Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

Thanks to everyone for submitting blocks for the February Block of the Month. It was difficult choosing from the 72 wonderful entries from all over the world. This month’s winner is Ann Horsley. She submitted block #63: Congratulations Ann! You’ve won a free Town & Country Patchwork CD. We will be contacting your shortly about shipping your prize. March’s block (March Medley) is ready for your entries. Submit a picture of your March Medley block before April 1, 2011 8am Eastern to webmaster@electricquilt.com for a chance to win a free Blending Photos with Fabric 2 book.

As promised here is BLOCK #3 of our 2011 Block of the Month on our blog. It’s called March Medley. Deadline for submitting your block picture to webmaster@electricquilt.com for a chance to win is April 1, 2011 8am Eastern. Click here to download the EQ7 project for March. 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.

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Wow. This was soooooo tough. I had a REALLY HARD TIME CHOOSING. There were 68 amazing entries from all over the world. Thank you all for entering a January Jumble block for the block of the month challenge. This month’s winner is Patty Carlson. She submitted block #35: Congratulations Patty! You’ve won a free Kaleidoscope Collection CD (add-on for EQ5, EQ6, or EQ7). We will be contacting your shortly about shipping your prize. Thanks again to everyone for your participation. We are so excited that you’re having fun with this project. It’s great seeing your blocks in fabric and how different the same pattern looks when each of you put your magic touch on it. February’s block (February Frolic) is ready for your entries. Submit a picture of your February Frolic block before March 1, 2011 8am Eastern for a chance to win a free Town & Country Patchwork software

EQ7 has many new features related to digital photography. A little-known change is to the Eyedropper tool on the Quilt Worktable. Click the Eyedropper tool on the right-hand toolbar. Then check out these features in the Graph Pad at the top of your screen: You will see 4 eyedroppers, then a small eyedropper/paintbrush button. Eyedropper #1 = regular one (Click on a fabric in the quilt, it finds the fabric in the palette. Click on a solid in the quilt, it finds the solid in the palette.) Eyedropper #2 = Find a Fabric NEW! (Click on a solid or part of a picture in a quilt, and it will find the closest matching fabric in the palette.) Eyedropper #3 = Find a Solid NEW! (Click on a fabric or part of a picture in a quilt, and it will find the closest matching solid in the palette.) Eyedropper #4 =

Friday is almost here! Submit a picture of your January Jumble block before February 18, 2011 8am Eastern for a chance to win a free Kaleidoscope Collection CD (add-on for EQ5, EQ6, or EQ7). Get the January Jumble pattern here: https://doyoueq.com/blog/?p=1993

Enjoy this cute Shamrock EQ7 file and printable quilt label! Click here to download the EQ7 project file.