Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

Learn to draw this Etoile de Chamblie in EQ7 with Marlene Oddie of KISSED Quilts! Thanks Marlene!

Check out this tutorial from Stofgenoeg’s blog about how to merge blocks in EQ7. It’s written in German but also translated into English. Enjoy!

Ever wonder where all the cute Quilt Design Wizard projects, special offers downloads, and inspirational EQ Printable Fabrics projects come from? Well now you can thank EQ Graphic Designer, Heidi Kory for all those cute freebies! She can do some amazing things with EQ7 and a printable fabric sheet. She has a knack for finding alternative uses for EQ7 so we often turn to her to create the holiday projects that magically appear in your inbox. In the coming months we will be debuting a brand new and improved EQ blog with lots to do! Heidi will be blogging and sharing all kinds of fun project ideas for EQ and EQ printable fabrics in a section call Heidi Finds. So stay tuned! But as a little introduction we thought you might enjoy hearing how Heidi got started in quilting and how she ended up here at EQ. “I remember my mom asking

If you have you been following AccuQuilt Barn Quilt contest like the rest of us, you probably already know the winners. Congratulations to Grand prize winner Belinda Karls-Nace and to runner up Carol Johnson! What a huge accomplishment. So what you didn’t know is that both Balinda and Carol are EQ users and they used EQ to create their winning quilt blocks! We are thrilled for your accomplishments, ladies. Grand Prize Winning Barn Quilt Runner up Barn Quilt Balinda Karls-Nace Carol Johnson

If you didnt get a chance to pick up a copy of the March 2012 American Quilter, you can read Penny’s article on the AQS website! There you will find a wonderfully written bio on our very own Penny McMorris by Marjorie L. Russell. Check it out!

Flipping through the July/Aug issue of McCall’s Magazine we spotted one of our very own DoYouEQ Artists, Karen Combs. Her quilt Summer Star is patterned in the magazine so go out and get a copy! As an avid EQ user we asked her to tell us a little about designing the quilt in EQ: “I just love designing in EQ. It lets my fingers keep up with my mind as I try out different designs. In Summer Star, I started with a Carpenter’s Star, also may be known as a Carpenter’s Wheel. I really do enjoy this design, it is quick to make and looks much harder to piece than it is. EQ allowed me to quickly add different colors options for the star and for the background. I was also able to add and try out different borders ideas. Once I had a design I liked, I could quickly try out