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EQ Staff Fun – Animal Blocks!

Posted 05-05-2015 by | Posted in: Favorite Posts Just Because

We’re back with another staff challenge! This time we all used Boutique Blocks from the Animal category. So much fun to get these blocks into EQ7 and see what you can do with them! Feel free to comment below and tell us what you think! If you’re ever designing in EQ7, snap a quick pic and post it to social media with the hashtag #ShowMeYourScreen. We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Heidi Noah’s Ark by Angie Padilla “I wanted to make something with a bit of a folk-art touch. Even though you wouldn’t expect a block collection called Noah’s Ark (by Angie Padilla) to have it, it did! The cows are cute but I love the pigs too! I used the Auto Borders tool to make the borders, so they literally just took a few clicks of my mouse! The gold fabric by Need’l Love makes

Do you know about Club EQ?

Posted 05-01-2015 by | Posted in: Just Because More for EQers

Every month we post a challenge from Barb Vlack. Maybe it’s to create a table runner, or maybe to design a quilt using only two blocks, but the challenges are great and it’s always something different. Our users (YOU!) create quilts and upload them to display on our website. At the end of the month you get all the EQ7 projects from everyone who entered. Club EQ is a great way to practice using EQ7. It helps to sharpen your skills. You can also learn a lot from looking at other people’s projects and seeing how they did things. May’s challenge is to Use the Photo Patchwork Layout. Read more about it (including some instructions)  here. I love Barb’s Photo Patchwork quilts. Did you know you could do this in EQ7? Are YOU up for the challenge?

Happy Pi(e) Day!

Posted 03-14-2015 by | Posted in: Downloads Just Because

Enjoy Pi(e) Day with this cute free EQ7 download! (Requires EQ7)

EQ Staff Fun – Favorite Boutique Collections!

Posted 02-20-2015 by | Posted in: Favorite Posts Just Because New Products

We had so much fun with our last intra-office challenge that we decided to do it again! This time we each choose our favorite My EQ Boutique Block Collection and designed a quilt using the blocks. Feel free to comment below and tell us what you think! If you’re ever designing in EQ7, snap a quick pic and post it to social media with the hashtag #ShowMeYourScreen. We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Heidi Crop Circles by Denise Russart “I am just starting to think about Easter and these blocks (Crop Circles) by Denise Russart seem a little egg-esque. I used Double Circle (8DCB & 6DCB) and her Four Patch Block in an alternating pattern.  The newest Stash has adorable springy fabrics that add some fun scrappiness.” -Heidi Christine All Aboard by Sindy Rodenmayer “I have a cousin who just loves trains. When I saw Sindy

EQ Staff Fun – Quiltmaker 100 Blocks Volume 5!

Posted 01-22-2015 by | Posted in: Just Because New Products

We decided to have a little intra-office fun featuring our newest product, Quiltmaker 100 Blocks Volume 5! Check out what each one of us did with the block we chose! Feel free to comment below and tell us what you think! If you’re ever designing in EQ7, snap a quick pic and post it to social media with the hashtag “#ShowMeYourScreen.” We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Sara Block #472 “Galaxy X” by Deborah Johnson “This block was set into a 3 x 3 on-point layout. I love the secondary designs that are produced! The quilt is colored with mostly Riley Blake fabrics from EQ Stash Online – 2014 Download 02!” – Sara Jenny Block #483 “Mia Bella” by Judy Martin “I always love a good star block! I wanted to make a wallhanging size quilt, so the block 36” square. The fabrics are a variety

Jean Spero’s Calendar Quilts

Posted 01-01-2015 by | Posted in: Downloads Favorite Posts From Our Users Just Because Look What I Did More for EQers

Happy New Year! We have the perfect project for you in 2015! Jean Spero, a long time user of EQ, has made a wall-hanging for each month of the year. And she’s nice enough to share! (Get the EQ7 download here and here.) Also, be sure to check Jean’s notecards for tips and more information on each quilt. You can see all of her EQ7 designs on the left and the actual quilts on the right. It’s amazing how similar they really are!   January   February   March   April   May   June   July   August   September   October   November   December   She has even included a few extra alternatives.                               We’d like to thank Jean for sharing her calendar quilts. What a fun idea! We also hope everyone has

The Gift of Giving

Posted 12-23-2014 by | Posted in: EQStitch Favorite Posts From Our Users Just Because Look What I Did New to EQ Uncategorized

The Electric Quilt Company is a pretty small group and many of us crossover in our job duties. Whenever we would pass around a greeting card for all the employees to sign, Jan would always sign the card as “Jan-In Shipping” as if we could possibly be confused by any other “Jan.” Jan is a chatterbox of energy in our office who keeps us all in stitches (no pun intended) with her quick-witted one-liners or her Pig Latin conversations with Heidi. If you’ve ever called the “sales” line at Electric Quilt, you may have spoken with Jan. Jan lives just around the block from me and her daughters and my sons attended the same elementary school, junior high and high school. We attended school events together, chaperoned proms and so on for years. I think you’re a lucky person if you have friends at work who are also friends outside

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