ DP: 12 & 13 | |||
| C | 9 | 4] 7 x 13.75″& 1] 7 x 7.25″ |
3″ DP: 16 & 17 | ||||
| Leaves | 112 | Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF | // | ||||
| Flower Centers | 28 | Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF | // | ||||
| Binding Strips | 8 strips | // | // | ||||
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Fabric 6 |
A Layout 1 | 216 | 36] 5.5 x 11.25″ | 3″ DP: 8 & 9 | |||
| B Layout 1 | 36 | 3] 5.5 x 14.5″ & 1] 5.5 x 9″ |
3″ DP: 12 & 13 | ||||
| D Squares | 36 | 6] 7.5 x 11.25″ [Can also cut these from 3.5″ strips rather than printing] |
3″ DP: 18 & 19 | ||||
| Border Strips | 4 Cut length of fabric to avoid piecing |
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Want to check my math? The Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Math PDF is here. Quilt blocks are pictured on the Math PDF. You can also use the information above to make this quilt using 3″ Drunkards Path Templates. Check the Store tab in my blog header under Rulers for Drunkards Path Template Sets. Be sure to check my Along a Crooked Path Pinterest board for more quilty Drunkards Path inspiration! |
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Inklingo Drunkards Path Video
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How to Rotary Cut Curves Inklingo Video
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Sewing Curves Without Pins
This is how I sew curves. (I dislike pinning!) I use a 3M Command Strip pasted along the side of my presser foot to help as a guide also. You need to be sure to use your 1/4″ presser foot if you are going to use a Command Strip as a guide. When I am done sewing curves, the Command Strip removes easily from my machine bed.
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