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If you’ve been with us for a while, you’ll notice that each year around this time, we have a cute little visitor to our site: It’s our friend, Sunbonnet Sue, and she has the very important job of decorating the tree each year! She holds a special place in our hearts here at EQ and I thought I’d share a little bit about her story today. Penny McMorris & Dean Neumann, EQ founders The Sunbonnet Sue animation was created by Dean Neumann, EQ co-founder and programmer. She made her first appearance on our site back in 1996, shortly after our first website was launched. EQ3 was our current version of the software at that time. EQ3 could only export PCX files (PiCture eXchange) for images. Dean made the animation by drawing individual blocks on the Block Worktable for each of the movements. He exported a PCX for each block and

We’re so excited to be vending at QuiltCon this year in Savannah, Georgia!  If you’re there, be sure to stop at booth #337! Here’s what we’ll have going on… Awesome quilts     You’ll love the quilts in our booth because they belong to two super talented EQ users and authors, Amy Friend and Christa Watson. You’ll see Christa’s “Ripples” quilt,  Amy’s “Wings” quilt and lots more! Book Signings     You’ll have the chance to meet and chat with Christa and Amy on Friday. They’ll be doing signings of their newest books… and selling them too! Christa’s signing: Friday, 12pm – 1pm Amy’s signing: Friday, 1:30pm – 2:30pm EQ Demos Stop in any time to see us demonstrate EQ7 and EQ Mini. Ask questions and take advantage of the one-on-one time you’ll get with an EQ employee. Show savings & Giveaways All the products in our booth will be

Just when you thought you had all the blocks you’ll ever need (wait, does that really happen?)… 2 NEW Boutique Collections: Picnic Parade and Chains of Flora by Amy Heaton Picnic Parade Quilt Pattern by Amy Heaton Includes 6 new blocks and sewing instructions. $6.95 Download Now >> (EQ7 Required.) Here’s a preview of some of the blocks you’ll get with this download: And here’s the quilt: This pattern can be used as a single row to complete a much larger seasonal quilt (or simply repeat this row as many times as you like). It also includes border instructions to be used a Table Runner for picnics or for those of you who love to go “glamping” for use in a camper/RV. Intermediate skill level for basic piecing and lots of applique. Read more about this product >> – – – Chains of Flora Quilt Pattern by Amy Heaton Includes

We are so excited to tell you about a brand new product! We’ve partnered with Kimberly Einmo again to bring you EQ7 projects from her newest book Clever Combo Quilts! Kimberly is a best-selling author, award-winning quilter, designer, international instructor, quilt judge, and long-time EQ user (and an EQ Artist too!). We’re so happy to be bringing her designs to EQ users in this new add-on for EQ7 and EQStitch! Clever Combo Quilts is Kimberly’s sixth book and will be available this week from American Quilter’s Society. In this new book, Kimberly combines easy-to-sew blocks to create amazing secondary designs. Allowing you to make quilts that are eye-catching, but also fun to sew! This add-on product includes 12 EQ7 project files and two PDFs. There is a project file for each of the original quilts from the book & two BONUS designs from Kimberly. Plus 40 additional quilt variations. That’s

We’ve been introducing each of our EQ Academy teachers here on the blog in anticipation of our first 2016 workshop coming up in April. You’ve met Christa Watson and Yvonne Menear. Now it’s time to get to know our good friend Mary Ellen Kranz a little better! Mary Ellen has sewn and quilted since childhood. She found her career path in computers but continued to pursue quiltmaking. Twenty years of experience teaching computer technologies provided her with an understanding of how PCs, printers, scanners and digital cameras could blend together in the process of creating fiber art. As a quiltmaker, teacher and author, Mary Ellen Kranz shares her knowledge of how to combine quilting, digital photography, and computer software with quiltmakers across the country. Her quilts appear in shows and galleries and reflect a broad range of quiltmaking skills and techniques. Patten Pond, Quilt: Mary Ellen Kranz, Quilting: Cheryl Hayes

The first of our two 2016 EQ Academy events is coming up in April in Perrysburg, Ohio and we’re introducing each of our teachers here on the blog. A few days ago, we featured Christa Watson. Now it’s time to get to know Yvonne Menear! We’re happy to have Yvonne joining us for the second time as the EQStitch instructor at EQ Academy. She literally wrote the book on EQStitch and was our #1 beta tester during the development of the embroidery plug-in for EQ7! Yvonne is a familiar face here on the blog with her weekly Sunday Stitch posts that share lots of great EQStitch tips and inspiration. She’s also the moderator of the EQStitch Yahoo Group and has a very busy teaching schedule that includes in-person classes and retreats, as well as online classes at EQ University. Yvonne says: “When I was a little girl, my teenage babysitter

The first of our two EQ Academy Workshops is fast approaching and we can’t wait to see you all in person! The April 21-23 workshop will be held in Perrysburg, Ohio and we have four wonderful teachers ready to show you the ins and outs of EQ7 and EQStitch.Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be profiling each of our teachers so you can get to know them better. First up is Christa Watson! This will be Christa’s first time teaching at EQ Academy and we’re so happy to have her join us this year! Christa has been designing original quilts and class samples since the early days of EQ4. We first “met” Christa when she emailed EQ to tell us that she had used EQ7 to design a quilt that would be featured on the cover of the November/December 2013 issue of Quilty. We’re always so excited to see