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EQ8 Block Spotlight: Off-Center 8 Log Cabin

Posted 11-10-2024 by Jenny | Posted in: EQ8 Block Spotlight

Welcome to the EQ8 Block Spotlight! Each month we highlight a block from the EQ8 Block Library with a few design ideas. Then we want you to show us what you can do with the block. We hope these posts will inspire you to try something new and expand your EQ skills! :-D

This month’s block: Off-Center 8 Log Cabin

Where to find it: 03 Foundation Pieced > Log Cabins

Design ideas to spark your creativity

I started with a 6 x 6 horizontal layout for this quilt. I played with the Symmetry tool for a bit. Then decided I should mix it up with some curved piecing. So I edited the original log cabin block to add a large arc and deleted all the “logs” inside the arc. Then I replaced half the blocks in the quilt with the new variation.

I used a classic black-and-white color scheme for my second quilt. I love to add a pop of color in black-and-white quilts, so I choose red for the binding. It’s quick and easy to add a variety of fabrics in the same color by utilizing the Colors section of the Fabric Library!

What would you design with the Off-Center 8 Log Cabin block? Post a quilt or two in the comments below. It can be as simple or as complex as you’d like (it just has to use the featured block!).

Export an Image of your Quilt

  1. On the Quilt Worktable, click the PRINT & EXPORT tab.
  2. Click Export in the ribbon.
  3. In the palette on the left, click Image.
  4. Type a name for your image and click the Save button. (Make sure you know where you’re saving the image on your computer. We recommend saving to your My EQ8 > Images folder.)

In the comment form below, tell us a little bit about your design and then click Browse to include the image of your quilt.

EQ Design Challenge & Giveaway – Cali & Co.

Posted 11-01-2024 by Olivia | Posted in: Contests

We have some truly wonderful fabrics for you this month! November’s Fabric of the Month is Cali & Co. by Corey Yoder for Moda! “I’m so excited to introduce my Cali & Co. fabric line. I’ve designed this collection featuring sweet calico (Cali + co = Calico) prints in my signature warm, happy palette. I wanted to create a line, full of a rainbow of color, using all small-scale prints. You will find dainty florals, sweet cherries, and whimsical dots throughout these fabrics. I hope you love creating with Cali & Co.! I can’t wait to see what you create.” — Corey Yoder A bundle of these fabrics will be given away to one lucky winner! Submit your EQ design featuring Cali & Co. below…all instructions and contest details are in this post. Good luck! To enter In order to enter for the giveaway you must submit a quilt using the current Fabric of the

EQ8 Lessons with Lori: Mix & Match Plus Corners and Angles is HERE!

Posted 10-24-2024 by Lori | Posted in: EQ8 Lessons with Lori

        The first new EQ8 Block Library for AccuQuilt is here!  It is the AccuQuilt GO! Qube® Mix & Match Plus Corners and Angles. Combining Electric Quilt® software with your AccuQuilt® GO! fabric cutter and GO! Qube dies provides the perfect mixture of creativity and precision!   This block library contains 216 quilt blocks originally published in the AccuQuilt GO! Qube System Catalog. Designed to work with the GO! Qube Mix & Match set and Companion Corners and Angles, these blocks are now conveniently included in this EQ8 library of blocks. They are so easy to use – the Blocks install right into your EQ8 Block library!   AccuQuilt add-ons for EQ8 are compatible with GO! Qubes of ANY size! Finished block sizes will match the GO! Qube size you use. The important part is how you set up the block size in your layout when designing your quilt to

Stitch & Share EQ Sew-Along: Featuring Janice!

Posted 10-15-2024 by Heidi | Posted in: Just Because Stitch & Share

EQ has a few new faces around the office so we decided to make a quilt! This way we know everyone understands how to sew and the process of quilting. We have a lot of quilters on staff but not everyone (yet!). We’re sharing the process with a Sew-Along so you can see our blocks and get to know the EQ staff! If you’d like to sew along and get more details about the project, check them out here. This month we’re featuring Janice! Janice has worked at EQ since August 2020, but  she was an EQ user long before she worked here! Janice works in product development and marketing. She handles bug reports and feature requests so if you have sent one of those in you have probably heard from her. One of Janice’s most recent projects was developing the Judy Martin Log Cabin add-on for EQ8. She is

EQ8 Block Spotlight: Nine Patch Star Variation

Posted 10-10-2024 by Jenny | Posted in: EQ8 Block Spotlight

Welcome to the EQ8 Block Spotlight! Each month we highlight a block from the EQ8 Block Library with a few design ideas. Then we want you to show us what you can do with the block. We hope these posts will inspire you to try something new and expand your EQ skills! This month’s block: Nine Patch Star Variation Where to find it: 01 Classic Pieced > Five Patch Design ideas to spark your creativity This first quilt is a 4 x 4 horizontal layout. The Nine Patch Star Variation block is set in the four corners of the layout on Layer 1. The fifth block is set on Layer 2 so it could be centered on the quilt top. The rest of the layout is filled with a half version of the block. I drew a diagonal line through the block on the Block Worktable and deleted the lines

Willoughby – Winner Announced!

Posted 10-07-2024 by Olivia | Posted in: Congratulations

Have you seen the gorgeous entries submitted to the Willoughby design challenge?! You can browse them all here. Thanks to everyone for participating! Winner One winner was selected by the Maywood Maker team! Congratulations to…. Winner: Marlu E Allan Honorable Mentions Don’t forget to look at all the amazing submissions to this challenge. Here are a few honorable mentions! More Chances to Win Decades Jazz Age by Mary Fons for Benartex is October’s Fabric of the Month! Download the collection and enter our design challenge for another chance to win some fabric!

EQ8 Lessons with Lori: Introducing a New Partnership

Posted 10-07-2024 by Lori | Posted in: EQ8 Lessons with Lori

          I am so excited to introduce a new project with Electric Quilt, AccuQuilt, and Lori Miller Designs! Since so many quilters have enjoyed my EQ8 Add-ons for AccuQuilt, the Electric Quilt Company and AccuQuilt have partnered with me to revamp my block downloads and make them official EQ products sold on both of their websites! If you are new to my EQ8 Add-ons for Accuquilt, let me share a little about them. Back in 2019 when I first started this adventure, I just wanted to have my own library of blocks in EQ8 that could be easily cut out with AccuQuilt dies. I loved designing my own quilts and EQ8 made it so helpful to see my fabric choices.  When I combined my quilt designs with the accuracy and time saving of cutting out the pieces with my AccuQuilt die cutting machine and dies, I

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