Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

Linda Franz of All About Inklingo posted a really great EQ7 project file for you. She drew the 24 Hexagons block for you so you can design and make stunning quilts. This new Electric Quilt project file includes the traditional POTC block with 24 hexagons. I also included three other variations with fewer hexagons. The current ClubEQ Challenge is “Twenty! Celebrating 20 Years of EQ”! Create a quilt design or two that incorporates something “20.” All About Inklingo is hoping that 20 Inklingoists will submit designs in the June Club EQ Challenge. You can use these EQ project files even if you don’t have the Inklingo Shape Collections. Get started on your entries!

A cute little project from Bunny Rose was recently posted on her blog. She even used the EQ6 Applique Drawingbook (which is 50% off!) to learn how to do the applique. Thanks for sharing, Bunny!

“Quilts jumped off the bed and onto the streets Memorial Day weekend, thanks to the seven women of the Missoula Electric Quilters. The group’s digitally designed quilt art is now featured on two of the city’s traffic signal boxes.” ~ Missoulian Newpaper Read the full article here. How cool is this!? This group called the Missoula Electric Quilters used EQ to design the art displayed on their town’s traffic boxes! Read the full article here. Their EQ designs were chosen as the winner of a contest held by the city for art work to dress up the boxes. We are so impressed! Congratulations, Ladies! Missoula Electric Quilters members, from left, Michelle Baker, Calli Baker, Debbie Gross, Lorinda Lie and Chris Milodragovich.

June’s prize: STASH Spring 2011 software. A winner will be chosen on July 1, 2011 9am Eastern. Thanks for submitting your pictures to webmaster@electricquilt.com! Don’t worry about sending a professional photograph. As long as it isn’t on too much of an angle and I can see the whole block and the image is over 400px, I can crop it for the blog. Want the June Jigsaw pattern? Visit this page of our blog: https://doyoueq.com/blog/?p=2262 Block 1 Submitted by: JoAnn Korzenko Block 2 Submitted by: Cathy Buel Block 3 Submitted by: Cheryl Ellison Block 4 Submitted by: Joanne Threadhead Block 5 Submitted by: Nancy Anderson Block 6 Submitted by: Sharon Rich Block 7 Submitted by: Kay Ahr Block 8 Submitted by: Judy Best Block 9 Submitted by: Beatrice Marotte Block 10 Submitted by: Andree Bergeron Block 11 Submitted by: Linda Erickson Block 12 Submitted by: Barbara Rodebush Block 13 Submitted by:

Did you know that Blue Meadow Designs uses EQ for creating their quilts? They recently posted an EQ6 project download (remember: EQ5 and EQ6 projects can be opened and in EQ7. Click here for instructions.) for an adorable twin quilt! Go to their site and get it! Then browse through all the other EQ designs they’ve made available for you. They are darling. Make sure you leave them a THANK YOU on their blog! Thanks Cori, and Myra!

Thanks to everyone for submitting blocks for the May challenge. It is getting more and more difficult to choose! This month there were 47 amazing entries from all over the world. This month’s winner is Caren Zimmerman. She submitted block #46: Block 46 Submitted by: Caren Zimmerman And yes, the sock monkeys are dancing in celebration of Caren’s win. Congratulations Caren! You’ve won a free Quiltmaker Quilting Designs Volume 4 software. We will be contacting your shortly about shipping your prize. June’s block (June Jigsaw) is ready for your entries. Submit a picture of your June Jigsaw block before July 1, 2011 8am Eastern to webmaster@electricquilt.com for a chance to win a free STASH Spring 2011 software at the end of July.

As promised here is BLOCK #6 of our 2011 Block of the Month on our blog. It’s called June Jigsaw. Deadline for submitting your block picture to webmaster@electricquilt.com for a chance to win is July 1, 2011 8am Eastern. Click here to download the EQ7 project for June. Use any fabrics you want! Use your favorites! Challenge yourself with a new color scheme! If you have EQ7, you can try out the colors before cutting the fabric for the block. Here are some colorway ideas: Download rotary cutting in this colorway. (PDF) Download rotary cutting in this colorway. (PDF) Download foundation piecing. (PDF) Download foundation piecing. (PDF) Download templates. (PDF) Download templates. (PDF) Download rotary cutting in this colorway. (PDF) Download rotary cutting in this colorway. (PDF) Download foundation piecing. (PDF) Download foundation piecing. (PDF) Download templates. (PDF) Download templates. (PDF) Sew the block and send your picture to webmaster@electricquilt.com.