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EQStitch Sunday Stitch #8

Posted 09-20-2015 by | Posted in: EQStitch Favorite Posts Sunday Stitch

How many of you are ‘Cross over Crafters’?  By this I mean, how many of you do more than one type of crafting and use the elements of one type of craft in another type of craft.  I suspect many of you are like this.  It is great that our EQ program allows us to be quilters and machine embroidery enthusiasts and combine the two loves in one program. But, I do more than that.  I often use the artwork in the EQ7 side of the program and capture it to use in other programs.  I often just print the artwork onto fabric and then use that as the guidelines for my free motion thread painting. EQStitch allows me to create designs that I use in quilting, home decor, clothing, and crafting of all sorts.  A very simple design can add an impressive expression to other projects.  Have you ever

Christa Watson’s Book Tour, free project & EQ7 GIVEAWAY!

Posted 09-17-2015 by | Posted in: Contests EQ Artists Favorite Posts

This contest is closed. We’ve contacted the winner – check your email! We are participating in Christa’s book tour for her new book Machine Quilting With Style. Read below to see how Christa designed her quilts with EQ7 and enter to win the program!! We just love the quilts in this book! And yes, they were designed in EQ7!! EQ Artist, Teacher and Author, Christa Watson tells us about herself, her book and how she uses Electric Quilt design software to create such fantastic quilts. I am super excited about my brand new book, Machine Quilting With Style. It includes 12 complete patterns along with step-by-step instructions on how to quilt them on your home sewing machine. I’ve always enjoyed teaching others the entire process of making a quilt from start to finish, and it thrills me to no end when I help someone conquer their fear of machine quilting.

EQStitch Sunday Stitch #7

Posted 09-13-2015 by | Posted in: EQStitch Favorite Posts Sunday Stitch

There is an old expression ‘The Devil is in The Details’.  Loosely translated, if applied to machine embroidery, it means that the finished project may look good, but the process of the stitching may not be satisfactory.  The details of how you digitized a design are as important as the finished project.  Think of a red work design.  It is all one color and ideally will stitch from one element to the next without a lot of tie off stitches or jumps.  The back of the work will look as smooth and finished as the front of the work.  Yet, we have all come across designs that look great but stitch very erradically jumping from one spot to another.  How annoying!  The smoothest stitch out considers the ‘pathing’ of the design.  With EQStitch we can use basic shapes and set them to path correctly to avoid these jump stitches. 1.

Big Cat, Little Cats by Susan Hilsenbeck

Posted 08-31-2015 by | Posted in: Favorite Posts From Our Users Just Because Look What I Did

This weekend a new submission popped into our Quilt Gallery that I had to share here on the blog too. Susan Hilsenbeck is a frequent contributor to our gallery. She shared her Big Cat, Little Cats quilt with us and it’s pretty amazing! The blocks are from Janeen van Niekerk’s Silhouette Cats collection and Susan combined them in this interesting study of scale. Click over to Susan’s blog to see how she combined these intricate paper pieced blocks. Have you submitted a design to our Quilt Gallery yet? We’d love to see your EQ designs in fabric! Just use the entry form on the side bar to add your quilt to this inspiring gallery!

Spring 2016 EQA – Enrollment Opens Tomorrow!

Posted 08-17-2015 by | Posted in: EQ Academy Favorite Posts

EQ Academy Ohio Location: April 21-23, 2016 Reminder! Enrollment opens Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 11:00am EDT for the Spring 2016 Ohio location only. View class options now > View class listings for both locations >

Creative Spark: Quiltmaker Sept/Oct ’15

Posted 08-12-2015 by | Posted in: EQ News and Press Favorite Posts

EQ7 user Janice Averill has another stunning design in the September/October issue of Quiltmaker! Her beautiful quilt is also the focus of the newest Creative Spark feature on page 39 of the magazine. Rudeneja, pictured above, is made of a single block repeated and rotated to create the intricate design. Changing the color placement in the patches of the individual block results in very different quilts! Make sure you check out the companion EQ7 lesson for the article on Quiltmaker’s site: EQ7 Coloring Tools

EQ Academy 2016 – Dates Announced!

Posted 08-11-2015 by | Posted in: EQ Academy Favorite Posts

After a successful EQ Academy this past April, we are excited to announce TWO locations for 2016! View all the classes > Read the recap and reviews from the 2015 event. Perrysburg, OH – April 21-23, 2016 The Perrysburg, Ohio location will offer 3 EQ7 classes and 1 EQStitch class. Mary Ellen Kranz and Christa Watson will be teaching beginner EQ7 classes, Barb Vlack will teach a “confident” beginner class and Yvonne Menear will be teaching an EQStitch class. Classes run for three days from 9:00am-4:00pm with an hour lunch break. Friday evening will be a lecture series from all the teachers…an EQ Academy favorite! Enrollment opens August 18, 2015. Denver, CO – September 8-10, 2016 The Denver location (Greenwood Village, CO) is a new EQ Academy location! We are excited to be able to offer this off-site workshop. There will be 2 EQ7 classes and 1 EQStitch class, plus

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