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Thank you to everyone who participated in April’s design challenge! Such a fun variety of quilts were submitted and we loved seeing them all! Winners Two winners were selected by the Maywood Studio team! Congratulations to…. Winner 1: Cynthia Concha “Love the use of all the fabrics in the interlocking diamond blocks. We could see this design used for many collections. Well done!” – Maywood Studio Winner 2: Julie Johnston “Her use of traditional blocks and color play really caught our eye!” – Maywood Studio Honorable Mentions Don’t forget to look at all the amazing submissions to this challenge. Here are a few honorable mentions from Maywood Studio! Honorable Mention 1: Deni Dickler “We loved the inspiration behind her design and learned something new.” – Maywood Studio Honorable Mention 2: Cynthia K Ryan “Her first submission and very impressive. Can’t wait to see what her next designs are.” – Maywood Studio More Chances to

May’s Fabric of the Month is Color Club by Heather Valentine for Windham Fabrics! The range of shades and simple prints make Color Club a foundational staple! The tonal prints blend with and highlight those hard to match prints in your stash. The collection is the perfect color assortment to create patchwork pieces, rainbow quilts bags and more. A bundle of these fabrics will be given away to two lucky winners! Submit your EQ design featuring Color Club 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 Month AND comment on at least one other person’s quilt you like by the end of the month. If you’re the first person to submit a quilt, make sure to come back and comment on someone else’s quilt before the contest ends. Instructions for how to submit an image are at

Thank you to everyone who participated in March’s design challenge! Everyone’s creativity continues to blow us away! Winners Three winners were selected randomly. Congratulations to…. Winner 1: Pat Hansen Winner 2: Kayley Walcher Winner 3: Cindi Smith 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 Breezeway by Maywood Studio is April’s Fabric of the Month! Download the collection and enter in our design challenge for another chance to win some fabric!

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 Pamela Pandolfi! Pam uses EQ8 to design custom quilts that utilize fabric, thread, paint, and ink to create beautiful pieces of art. “As a part of a multi-generation family of crafters — and 19-year proprietor of an alterations/costume design business,” says Pam, “it wasn’t until participating in my first quilting retreat in 2007 that I recognized quilting as my passion and avenue of personal artistic creativity. Although I do not hold an art degree, and never considered myself an artist until recently. In learning about quilting, I discovered that quilting has more to do with ‘trouble shooting’ than perfection as long as it looks good to the viewer (totally my opinion). Art also follows that same ‘perfection

Thank you to everyone who participated in February’s design challenge! Check out the amazing entries we received here! Winner One winner was selected by the Benartex team. Congratulations to…. Winner: Scott Woxman A Note from Benartex “There were so many great design submissions, we truly enjoyed seeing what each designer created with the collection.” – Benartex 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 Bonfire Batiks by Moda is March’s Fabric of the Month! Download the collection and enter in our design challenge for another chance to win some fabric!

This contest is now closed. Winners announced here! Spring may be still on it’s way, but March’s Fabric of the Month is here! This month we are excited to share Bonfire Batiks by Moda as our featured collection! Showcasing rich jewel tones in an assortment of your favorite batiks, these fabrics are sure to make stunning designs! A bundle of these fabrics will be given away to three lucky winners! Submit your EQ design featuring Bonfire Batiks 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 Month AND comment on at least one other person’s quilt you like by the end of the month. If you’re the first person to submit a quilt, make sure to come back and comment on someone else’s quilt before the contest ends. Instructions for how to submit an image are at the