FEATURED SHOP #10: Quilter’s Emporium

March 10th, 2010

Quilter’s Emporium
11925 Southwest Freeway, Suite 11
Stafford, TX 77477
(281) 491.0016
Rcook@quiltersemporium.com
open 7 days a week – M-Sa 10-5 Thursday 10-6 Sunday 12-4
www.quiltersemporium.com

Clubs: Strip Club, Thimbleberries Club, Jo Morton Club, Baltimore Album Club, Applique Society, Houston Sewing Guild

WE WANT TO KNOW:

If you can sew a straight line, you can make a quilt! Try to take a class at a reputable quilt shop or from a patient friend. Read quilt magazines and good quilt books. Start with simple projects and gain some success then expand your skills. You can do it!

Do you have any advice for someone who wants to start quilting who never has before?

What beginning quilting question do you get quite often? What do you tell them?
Is quilting hard? NO! J

Do you help your customers plan a design to finish their UFO’s? What’s your favorite trick?
Yes! Sometimes if all they have are a bunch of old blocks, we suggest a different setting and add a fresh sashing or border to bring it back “to life”!

What’s your favorite part of the day at work?
When the store opens and we see new customers at the door!

What’s your next quilting purchase going to be and why?
A new Janome 3160 sewing machine! Can’t wait to test the new features, extension table, etc.

If you teach, what is your favorite class to teach?
Beginning Quilt Making

If you have taken quilting classes, who was your favorite teacher and what was the class on?
Jodi Barrows….anything! She’s wonderful!


FEATURED SHOP #9: Cotton & Chocolate Quilt Company

March 9th, 2010

Cotton & Chocolate Quilt Company
Owners: Marilyn & Jerry Petersen
1724 Avenida De Los Arboles, #E,
Thousand Oaks, California 91362

Telephone: 805-241-0061
Business Hours: Monday-Thursday 10-6;
Friday-Saturday 10-5; Sunday 12-4
Website: http://www.cottonandchocolate.com
Email: marilyn@cottonandchocolate.com or jerry@cottonandchocolate.com

Cotton & Chocolate Quilt Company is fortunate to have many talented quilt designers that are part of our teaching staff. Of our exclusively sold patterns, Penni’s Stars & Stripes is one of our most popular. This classic design was created by one of our original store managers, Penni Albarran. A local pattern company owned by Ann Borger (one of our teachers), Quilts with Attitude, publishes the pattern. This classic and timeless patriotic pattern is popular year round. In addition to selling many pre-packaged quilt kits, customers who have collected Americana fabrics gravitate to the pattern. Penni’s quilt sample has been displayed in our shop as well as in our booth at several quilt shows.

This year we just expanded from 1500 to 2800 square feet. Our new store has the same great vibe as our previous smaller location. We have an amazing assortment of fabric and notions, top-notch nationally-recognized and locally revered teachers and the absolute knowledge that our customers rock!
In addition to our wonderful shop, we have taken Cotton & Chocolate on the road. We have vended at several local shows as well as some of the larger national shows including the International Quilt Shows in Houston and Long Beach and have recently added the Pacific International Quilt Festival. Our demonstrations of a hand-pieced flower garden technique using Paper PiecesTM hexagons have inspired hundreds of quilters around the country to enjoy this relaxing and therapeutic activity. Check out our website for some of the fun and unique table runner kits.

WE WANT TO KNOW:

What does our shop does better than any other shop?
That’s simple. We have fun, enjoy quilting and know the value of good chocolate. As quilt shop owners, my husband and I enjoy building a personal and lasting relationship with our customers.

Do you have any advice for someone who wants to start quilting who never has before?
At our store we try to keep up an image of high energy. New quilters come into our shop and just feel the buzz. There is a lot going on here. One of the photo’s I enclosed is from one of our Saturday Sampler meetings where we get over 100 women into our shop before we open. Talk about buzz! We also do many block of the month programs and a wide array of classes. All of our class samples are hanging on the walls and create a great atmosphere that stimulates the quilter. We encourage new quilters by showing them the fun and excitement and reward that comes with quilting.

Do you help your customers plan a design to finish their UFO’s? What’s your favorite trick?
Like many shops we have created an evening class on Friday’s that we call “Girl’s nite Out” where one of our best teachers provides a fun (food & drink) environment for customers to come and finish their projects. They get away from their daily grind, we get some business, and everyone leaves happier.

If you teach, what is your favorite class to teach?
Of course I teach EQ in our shop and absolutely love doing it. I use a laptop and projector to teach. All of my students use their computer’s for a hands-on experience. They always leave my class feeling they really got their money’s worth. I do my best to show them as much as possible of EQ without creating information overload to the point that they can’t remember anything. I even give them homework between class sessions!

As one of the owners I (Jerry) teach the EQ classes and have been doing EQ talks at the local quilt guilds. Penni knows me from Houston and other interactions. My wife Marilyn has been teaching McKenna Ryan classes and has been having a great following with that. She also has just recently learned a starch-turn applique method that is hugely popular in our store.

We have about 10 fabulous teachers that keep our customer base happy every quarter when we offer a new selection of classes.

Marilyn & Jerry Petersen

FEATURED SHOP #8: The Cotton Club

March 8th, 2010

The Cotton Club
106 N 6th - B5
Boise Idaho, 83702

website: http://www.cottonclub.com/
blog: http://cottonclubquilt.blogspot.com/
Email: cotton@cottonclub.com

Ph: 208 345 5567
Mon-Fri - 8:30 to 4:30 - Mountain Time

The Cotton Club has been delivering quality 100% cotton fabric to quilters and sewers around the world since 1986. Now, with the Internet, it is like we are in our customers home town or living room. We feel so much closer and are able to respond more quickly to their needs.

In recent years, as well as, being known for our fabric, thread, and other clubs, we have found, we love to take fabrics and pair them with patterns for gorgeous quilts that we then offer as Block of the Months - BOM quilts. We seem to gravitate towards the applique quilts, such as Simple Gifts, in the photo, behind the computer on which Jami Herndon is working. It uses only one line of fabric - Fossil Fern by Benartex, now 119 colors. This line has been available since 1996 and we never seem to tire of it. The subtle changes of color and texture of the design motiff make it interesting, dynamic and very versatile. We set out to prove it with this quilt and achieved our goal. It has won many awards. It was hand-appliqued primarily by co-workers, Patty Henry and Joyce Cambron using the Simple Gifts pattern by Mary Sorensen.

The next one we attacked was Sunday Blues. For this one we combined Fossil Fern with Batiks and used Dinah Jeffries patterns. Co-worker Kate White did all of the applique on this one and it too has been a show stopper. Since, we now carry a large selection of the Serenity/Diawabo fabric, we were anxious to make a neutral quilt using these sophistciated fabrics. When we saw the pattern, “A Primitive Garden” using wool, we had an idea it would be the patttern for our “Serenity Garden” quilt. This time we collaborated with our local guild, Boise Basin Quilters. It is now the 2010 Raffle quilt for their annual show. We chose the fabric and provided a pattern and members of the guild made the blocks. We are all members, so many of the blocks were made by us. We think with each quilt, we are adding a bright star to the world of quilting and love that it was a collaboration of 16 quilters in our community.

WE WANT TO KNOW:

Do you have any advice for someone who wants to start quilting who never has before?
Whenever we hear someone is a new quilter, we think how lucky they are and hope it brings them as much happiness as it has brought us. There is always something new to learn and quilters, including us, are always growing. And, if someone asks us if we mind working in a basement, we immediately say, not at all, we love being buried in fabric with no windows to do it harm.

FEATURED SHOP #7: Fabric Patch

March 7th, 2010

Fabric Patch
Quilting Headquarters of the North
100 W. McLeod Ave.
Ironwood, MI 49938
906-932-5260
http://www.fabricpatch.com/
fabricpatch@sbcglobal.net
Store Hours:
Mon.-Fri. 9:30-5:00
Saturday 9:30-4:00
Sunday Closed
Buses welcome - Please call ahead

We have been in business for 29 years and have gained the reputation of the Quilting Headquarters of the North. We have aproximately 4000 bolts of quilting fabric and we are Husqvarna Viking Dealers. We are located in God’s Country in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

We are a gathering place for quilting friends. Either just visiting, taking a class or shopping. Our staff is extremely knowledgeable and all are great friends outside of the shop with a love of quilting. Each of us brings a different level of expertise to the shop and it is what makes it all work. From helping the brand new beginner customer with learning all the jargon of the quilt world to the machine software enthusiast, we can meet all their needs.

We are always searching out what is new and fun. Right now we have our customers participating in a Friendship Triangle Exchange designed by Edyta Sitar from Laundry Basket Quilts. She is one of our favorites. Our customers are stitching 2 1/2″ half square triangle sheets from Edyta. They are bringing them back as their invitation to a party at the shop where we will exchange them with equal amounts and have quilts on display from Edita’s new book, prizes, treats and specials just for them. It is going to be a blast.

FEATURED SHOP #6: The Sampler

March 6th, 2010

The Sampler
551 W. 78th St.
Chanhassen, MN 55317
952-934-5307
http://www.the-sampler.com/
sampler@the-sampler.com
Open 7 days a week.
M-W-Fr-Sat 10-5pm
T-Th - 10-8pm
Sun 12-4pm

WE WANT TO KNOW:
Do you have any advice for someone who wants to start quilting who never has before?
I usually warn customers that it may be addicting!

What beginning quilting question do you get quite often? What do you tell them?
I usually tell a customer to pick out a fabric that they love and then we will choose other fabrics that will blend with that. A lot of times you also have to explain some the terminology of basic words. We realize that the language and quilting terms are strange to them.

Do you help your customers plan a design to finish their UFO’s? What’s your favorite trick?
We absolutely can plan a layout or help with fabrics that will complement the fabrics they have used. If they want a big quilt, sometimes planning a design where the squares are put on point with make it look bigger without a lot of borders.

What’s your favorite part of the day at work?
Our favorite time of the day is when we are the busiest which happens to be around 11am-3pm

What’s your next quilting purchase going to be and why?  My personal next quilting purchase will probably be a box of every kind of sewing machine needles so that I will always have what I need when working at home. I change needles after every project.

If you teach, what is your favorite class to teach?
I personally don’t teach as I know that I am not a good teacher. But in the store, we are always trying to bring in classes that many customers cannot find any place else. Our store have evolved into a more”artsy” type store so are teaching dying, fabric manipulation, utilizing the decorative stitches on our machines and what ever we find new on the market. We have a vast resource for classes in our area.

If you have taken quilting classes, who was your favorite teacher and what was the class on?
I took a class on learning the tips of doing freehand feather quilting. The teacher was a folk art painter and converted the learning trechniques for that into doing feather quilting.

What’s the best part about working all day in a quilt shop?
The best part of working all day in a quilt shop for me as an owner is my very creative and upbeat staff and seeing how happy they make our customers feel. You can tell that they really enjoy being work and the customers can feel it.

A Heads Up On This Months EQ Articles

March 6th, 2010

Andrea Bishop has been busy creating many EQ6 articles and lessons that will be published in upcoming magazine! So I wanted to share them with you here to give you a heads up. If you don’t already get these magazines make sure you go out and purchase them for the EQ6 articles. Here are a few places you can catch some of Andrea’s most recent publications:

Quiltposium - Spring 2010, Issue #3
Availabe Now
Learn how to make web images and patterns with EQ6. You’ll find out how to export and image with EQ6, how to export and explode a block design using metafile in Microsoft Word, how to insert pictures into Word, and how to createa a PDF file. Trust me, you’ll want to know this stuff!

Quilters Newsletter Magazine - April/May 2010
Available March 16
Learn how to make Pieced Boarders and Medallion Quilts. Electric Quilt is a powerful software that helps quilters design and print patterns. Some of the most difficult math problems quilters face are solved automatically in EQ6, which makes pieced bordered and medallion quilts a breeze to set up.

SQE Magazine - March
Available in March
Read about how the EQ Quilt Gallery is making a huge impact for those designers who’ve posted their quilts. The EQ Quilt gallery is an amazing tool for networking and spreading your name and talents.

FEATURED SHOP #5: 112 Sewing Supplies, Inc

March 5th, 2010

112 Sewing Supplies, Inc.
142 Medford Ave
Patchogue, NY 11772
http://www.112sewing.com/
112sew@optonline.net
phone and fax 631 475 8282
hours: 10 to 6pm Monday through Saturday

Classes available: Beginner Quilting
Jenny Haskins Authorized Educators teach Quilting with Embroidery Quilted Garments and Accessories

WE WANT TO KNOW:
Do you have any advice for someone who wants to start quilting who never has before?”
Take a class from an organized, experienced teacher. Purchase the correct, quality supplies that are advised. Purchase quality fabrics. This way, you will always have the correct tools and the fabric in your quilt will last forever. Try to map out and plan your quilt before you dive in. The Electric Quilt Products are excellent tools for this job. We have had many very satisfied quilters because they planned the quilt on their computers and felt the quilt was truly “One of a Kind!”

What’s your favorite part of the day at work?
My favorite time of the day is the morning. We walk through the store (as small as it is) and wonder who may come through the door on this day. Customers can be so creative and friendly. They love to come in with Show-and-Tell, especially when they have purchased the fabric here. This is always a happy time for us as we can remember when we were first teaching them what a “Fat Quarter” was, and how they had to use a quarter-inch foot for their machines. We cannot believe how talented they all are and how willing they are to share their art and stories with us.

If you have taken quilting classes, who was your favorite teacher and what was the class on?
The best national educator that ever set foot in this store was Emily Nipp. She has retired from teaching, sadly, but we hope she is still stitching up a storm. We were mesmerized by her enthusiasm, her easy smile, her strict quilting rules, and her ability to ease every student’s apprehension and tension about free motion quilting and using unusual threads and techniques. What a whirlwind she was.
We also adore Stephanie Kimura. She is still available and whipping up quilts, patterns, pocketbooks, garments and FUN. We never laughed so much as we did the three days she was in the shop. Everyone wanted to take her home. She makes you just jump in and play with all the built-in stitches in your machine. She is a very thorough instructor and all the students completed their projects. This is very important to attendees.

Christine Scorza, Owner, President
112 Sewing Supplies, Inc.

 

EQ6 Designed Stained Glass

March 5th, 2010

Meet Svanhild from the Netherlands. She used EQ6 to create this beautiful stained glass piece for her front door. Here’s her story:

I use EQ for almost all my quilts…. and love it. And my daughter loves it also… Here are a few things I’ve used it for, toghether with her. I often print out blank blocks and quilts for her to color with crayons, whe makes the most amazing designs using symmetry when colouring, and she loves doing really intricate pieces.. Also, I used EQ to create a stained-glass for my front door… I printed blocks using the correct measurements, then I drew the outlines for Stained Glass paint, and my daugther filled in all the colours… I’m enclosing a picture to show you. It’s not the best photo, but it gives the idea…
We’ve done the same using applique shapes as well, decorating mirrors and windows…
Gotta love EQ..
Svanhild, the Netherlands

FEATURED SHOP #4: The National Quilt Museum’s Shop

March 4th, 2010

The National Quilt Museum’s Shop
Paducah, KY
270.442.8856
www.NationalQuiltMuseum.org
info@quiltmuseum.org
10-5 Mon-Sat Year-round; 1-5 Sun April-October

The National Quilt Museum’s Shop features many quilt-related gifts as well as fine crafted pottery, jewelry, blown glass and more. The Shop’s Book Room features more than 800 quilt-related titles. Students at The National Quilt Museum enjoy exceptional facilities and top instructors while exploring the galleries for relaxation and inspiration! For a full class list, visit www.nationalquiltmuseum.org/education_adult.htm.

WE WANT TO KNOW

Do you have any advice for someone who wants to start quilting who never has before?
First, do not get overwhelmed by the award-winning quilts in the museum’s galleries! Instead, find one that especially draws you in for a closer look. Think about what it is that interests you about the quilt and use those aspects as ideas for what you want to create. Then explore the Shop’s Book Room which features more than 800 different book titles. Museum staff can help you find books particularly good for beginner quilters and give directions to the local quilt shops for all your supplies. Don’t forget to check out the museum’s list of classes for quilters at all levels!

What’s your favorite part of the day at work?

Ask this question to any of the staff at The National Quilt Museum and you will get close to the same answer from everyone! It would be talking with the visitors after viewing the exhibits. As a museum centered on the art of quilting, the variety and number of quilts available is outstanding. More than 150 quilts are on exhibit year-round and highlight the best trends and quilters of today’s art quilt as well as contemporary traditional quilts. The museum opens eyes to what was a pastime of our ancestors is now a modern form of art!

Happy National Quilting Month!

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FEATURED SHOP #3: Quilting Plus LLC

March 3rd, 2010

Quilting Plus LLC
Warrens, WI
608-378-4585
quiltingplus.wordpress.com
quiltingplus@gmail.com

Shop Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm
Thursday 9am - 8:00pm
Beginning in April: Also open on Monday’s 9:00am - 5:00pm

I have a variety of classes and clubs. We meet once a Month for Cranberry Club, Jane’s Club, Seasonal Wall Hanging Class to name a few. The Busy Bee’s Quilt Guild also meets here once a month. I have a picture of a quilt that I designed for our Cranberry Club. I used the EQ6 program.

WE WANT TO KNOW:

Do you have any advice for someone who wants to start quilting who never has before?
I try to encourage anyone who wants to try quilting. It’s very rewarding and the quilts they make will be keep sakes for all to enjoy. I also teach beginners quilting classes which is an enjoyment to see the enthusiasm and joy when they accomplish something. They are like flowers blossoming into full bloom when the quilt is done. They will sometimes say I can’t do that but after they do it, they say well that wasn’t so hard. And I get to say, I told you so. I have beginners that blow my mind away with their accomplishments.

What’s your favorite part of the day at work?
The best part about working in my shop all day of course is fondling the fabrics, getting to chose the fabrics for the shop, but mostly it’s meeting new and old quilters and the comrade and friend ships you share. All quilter’s are caring people and a joy to be around. We’re always learning from each other and love to share our ideas.

FEATURED SHOP #2: Pieceful Gathering Quilt Shop

March 2nd, 2010


Pieceful Gat
hering Quilt Shop
106 Northwest Hwy
Fox River Grove, IL 60021
(847) 516-7911
www.piecefulgathering.com
http://piecefulgathering.blogspot.com/
quiltmaker@piecefulgathering.com

Shop Hours:
Tuesday & Wednesday 10-9
Thursday - Saturday 10-5

We have a wide variety of classes and clubs. We particularly love our beginners - it is so much fun when you get to see then learn and grow into confident quilters. We also host several clubs including our newest club  Sarah’s Circle Sewing Club. It is actually named after my GGGrandmother. We just started it recently, and we are having so much fun. We have been taking antique quilts and reproducing them. If you go to our website and blog, you can see my progress on a couple of them. The group is really having fun coming up with their own variations on the basic ideas. It is much more fun for me, as a teacher, to teach them a method and see how they make it their own.

We also have several other ongoing clubs - Quiltsmart, Civil War Diary and Love Letters (soon to be adding Farmer’s Wife), Snickel Club (quilts made using Nickels (5″ squares) and Snippets (10″ squares), Featherweight Club, Baltimore Album Club and Pieceful Stitchers (sort of a Bee Group).

Besides our Beginner classes, we usually have a few quilt classes along with classes for other items - bags, dolls, etc. Our favorite classes are technique classes. They usually only meet once for a few hours of hands on experience in a particular technique. The students can decide for themselves if they want to make something small, like a tablerunner, or go nuts and make a full-size quilt.

My daughter and partner, Katie, and I design a lot of the patterns that we carry in the shop, and we encourage our teachers to design quilts and other things, too. I think it sets our shop apart a little if people come in and see things that are only available here. I also have a fabric line (my first - I am so excited!) coming out with Blue Hill Fabrics. It is called Rebecca’s Madders. We are not sure exactly when - I have had conflicting stories from our rep and the company, so I am just holding my breath, and working on patterns we can use with the fabric.

Shop Pieceful Gathering Quilt Shop online. They offer FREE SHIPPING on orders over $100!

WE WANT TO KNOW:

Do you have any advice for someone who wants to start quilting who never has before?
Take as many classes as you can. Go on retreats and join a guild. This advice is not strictly for newbies. I adhere to this advice myself. I have never gone to any class, retreat, etc. where I didn’t pick up some new tip or trick that I didn’t know. I don’t think we can ever know everything, and there is never just one way to do things. Learn several method from different teachers, and use the one that works the best for you.

What beginning quilting question do you get quite often? What do you tell them?
It seems like many of the beginners that come into our shop are hoping to make some sort of memory quilt out of t-shirts of old clothes. Generally, I try to explain that it is not as easy (or as inexpensive) as they think it will be, and I suggest that they sign up for a beginner class before they take our ever-popular t-shirt quilt class.

Do you help your customers plan a design to finish their UFO’s? What’s your favorite trick?
I often help customers with UFOs and I love helping them design settings for orphan blocks - often using EQ! I will often point them to either a book we have, or I will get something from my library if I have something in mind. I love Sharyn Craig’s books - Setting Solutions and Great Sets. I think they should be in every quilter’s library.

What’s your favorite part of the day at work?
My favorite part of the day sort of depends on what day it is. I love it when our classes or demo groups come in and fill the shop with their energy and new ideas. I truly feel that I learn more from my students than they learn from me. The evening classes are often full of giddy women that have just come in from their jobs - I love the look they get when they walk into the shop - sort of an instant relaxation. That is what it is all about.

What’s your next quilting purchase going to be and why?
My next quilting purchase is most likely going to be fabric. I am a fabric-aholic from the word go! It is the rare bolt that disappears without at least a snippet going into one of my quilts (or my never-ending stash). I think my customers appreciate the fact that I am just like them!

If you teach, what is your favorite class to teach?
My favorite classes are actually clubs. I like to develop a re pore with my groups so that I become less of a teacher and more of a friend. I love it when we make decisions as a group, and I am not just dictating my own thoughts.

If you have taken quilting classes, who was your favorite teacher and what was the class on?
I have so many favorites, it would be hard to name just one. I guess Karen Witt and Kaye England have given me the most insight into quilt history, which I love. Both are so knowledgeable and interesting. Debbie Caffrey was full of great ideas for making things easier. I wasn’t really expecting to learn a lot from her, as the quilt we were doing was fairly simple, but I learned a lot! Sharyn Craig had some amazing ideas for setting problem blocks.

What’s the best part about working all day in a quilt shop?
The customers, of course! Quilters are the best. They are almost always happy to be here, rarely complain, and are the most honest people around. After working in another field for most of my life, owning my shop is truly a dream come true!

FEATURED SHOP #1: Homestead Hearth

March 1st, 2010

March is National Quilting Month. To celebrate quilters and the quilting industry, all month we will be featuring quilting shops. Quilt shop owners are some of the hardest working participants in the quilting industry, so let’s see why they love it so much and what they do all day.

Homestead Hearth
105 N. Coal
Mexico, MO 65265
573-581-196
www.homesteadhearth.com
info@homesteadhearth.com

Monday 10-5,
Tuesday and Thrusday 10-6
Friday and Saturday 10-5
Closed Sundays

Below is a picture of the cover of our book, featuring quilts designed in EQ!

WE WANT TO KNOW:

Do you have any advice for someone who wants to start quilting who never has before?
Don’t be afraid to try quilting, even if the pattern you like looks intermediate or advanced. We’ve had lots of customers successfully dive into quilting because they loved the look of a project & really wanted to make it.

If you have taken quilting classes, who was your favorite teacher and what was the class on?
My favorite quilting class ever is Charlotte Angotti’s “Let Me Surprise You” offered at various national quilting festivals. Charlotte does all the work–from designing the quilt to cutting out the pieces so you just go in & sew all day! Plus, she’s really funny and informative. She shares lots of tips & always has funny stories so she keeps you laughing.

What’s the best part about working all day in a quilt shop?
The best part about working in a quilt shop is playing with color and fabrics. I like the design process best. So, the chance to play with other people’s fabrics & help them make choices is almost as fun as working on my own projects.

EQ Crossword

February 26th, 2010

Test your EQ IQ with this crossword puzzle (click to see the puzzle):

To enter, send an email with your information and answers to the crossword:
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Deadline: March 24, 2010

One winner, chosen at random from all correct answers, will win an EQ Companion Book of their choice. Remember, spelling counts!

The Quilt Show Blog: Quilter Quips and Tips!

February 25th, 2010

Recently The Quilt Show with Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson posted a blog topic about using software for quilt designing. We were flattered to read the comments and see how many of you are using EQ6 for your project designs! THANK YOU!

One blogger, DBL Turtle, comments:

“I use EQ6 Software (Electric Quilt 6) to design many of my quilts. With it I can scan my fabric stash into my computer, and then create my design, and color with my fabric. It works great as a design wall, because the image of the quilt is smaller, and you are able to get the distance away from your design to see what it will look like. I also use a design wall in my studio, to make changes after I’ve cut and begun to piece my quilt together. Since I’ve been using EQ6 regularly, I have been getting my quilts in shows, so there may be a connection there. You can create several designs, save them, then go back and review them later and pick your favorite, or make any changes that you might not have seen at the time. I like to use some piecing along with appliqué, which I like to draw myself on the computer. I highly recommend EQ6, it has videos built in, which show how to use the program. It is allot of fun!”
TQS Member DBL Turtle

Thank you for the kind words DBL Turtle!

Putting EQ6 on the Map

February 24th, 2010

Check out this really cool Canada map made with EQ6 by Charlotte Kleiner. Love it!