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 Chris Behme!

Chris Behme

“I was a quilter from 1994-2000, when I dropped sewing for knitting,” says Chris. “I have since returned to quilting after building a new house in 2017 and covering 13 windows with Roman Shades and valances. The search for window treatments and home decor led me down a rabbit’s hole into a return to quilting. I quilt with the Mudsock Quilters Guild in Fishers, Indiana and have started tutoring guild members in my EQ8 knowledge. I try to submit challenges each month, but a busy schedule of quilting, grand-kids, and life have prevented my attempts this year. But I do enjoy looking at what others have created and have saved projects from past challenges!”

Check out some of Chris’ beautiful quilts below!

“The quilt I am posing with is a wedding gift to my daughter, the original pattern was a QAL with Gigi’s Thimble, but it’s the only photo I have of me posing with a quilt I made. I used my EQ8 program to upsize the layout and audition quilting.”

Chris Behme

EQ design and finished baby quilt

EQ design and finished baby quilt

“This was a request from a friend who had a limited amount of yardage and wanted to do a Carpenter’s Star. As you can see, she ended up having to wing it on the last border and a change was made. But at least the mock up I did gave her a direction.”

EQ design and finished Carpenter’s Star quilt

“Each year I take part in a Stay At Home Round Robin challenge hosted by Quilting Gail.”

EQ design and finished 2022 Round Robin quilt

Round Robin quilts

“I also use my EQ8 to audition quilting. This is the Edita Star QAL from 2020, a top waiting for quilting too, but at least I have a plan of action started.”

EQ design with quilting stencils and finished quilt

Easter quilts

Thank you Chris for sharing your wonderful quilts and story with us! You can follow Chris at:

Website

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Each month we will select a quilter from all the submissions we’ve received. So if you weren’t picked this month, you can still be featured in future months!

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