This “easy enough for beginners” lesson shows you how to make a new block out of an old block.
Click Libraries > Block Library > 01 Classic Pieced > Antique Mosaics.
Scroll to find the block “Mosaic, No. 17” > click to select the block > click Add to Sketchbook.
Click the View Sketchbook button > click the BLOCKS section > click the block to select it.
Click the Edit button (on the bottom) to send the block down to the BLOCK worktable, so you can edit it.
Click the Pick tool. We’re going to erase a few lines, turning the “Mosaic, No. 17” into an “Ocean Waves” block.
Looking at the picture as a guide, click each line not needed, to select the line. Then press your keyboardDelete key. (If you mistakenly delete a line you still need, click EDIT > Undo immediately and the line will return.)You want to leave the two rows of triangles running diagonally across the block’s center, as shown.
Color your block with your choice of lights and darks, as shown.
Click the “Ocean Waves” block you just made.
Use CTRL+ click to set your block into each of the 16 block spaces.
Next we’re going to rotate. But instead of using the Rotate tool, we’ll rotate all blocks at once using the Symmetry Tool.
Hold down your keyboard CTRL key as you click (CTRL+click) any block in the quilt. All blocks will rotate and/or flip at once.
Repeat this. CTRL+click, again and again, noticing different designs form. Click the Add to Sketchbook button to save any designs you like.
The Symmetry tool cycles through 16 different designs as you CTRL+click repeatedly, before you see the starting design again.
This simple lesson shows how easy it is to create new blocks by modifying an already existing block.
Click the EasyDraw tab at the bottom. You’re now back on the Block worktable, looking at the “Ocean Waves” block you made.
Click the Pick tool. Looking at the 2 pictures below, click on each unneeded line and press your keyboard Delete key to erase all unneeded lines. You want your block to look like the picture of the “Hunter’s Star” block. Hint: You will be deleting 8 lines.
Remember: Click EDIT > Undo immediately if you mistakenly erase a needed line.
Click the Add to Sketchbook button when you are done.
Click the Color tab at the bottom of the screen. Don’t worry if you see color from your previous colorings. We’ll recolor.
Click your “Hunter’s Star” block.
Use CTRL+ click to set your block into each of the 16 block spaces, replacing the “Ocean Waves” blocks.
CTRL+click as often as you’d like to create different designs.
Click the Add to Sketchbook button to save any designs you like.Since you named a new project before you added anything to the Sketchbook, all your designs are saved in yourOcean Waves project file.