Prairie Braid Quilt in EQ5 First, practice drawing the design repeat as a square block. Snap points 8 x 8, block size 8" x 8", graph paper divisions 8 x 8. To create a long strip block -- base everything on 8. Set the horizontal snap points at 8, vertical snap points need to be a multiple of 8.  Same with the block size and the graph paper divisions (for ease of drawing).  Draw the square repeat at the top of the block, select all (CTRL+A). Copy & paste the repeat to complete the block (the illustration below shows only the top part of a 4" x 24" block). Set your long blocks in a Vertical Strip quilt layout with strip size the same as your block size.   After staring at this block awhile, I found a variation that may work even better. This one has the points of the braid in the center. Note: This one could be drawn on the same 8 x 8 grid or you can use 4 x 4. Here's yet another variation and the resulting quilt:

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