Well, thanks to a fellow RAFA member, I finally have the key to drafting the blocks from the Serendipity patterns into Electric Quilt. I should add that I bought EQ1 from Penny McMorris the first day of the Houston show back when it was first introduced. It sold out by the next day!! I have been a faithful upgrader since then (although I haven't been able to reinstall my EQ7 since my computer was "cleaned" of its viruses last June). I had no idea how to draft these hexagon blocks though and that truly frustrated me as I am so used to using EQ to test out color combinations or roughly right borders. It has saved a lot of cutting of fabric only to be wasted when it didn't work.
I sat down for a couple of hours yesterday and today using the book I mentioned yesterday. These are all the blocks in the Doubledipity book (by Sara Nephew) that use a star in the middle (well, the super simple one I didn't bother with). I haven't truly played with the colors yet but am excited as using this, I can really make the blocks look different depending on what colors and especially values I am using where.
Of course, I haven't added the background hexagons but suspect if I fiddle a bit I can do that as well somehow. When I feel like playing computer geek, may attempt that. Also want to get the sizing so I can vary the size of the blocks beyond the base 3 1/4 inch diamonds and 3 1/2 triangles I am using now.
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