Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

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.

Patti Carey, the very busy & very talented Marketing Director for Northcott, had 2 quilts featured in the Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting March/April issue. Congratulations Patti! “Wildflowers” is on pages 36-44. It is a beautiful cool-blue, floral quilt with lots of fun borders. I think the neatest aspect of the quilt was how Patti used a panel print not only for the center of the quilt, but to be chopped up for the fabric in the rest of the pieced blocks. It gives a great gradient effect. For more information check out the pattern instructions in the Love of Quilting magazine. “Sophisticated” is Patti’s other quilt in the same issue of Love of Quilting! It’s on pages 94-101. It uses fabrics from the Sophisticate-Classic Taupe collection by Ro Gregg for Northcott. I didn’t know neutrals could be so rich, but Patti designed quite a stunning quilt! When I

I inadvertently marked some comments as spam, but remember seeing what the questions were. We’ve had a lot of questions about the Block of the Month, so here’s my attempt at answering the missing ones and all the rest in one place. Most frequently asked question: WHERE DO I SUBMIT MY PICTURE? webmaster@electricquilt.com 1. Do we have to do them at 6 inches? No, you can sew the blocks at any size you wish. If you are printing rotary cutting from EQ7, I recommend printing them at some multiple of 6 like 9 or 12 inches (since 6 was the size they were designed for and will make rotary cutting nice numbers with no rounding). 2. Can we make some one size and others another size? Yes, you can make the blocks any size you wish. If you have EQ7, you’d just design a Custom Set quilt in December to