Peanut butter & jelly, Bert & Ernie, movies & popcorn… Some things are just better together. Like EQ8 and AccuQuilt®! The Electric Quilt Company and AccuQuilt are happy to announce your favorite pair of quilting tools are now even easier to use together! EQ8 and AccuQuilt GO! Qube® dies are coming together to bring quilters an exciting new series of add-on products, making it more streamlined to design quilts that can be cut using your favorite dies. Six AccuQuilt GO! Qube add-on products for EQ8 software will be released in 2024. The first add-on, AccuQuilt GO! Qube: Mix & Match, Plus Corners and Angles, will be released in just a few weeks on October 21. One lucky winner will get their hands on this new add-on early! More details about the giveaway below. The AccuQuilt GO! Qube: Mix & Match, Plus Corners and Angles add-on features all 216 blocks designed
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New Product Series & Giveaway!
Posted 10-01-2024 by Jenny | Posted in: EQ Company News EQ News and Press More for EQers
Stitch & Share EQ Sew-Along: Featuring Christine!
Posted 09-15-2024 by Heidi | Posted in: Just Because More for EQers Stitch & Share
EQ is making a quilt! We’ve got some new employees and want to ensure everyone knows how to sew and understands quilting. (And maybe make a few new quilters!) We decided to do a Sew-Along so you can see our blocks and get to know us all better. Each month, we’re featuring one staff member and their block in the quilt. (Perfect since we have 12 staff members!) If you’d like to sew along and get more details about the project, check them out here. This month we’re featuring Christine! Christine has worked at EQ for 11 years. She started as a graphic-design intern, hired to typeset the EQ7 Applique Drawing book. Now, she’s the Director of Marketing! Christine says, “I like a lot of things about working at EQ, but my favorite is how we all work together to do big things for quilters and the quilting industry. It’s
Stitch & Share EQ Sew-Along: Featuring Jenny!
Posted 08-15-2024 by Heidi | Posted in: Just Because More for EQers Sew Alongs Stitch & Share
We’re making a quilt! EQ has added some new employees recently, and we wanted to make sure everyone knows how to sew and quilt. We decided to do a Sew-Along so you can see our blocks and get to know us all better. Each month, we’re featuring one staff member and their block in the quilt. (Perfect since we have 12 staff members!) If you’d like to sew along and get more details about the project, check them out here. This month we’re featuring Jenny! Jenny started at EQ as a graphic design intern in the Fall of 2001. She’s been at EQ through all the phases of growing up—from college student to newlywed to having a family. EQ actually didn’t have a maternity leave policy until Jenny was pregnant with her son, and now he’s off to college! Jenny says, “Since I’ve been here forever , and
Stitch & Share EQ Sew-Along: Featuring Olivia!
Posted 07-15-2024 by Heidi | Posted in: Just Because More for EQers Stitch & Share
EQ is making a quilt! We’ve added some new employees recently, so we wanted to make sure everyone knows how to sew and quilt. Each month, we’re featuring one staff member and their block in the quilt. (Perfect since we have 12 staff members!) If you’d like to sew along and get more details about the project, check them out here. This month we’re featuring Olivia! Olivia started working at EQ in the summer of 2020 for a college co-op before eventually joining full time in 2022. She’s part of the marketing team and coordinates projects like social media, trade shows, Fabric of the Month, and recently Stash add-ons. So all of the fabric images you see in our new fabric downloads, are thanks to her! Olivia says, “I love working in a creative environment, and it’s very fulfilling to know our software is really helping quilters bring
Custom Barn Quilts!
Posted 04-12-2024 by Christine | Posted in: More for EQers
Don’t you love passing by a farm and spotting a barn quilt? Have you ever thought of using your EQ8 to design one? We all know we can design an actual quilt in EQ8, but did you know you can design your very own barn quilt in EQ8 too? It’s easy! Our friends at Quiltfolk have just announced their Barn Quilt Breakthrough that makes owning a beautiful barn quilt less time-consuming and more accessible: For the first time, Quiltfolk is offering custom Barn Quilts in a proprietary way—no painting required, with infinite colors and designs available! Two ways to order! Choose from pre-designed options or upload your own from EQ8! 1.) Pre-designed barn quilt: Choose from a selection of 30 pre-made options plucked straight from the EQ8 Block Library. You’ll recognize popular blocks like Mariner’s Star, Bear’s Paw, Monkey Wrench, Log Cabin, and lots more that are perfect for your home! 2.) Custom
APQ Spring Quilt Along
Posted 02-22-2024 by Christine | Posted in: Downloads More for EQers
We’re sponsoring the American Patchwork & Quilting Spring Quilt Along! This year’s quilt is called Heart of the Home and it was designed in EQ by Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life. If you want to quilt along, get the details on APQ’s website > You can also download the free project file for EQ8 > The EQ8 project includes 29 fabrics from the Strawberry Lemonade collection by Sherri & Chelsi for Moda. APQ even has a Facebook group for those who are quilting along! Join the APQ Quilt Along Facebook Group > You can also follow along with Sherri on her YouTube channel! Happy Quilting!
Color Scheme Winner & More Details!
Posted 12-15-2023 by Heidi | Posted in: Just Because More for EQers Sew Alongs Stitch & Share
Thanks everyone for voting! The winning color scheme is letter B! As promised here are the details on the fun, year-long blog series for next year… It’s a Sew-Along with the EQ staff! Lots of us are quilters but some of us are not. To give everyone a chance to learn more about quilting we’re each sewing a block that will then be made into a quilt. Each month one staff member will be featured along with their block. (It just so happens we have 12 employees!) You can sew along with us and make your own version of the quilt (download the EQ8 project here), or just follow our journey through the blog posts and get to know a little more about the people behind EQ! Each staff member will get to choose how they’d like to construct their block and we may even have a special guest appearance