Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

One of our users, Sindy Rodenmayer, has kindly offered to share her hand-drawn EQStich alphabet.

Download it here.

Sindy has a great website full of patterns drawn with Electric Quilt. Check it out Fatcatpatterns.com! She also has 27 applique pattern collections on My EQ Boutique.

Thanks for your letters, Sindy! Your work is adorable!

Happy Father’s Day!

This quilt uses EQ Printables to print off the photos (of course). I also added a border to allow a place for the kids (or dogs) to write messages to dad or grampa, or whoever. You can use a fabric marker or fabric paint to make the messages.

I hope everyone has a nice Father’s Day!

This is a special bonus post for the EQ7 Summer Drawing Series Sew Along! For this mini lesson, we’ll explore another Pieced PatchDraw click-and-snap grid—the Eight Point Star.

I’ll give you some hints on how to draw this block, but I won’t be writing out step-by-step instructions because I’d like you to give your new drawing skills a workout!

Click here to download the Mini Lesson PDF file.

Start by clicking BLOCK > New Block > PatchDraw Block. Remember to Add to Sketchbook  when you’re done.

Input the following settings on the Precision Bar:
Block Width and Height: 12
Grid: Eight Point Star
Dimension 1 and Dimension 2: 4
Graph Paper Cells: OFF

Use the PolyLine tool  to draw the shapes shown below in the upper-left quadrant of the block.

Fill in the rest of the block by using the Clone selected segments  and Rotate selected segments  tools.

Notice that I chose to put seams diagonally out to the corners of the block and I split the side triangles between the star points into two smaller triangles. This makes it possible to section the block into foundation pieceable units.

Now try experimenting with some of the other specialized grids on the Pieced PatchDraw Worktable. Come back on June 30 for the Block 2 Link Up!

This quilt, by Tula Pink, was spotted at Spring Market.

I love the idea, a sampler put into a larger design. I made a few in EQ7.

One of the things in EQ that make it really easy, in the Line Brush tool. If you click and hold on the Paintbrush tool, other paintbrush options will pop up. One is the Line Brush Tool.

I used the Line Brush to draw out a rough shape.

Then I just filled the shape in with the blocks I wanted to use. EQ7 makes it pretty easy!

If this inspires you to make something, let us know! Email photos to Heidi@electricquilt.com.

25 applique block designs all ready for summer time! See these designs and more at MyEQBoutique.com!

SewCalGal hosted a very popular Free Motion Quilt Challenge in 2012 and she’s doing it again in 2013! If you’re interested in developing or improving your free motion quilting skills, check out this wonderful series of challenges.

Challenge #5 is All About Borders and has a special challenge opportunity for EQ users! Click here for more info on the special EQ challenge and check out the inspiring work. Participants have until October 31 to complete the challenges.