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Our website has so much to offer, sometimes it’s easy to overlook stuff. Have you seen all of our FREE user’s projects? All of these projects are made our users. We have some from Christa Quilts, Jan T Urquhart Baillie, Terri Nice, Claire Haillot, Regina Grewe, Sarah Vedeler, Simonetta Marini, Danka Kruszewska, Angela Glaze, Sindy Rodenmayer, Carol Honderich, Jo Moury, Angie Padilla, BusyBeePatterns, Nancy Mahoney, Evelyn Townsend, Erin McMorris, Inklingo, Cath Picaut, Andrea Bishop, Linda Poole, Georgia McCroy, CabinQuilter (and me)! Click here to check out all the projects. One of the projects included is this cute little quilt by Marian Pena. Let’s hope that even if winter comes in like a lion, it leaves like a lamb

Here is a Valentine’s Day bouquet quilt! You can download the EQ7 file here. Here is how I made it: I clicked Libraries > Block Libraries > Search > by Category > I selected “Applique” and “Flowers”. I added the following blocks to my sketchbook. I like “Rose in Bloom” but I wanted to use it without the leaves. So, I clicked Worktable > Work on Block > View Sketchbook > click on Rose in Bloom > Edit. Make sure you are on the applique tab. Use the Pick tool to select the leaves and then hit the delete key on your keyboard. Select the whole rose and copy. Click Block > New Block > PatchDraw Motif > Paste > Add to Sketchbook Besides deleting leaves, I did the same steps with the pink Zinnia block. The red carnation is already a motif so I didn’t edit that one. Then

Have you seen our Quilt Design Wizard quilts? Do you know they also open in EQ7 and EQ6? Here are some “Valentinesy” projects you can download. Check here for instructions on how to open in EQ7 or EQ6. If this inspires you to make something, let us know! Email photos to Heidi@electricquilt.com.

This Valentine’s Day project is so simple it could be made into many different things…a bag, place mats, pillows, whatever! To import photos into EQ7: Click Libraries > Photo Library > Import > from Image Files > locate on your computer > open > Add to Sketchbook > Close. For the photo to set in the block like in the examples it’s actually better to import them as fabric. To import fabric into EQ7: Click Libraries > Fabric Library > Import > from Image Files > locate on your computer > open > Add to Sketchbook > Close. For more information on how to draw silhouettes check out this post. Don’t forget the EQ Printable Fabric! Download the EQ7 project here. If this inspires you to make something, let us know! Email photos to Heidi@electricquilt.com.

In the Winter 2014 issue of Modern Quilts Unlimited I have an article about making a modern family tree quilt, using EQ7, of course. I drew all the blocks, I scanned in photos of my family and put them all in the quilt. The article also talks about editing photos right in EQ7, drawing silhouettes, importing fabrics and much more. There is a Web Extra that explains, step-by-step on Modern Quilt’s Unlimited site on how to make this quilt here. You can also download the EQ7 project. It does accompany the article though, so be sure to get the magazine!

SewCalGal is hosting a Blog Hop! It’s kicking off her Year of Red and White Quilt Challenges. We hope to inspire you to use EQ and enter SewCalGal’s upcoming Design It! Quilt Challenge. It kicks off on February 10th and goes thru March 23rd. Designs of any size can be entered in this challenge, but they need to be your own design and have a red and white theme to them. (You do not need to use EQ to enter your design.) There is also a Make It! Challenge for those that want to make their design (or a project from any purchased design or tutorial). The more you enter the more chances you’ll have to win prizes! We hope you’ll find many inspirational projects shared in this EQ Blog Hop as well as tips and tutorials. Monday, January 27th -SewCalGal Tuesday, January 28th -Marlene at Kissed Quilts Wednesday, January

Marian Pena was nice enough to send in this adorable project to share. You can find more of her work at her website seamstobesew.com. Download the EQ7 file Download the PDF Thanks Marian and happy holidays to everyone!