May’s prize: Quiltmaker Quilting Designs Volume 4 software. A winner will be chosen on June 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 May Merriment pattern? Visit this page of our blog: https://doyoueq.com/blog/?p=2257 Block 1 Submitted by: Cathy Buel Block 2 Submitted by: Joanne a.k.a “Threadhead” Block 3 Submitted by: JoAnn Korzenko Block 4 Submitted by: Barbara Rodebush Block 5 Submitted by: Nancy Stansbury Block 6 Submitted by: Nancy Packard Block 7 Submitted by: Beth Brandt Block 8 Submitted by: Vicki Cranfield Block 9 Submitted by: Paula Miceli Block 10 Submitted by: Sharon Simmons Block 11 Submitted by: Nancy Anderson Block 12 Submitted by: Linda Erickson Block
EQ Block of the Month: Finished May Merriment Blocks
Posted 05-04-2011 by Electric Quilt | Posted in: Uncategorized
ClubEQ – You’re Not Going to Want to Miss This One!
Posted 05-03-2011 by Electric Quilt | Posted in: Uncategorized
The new ClubEQ Challenge is Red and White! ClubEQ leader, Barb Vlack, says: “Inspired by the recent very popular quilt exhibit in New York City, sponsored by the American Folk Art Museum, “Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts.” Let’s make a new collection of red and white quilts! Use only solid red and white to color the quilt. Do not reproduce a quilt from the exhibit, if you can help it. Design something new.” Each month Barb creates a challenge. No one sees each other’s work. They only see Barb’s example quilts. During that month anyone can send in an EQ project that fits the challenge topic. We create an album of images for everyone to view. Participants of that month get each other’s project files. So, send in a red & white quilt and get tons of red & white quilts back! Click here for more
Green Man by John Ellis
Posted 05-02-2011 by Electric Quilt | Posted in: Uncategorized
Congratulations to the April Block of the Month Winner – Mary Markworth
Posted 05-02-2011 by Electric Quilt | Posted in: Uncategorized
Thanks to everyone for submitting blocks for the April Block of the Month. It was difficult choosing from the 48 amazing entries from all over the world. This month’s winner is Mary Markworth. She submitted block #11: Congratulations Mary ! You’ve won a free Judy Martin Star’s & Sets . We will be contacting your shortly about shipping your prize. May’s block (May Merriment) is ready for your entries. Submit a picture of your May Merriment block before June 1, 2011 8am Eastern to webmaster@electricquilt.com for a chance to win a free Quiltmaker Quilting Designs Volume 4 software in June.
EQ Block of the Month: May Merriment
Posted 05-01-2011 by Electric Quilt | Posted in: Uncategorized
As promised here is BLOCK #5 of our 2011 Block of the Month on our blog. It’s called May Merriment. Deadline for submitting your block picture to webmaster@electricquilt.com for a chance to win is June 1, 2011 8am Eastern. Click here to download the EQ7 project for May. 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.
Reminder – don’t forget to send in your April Accord photo
Posted 04-26-2011 by Electric Quilt | Posted in: Uncategorized
Playing with Thread in EQ7
Posted 04-21-2011 by Electric Quilt | Posted in: Uncategorized
Have you tried playing with thread in EQ7? It’s not just for changing the thread color on quilting stencils and embroidery. In the example quilt below you can see how the thread makes the block look different each time. (Click the image, if you need to see it larger.) top-left = original top-right = thread chosen close to patch color bottom-left = thick, black lines bottom-right = contrasting, dotted stitch lines You can use this feature to change the thread color on blocks or entire quilts before you export images for example. If you don’t see the Set Thread tool on your toolbar, right-click the toolbar, choose Add/Remove buttons, check it to add it, and have fun playing.