The Electric Quilt Company is 30!
The Electric Quilt Company’s Story – How It All Began
We’re celebrating 30 years! Since the pearl is the traditional symbol for 30 years, we’re sharing EQ Pearls of Wisdom from our friends! See all Pearls of Wisdom posts. We hope you enjoy the tips and tricks you learn along the way and discover some new quilters or catch up with your favorites! Also, we’d love to hear about YOUR journey with EQ so feel free to tell us your story in the comments on any post! A big THANK YOU to all our customers for your support over the years. We’re looking forward to many more!
This week’s featured friend: Amy Friend!
Tell us a bit about yourself Amy!
I am a former museum curator turned pattern designer, author, and teacher. I specialize in paper piecing and modern quilt design and I’ve authored three books for Lucky Spool Media. When I am not designing or quilting, I am gardening if our New England weather permits!
When did you start using Electric Quilt and how has it changed your quilting life?
I started using EQ7 in 2012. It has made my design process so much faster. And I particularly love the way it “explodes” my foundation paper piecing sections and adds the 1/4″ seam allowance. Currently, I am using EQ8.
What is your EQ “Pearl of Wisdom” for EQ users?
There are lots of tools I really enjoy. One is the “flip” feature under block tools. It allows me to use the mirror image of my paper pieced block design in my quilt top layout. Another favorite is the “Custom Set” layout style under the Quilt Worktable. It’s a great tool to use when you want to move off the grid for more modern quilt layouts.
What are you up to now and what do you have coming up?
I am continuing to promote my latest book, Petal + Stem: 40 Modern Floral Quilt Blocks to Mix and Match. I am designing new blocks and layouts that are compatible with those in the book and am really having a blast. I am also running swaps based on the blocks in the book. See my website for notifications about new swaps. I am also busy lecturing and teaching virtually. If your guild is interested, have them check out my offerings.
Giveaway
This contest is now closed. Winner: Jeanne!
I will give away a free subscription to my 2021 Fill Your Cup BOM valued at $60. It will be sent digitally to the winner.
Question to enter: What color fabric do you have the most of in your stash?
Comment below to enter. One entry per person. Contest closes Sunday, June 20 at 11:59pm ET. Winner will be chosen at random and contacted via email.
Hope you enjoyed this “pearl” of wisdom. Feel free to share your EQ story or a “pearl” of your own in the comments! Stay tuned for our next post!
06-15-2021
8:47 am
Pinks & corals
06-15-2021
10:52 am
The colour fabric I have the most of in my stash now is browns
06-15-2021
8:16 pm
Black and white
06-15-2021
11:06 am
White is the color that looms largest in my stash, mainly due to several bolts of wide backing fabrics leftover from my quilting business.
06-15-2021
11:11 am
Citrus colors – love the pop they add!
06-15-2021
11:15 am
Yellow and green
06-15-2021
11:18 am
Blue – blue and more blue!
06-15-2021
11:19 am
Great question! After assessing my stash I would have to say green in an incredible variety of shades and hues.
06-15-2021
11:21 am
Blue and cream
06-15-2021
11:22 am
Greens. I inherited my stash from my Mom after she passed away, and she really liked browns/neutrals. I don’t, so those were what I used up first to practice.
06-15-2021
11:27 am
Blues with a close second on greens.
06-15-2021
11:28 am
Blues for sure!
06-15-2021
11:28 am
Currently it’s red. Guess I’ll have to do something about that!
06-15-2021
11:33 am
indigo/navy blues for some reason at the moment. I would have said teals before I took a look at my stash
06-15-2021
11:35 am
I seem to always have a large quantity of blue, but I also bought a big bag of red scraps which I am finding harder to use
06-15-2021
11:38 am
Any shade of blue
06-15-2021
11:41 am
Orange, my favorite color! Then browns & greens
06-15-2021
11:41 am
My favorite color is blue so of course that is my dominant color in my stash.
06-15-2021
11:45 am
Blue.
06-15-2021
11:47 am
Grays as a I have a nephew that wants a quilt in gray. Sew that’s what I have the most of and the why.
06-15-2021
11:47 am
My collection is weighted heavily to blue
06-15-2021
11:49 am
My favorite color is pink, I thought, but every quilt I make has aqua hidden somewhere. Now I think it must be aqua.
06-15-2021
11:51 am
Teals – I love them so much.
06-15-2021
11:52 am
Greens, including one color I refer to as “baby poop green”. The odd thing is that I hate the color by itself, but it seems to play so well with others.
06-15-2021
11:52 am
Who counts, must sew, Love it all. It must be green. I have done fours quilts and still could make another. Today working on red, white and blue quilt. Want to EQ8 design for rocket to the moon and ice cream for charity. I can use rainbow of colors to play with that.
06-15-2021
11:56 am
The fabric color that I have most of is purple.
06-15-2021
12:02 pm
Blue; it’s my favorite! O:)
06-15-2021
12:11 pm
Pinks and purples
06-15-2021
12:11 pm
My largest stash color is blue…however they do range from greenish all the way to purplish
06-15-2021
12:11 pm
Definitely purple!
06-15-2021
12:11 pm
Reds, of all shades and designs.
06-15-2021
12:20 pm
Green is the predominant color in my stash.
06-15-2021
12:23 pm
I make a lot of scrap quilts and so I don’t really have one color that predominates my quilts.
06-15-2021
12:27 pm
Green – lots and lots of green!
06-15-2021
12:27 pm
Turquoise and purple.
06-15-2021
12:29 pm
Blue. Definitely blue.
06-15-2021
12:34 pm
pinks
06-15-2021
12:34 pm
I mostly have blue fabric. I think because it’s the least used color. I need more white and red.
06-15-2021
12:35 pm
I can’t seem to walk by a bolt of black and white fabric without buying some. I have tons of black and white fabric!
06-15-2021
12:43 pm
blues all the way.
06-15-2021
12:43 pm
by far my biggest stash is in the red color family!
06-15-2021
12:46 pm
Blue, blue and more blues!
06-15-2021
12:49 pm
I’ve got many shades and tints of brown, with a close second of blues!
06-15-2021
12:52 pm
Blues are my kryptonite
06-15-2021
1:09 pm
Turquoise blues are my all time favorite fabrics.
06-15-2021
1:14 pm
it’s a tie blue and green and all the shades in between
06-15-2021
1:14 pm
RED BLUE YELLOW,CHEERY,MELLOW AND HAPPY. My quilting has carried me through years of MS and strokes and these colors have helped me through the moods of the day.
Cheri
06-15-2021
1:18 pm
I have mostly blues with tons of Tula. Love bright, modern quilts.
06-15-2021
1:22 pm
I have more red/pink fabric than any other.
06-15-2021
1:24 pm
I tend to always throw in PINK or brighter shades of pink!
06-15-2021
1:32 pm
Blues
06-15-2021
1:32 pm
Lots of blues in my stash & fall colors.
06-15-2021
1:41 pm
Greens! Everything from fresh, yellow-greens, to dark teal greens. I love using them in applique and in pieced quilts too
06-15-2021
1:46 pm
Blacks, solids and prints.
06-15-2021
2:02 pm
Blue – light blue, dark blue, grey blue, green blue.
06-15-2021
2:03 pm
Batiks mostly. The runner up is fabric with dragonflies. As far as color goes, I am drawn to turquoise, purple and lime green.
06-15-2021
2:08 pm
Greens
06-15-2021
2:12 pm
I have a lot of blues and then reds.
06-15-2021
2:18 pm
Blue
06-15-2021
2:19 pm
Tula pink and kaffe
06-15-2021
2:47 pm
RED!
06-15-2021
2:52 pm
I have more purple than anything else
06-15-2021
3:32 pm
Blue!
06-15-2021
3:43 pm
Teal blue through blue greens – not my favorite color but what I have the most of. Isn’t that funny. I really have mostly florals of all kinds.
06-15-2021
3:46 pm
Green. I don’t know why, it is not my favorite color, but when I open my cabinet, there it is, in abundance.
06-15-2021
3:52 pm
Yellow
06-15-2021
3:54 pm
Blues to greens.
06-15-2021
4:17 pm
I’m probably tied between Turquoise and Gray.
06-15-2021
4:26 pm
Hmm – I guess Pink, Coral and Purple
06-15-2021
4:27 pm
Right now, mostly tans and greys-my niece likes neutrals. Otherwise, lots of red, white, and blue–my favorite.
06-15-2021
4:32 pm
Green, since it is nature’s choice for foliage for so many flowers of different colors.
06-15-2021
4:55 pm
Red…in all shades but certainly red!
06-15-2021
5:14 pm
The color that I have the most of is Blue.
06-15-2021
5:18 pm
Gray
06-15-2021
5:22 pm
My stash is a mix of blues, corals, and yellows
06-15-2021
5:32 pm
I love blues & turquoise with a dash of orange
06-15-2021
5:33 pm
Red – my favorite color!
06-15-2021
5:40 pm
What I have the most fabric of is the gray switch silver and reds plain and with silver. Love them.
06-15-2021
6:01 pm
black and white
06-15-2021
6:14 pm
The color I have most is purples & blues
06-15-2021
6:15 pm
The color I have most in my stash is purples & blues
06-15-2021
6:54 pm
I thought it was going to be green, but it’s blue, followed closely by multi-colored.
06-15-2021
7:03 pm
My stash is filled with mostly green fabric!
06-15-2021
7:53 pm
Reds and pinks
06-15-2021
8:12 pm
Blues. Since there are so many variations of blue tones, I have lots so I can get just the right look when using fabrics from my stash.
06-15-2021
8:21 pm
blues
06-15-2021
10:32 pm
Blues…which is kind of weird, because I really don’t even like blue much.
06-15-2021
10:49 pm
Teal
06-15-2021
11:24 pm
Oh….anything bright! Love lime green , bold yellow and a dash of pink.
06-15-2021
11:40 pm
Red
06-15-2021
11:59 pm
A zillion different whites, creams, greys!
06-16-2021
12:48 am
Blues. Both my adult children are big fans of blue, as am I. So I just keep accumulating blues for future quilts! Second is red. Such a happy color!
06-16-2021
1:41 am
Greys and Taupes, soooo very neutral when using brights!
06-16-2021
2:31 am
Green
06-16-2021
6:18 am
The color I ve the most of is GREEN!
06-16-2021
7:31 am
Blue, of course
06-16-2021
7:45 am
I have lots of blues!
06-16-2021
8:45 am
Amy gave a wonderful workshop to my guild. I appreciated her patience and expertise.
06-16-2021
9:08 am
Reds
06-16-2021
10:53 am
Greens and blues
06-16-2021
11:22 am
Blue and Green
06-16-2021
11:55 am
Greys, to blend with everything else
06-16-2021
3:26 pm
I love purple so most of my fabric has some purple in it.
06-16-2021
5:51 pm
Blues, lots of blues from blue-green to blue-purple.
06-16-2021
6:32 pm
Blue!
06-17-2021
2:12 am
With 2 girls in the house – purples & pinks!
06-17-2021
3:15 am
Blue is the color I have the most of in my stash. Surprisingly, the second-most is green, which I don’t think I use nearly as much; maybe that’s why my stash of it keeps growing.
06-17-2021
6:57 am
The color fabric I have most of is blue!
06-17-2021
8:57 am
Definitely orange.
06-17-2021
6:19 pm
Blue
06-18-2021
7:48 am
My favorite color is turquoise blue snd I try to work it in as much as I can.
06-18-2021
7:49 am
Blue! It is my favorite color.
06-18-2021
7:57 am
Lots of purples in my stash.
06-18-2021
9:23 am
Right now my bin of blue fabrics is overflowing.
06-18-2021
9:58 am
Red – I am drawn to different reds – all shades and patterns from Quiltworx to Jinny Beyer to civil war and botanical prints. I just love them all. Interesting in that I never wear anything red nor do I select red for decorations.
06-18-2021
10:36 am
Greens. Definitely greens!
06-18-2021
11:05 am
Pinks and white
06-18-2021
2:49 pm
Hues of blue
06-18-2021
3:46 pm
Blue
06-18-2021
4:49 pm
Shades of blue!
06-18-2021
5:45 pm
I think I have more green than anything else.
06-18-2021
9:08 pm
I have lots of reds and pinks.
06-19-2021
1:32 am
Blue, blue, and blue.
06-19-2021
7:59 am
Blues, but burgundies and grays are a close second
06-19-2021
9:38 pm
I am a relatively new quilter but I have collected a nice supply of blue fabrics — my favorite color!
06-20-2021
2:22 am
Red is my most popular fabric. Followed by blacks and blues. Most of my quilts seem to need these colors.
06-20-2021
1:52 pm
Wasabi (green / yellow) and grey
06-21-2021
9:59 am
This contest is now closed. Winner: Jeanne!