Contests

Don’t forget about our EQ contest! Details here. You could win $100 EQ Gift Certificate! And now, you don’t need EQ to enter! Download the PDFs here!

We had more submissions than we expected, so THANK YOU! We really appreciate you taking the time to fill out the survey. We’ve randomly selected TWO winners! Both win $25 gift certificates from Electric Quilt! Congratulations to Caryn Sakaguchi and Raye Gregor! We will be contacting you via email with your prize.

You still have until Monday, October 14th to fill out the survey for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate! Take the survey now! (Only one entry per person.) THANK YOU!

Get your sewing machines ready, we actually want you to sew for this one! We want to see your creativity. Download this EQ7 project  (or the PDFs here) and use one of the blocks in a sewn project of your choice. It can be anything, a huge quilt, wall-hanging, bag, whatever. We will be posting photos on Facebook. Then, YOU will be choosing a winner! And, the winner will get a $100 EQ gift certificate! (Redeemable for EQ products. No cash value.) HOW TO ENTER: -          Email a photo of your finished project to Heidi@electricquilt.com -          Include your first and last name -          Subject line EQ Contest -          Entries due by November 8th BONUS FOR FESTIVAL GOERS! If you are planning on going to Quilt Festival in Houston make a wearable EQ project with one of the blocks from the project. A bag, a name tag, scarf/kerchief, a pin, whatever!

The Quilt Pattern is giving away an EQ7! See their website  for details. Good Luck!

Bea Lee is hosting a Blog Hop! I drew some blocks to be included in the hop. Download here. The theme is Appliqued Animals and she also has three sub-themes which are, Summer Animals, Critters and Bugs, and Summer garden “stuff”. Lots of other EQ users are also participating in the hop. Seamstobesew Freemotionbytheriver Sewincrediblycrazy Kissedquilts Funthreads Patchworkbreeze Janesquilting SewCalGal Beaquilter Be sure to check out their blogs and collect the free blocks! You could also win some EQ software! (See the above  blogs for details.)   Another aspect of the blog hop is trying to learn tips and techniques from other users. So, here is how I drew my blocks. First the shiba inu (Aevi) block…I searched the internet for a picture of a shiba inu. I decided on this one.   Open EQ7. Click Block > New Block > PatchDraw Motif.   Click the Tracing Image tab at

Just a few months ago we announced the new EQ7 add-on, Judy Martin Star Power; 110 blocks and 61 quilts to use in  your EQ7! Plus, piecing diagrams for every block and quilt! One of our favorite bloggers, SewCalGal, has just posted a review (and give-away) for EQ’s new EQ7 add-on, Judy Martin Star Power. Read the full review and enter her give-away here.