Welcome to our blog series, Do You EQ Too? Each month, we will spotlight a different EQ user and their quilts! If you haven’t already, you can read our introduction post here.
This month we are spotlighting Karen Kuske! Karen is a pattern designer, instructor, and longtime EQ user. Having lived in Ohio, Colorado, Florida, Tennessee, and more, Karen often finds inspiration from the surroundings of where she’s lived and traveled.
Karen Kuske
“I learned to sew at a very young age, made most of my own clothes, some home decor items and more,” says Karen. “So, I really enjoy working with fabrics and colors. In 2000, I took a beginner quilting class and loved it. After making my 1st quilt in the class, I started buying quilting books and learned how to design my own quilts. Within a short time, I started designing and making patterns to sell on a website I created. At a local quilt show I discovered EQ4 and bought it. Been upgrading and using the EQ program ever since.”
New England Lights
Karen used EQ to design all 142 of her pieced lighthouse patterns, which depict lighthouses from 29 different states!
“At the time I started designing patterns, I was living aboard my boat and had a great liking of lighthouses. My first patterns were lighthouses which I designed based on my photos of lighthouses I passed while boating. The first series of 5 were lights on the Chesapeake Bay.”
Massachusetts Lights
“I also have 23 other patterns available (paper pieced and raw-edge applique) which include a mountain series, wildflowers, landscape, seascape, and cupboards.”
Smoky Mountain View
Wildflowers series of 6
Peaceful
“I also vere off onto other subjects, like the food cupboards and making fabric look like glass pieces in a glass cabinet. Fabric and colors are my favorite things to work with.”
Candy Cupboard
Fruit n Veggie Cupboard
“I’ve enjoyed teaching classes relative to art quilting,” says Karen, “including raw edge applique for landscapes and seascapes, dying and painting fabrics, marbling fabrics, and printing photos on fabric.”
Thank you Karen for sharing your wonderful quilts and story with us! Be sure to visit Karen’s website to see all her patterns and quilts for sale!
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