Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

Hi! I’m Jenny and I’m going to be showing up here on the blog from time to time so I thought I’d introduce myself. I started working at Electric Quilt as an intern back in 2001 and stayed on after I graduated from college. So I may be new to the blog, but I’ve been here at EQ for several years! One of my main responsibilities is coordinating the Stash program twice a year. In the spring and fall 5000–6000 of the fabric companies’ newest fabrics get shipped straight to me! It’s pretty exciting to see all these new fabrics, although a little daunting to think of all the scanning, cropping, and saving these beautiful fabrics bring with them! Luckily, I have several great people helping me scan. Right now these Moda Layer Cakes are stacked by desk, waiting patiently to be scanned. Of course, being surrounded by beautiful fabrics

Gene Black got to playing with EQ7 and came up with a tricky challenge base on the two quilts below. Head over to his blog to learn more and join the fun.

Have you seen the EQ7 feature in Quiltmaker this year? It’s called Creative Spark! and you’ll find one in every issue. We take a quilt from that Quiltmaker issue and show how you can do something different, do it easier, faster, or how to challenge yourself in your quilt design using EQ7. They are great mini lessons to try and then keep on your bookshelf. Quiltmaker just posted more info about Creative Spark, see a few EQ quilts, and get in on the EQ7 Give Away!

It’s that time of year again. SewCalGal is hosting her coveted Golden Quilter Awards and the nominee have been named! Electric Quilt 7, Quilt Design Wizard and Quiltmaker Quilting Designs have all been nominated in the Most Innovative Product (Software Item). Voting is now open for WW quilters to vote for their favorites nominees in each category, through March 31st.  On Monday, April 2nd SewCalGal will announce the ultimate winners of the 2012 Golden Quilters Awards.  Like the Oscars, this will be celebrated with a party, where sponsored prizes will be given to PR Angels, those that took time to nominate, and those that took time to vote.  Winners of sponsored prizes will be announced on Tuesday, April 3rd. You’ll also see or good friends InkLingo nominated for a few different Golden Quilter Awards! Congrats to them. Speaking of InkLingo, there are new Love the Lines entries available for viewing on their blog.

20% Off on MyEQBoutique.com now through March 20, 11:59pm! There are tons of new spring collections to choose from including Floraflies by Erin McMorris, Noah’s Ark by Angie Padilla, Easter Row by Row by Sindy Rodenmayer, and Easter Rabbits by Christiane Wipplinger.

Craizee Corners blog posted a nice review of EQ7 of her blog. She walks you through her first EQ Quilt and talk about her favorite feature so far, playing with the blocks. She shows you images of her quilts too. Go Check it out! She is also hosting a giving away for an EQ7! Go read her post to learn how you can enter to win.

Mary Louise Arnold wrote us to show us the very first competed EQ designed quilt she has made. And it took first place! Way to go, Mary! “This is my first EQ design that actually got made into a quilt. The quilt was entered in the show theme category, which was Nine-Patch, at the Three Rivers Quilt Show in Pittsburgh in 2010. It is machine-pieced and quilted on a stand-up machine. I paper pieced the tough parts and used my favorite complementary color scheme. I give away most of the quilts I make, but this one is on our bed.” As you can see, Mary took first place in her category! Congrats, Mary!