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International Quilt Festival Houston 2012 November 1-4, 2012 George R. Brown Convention Center Houston, Texas Hours: Wed., Oct 31 (Preview Night): 7-10 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 1-Sat., Nov. 3: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sun., Nov. 4: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Ticket prices: $12 daily adult $9 seniors & students Children 10 and under free. $12 Preview Night (includes one free additional day) $42 Full Show Pass (includes Preview Night) ______________________________________________________________________________ Catch these EQ Classes at the show. All EQ Class registration is through Quilts Inc. Online enrollment will open July 9 Hands-on computer classes at the George E Brown Convention Center. Bring your own laptop with EQ7 installed and activated. IMPORTANT: Before travel to Houston, connect your laptop to the Internet and open EQ7 to ensure your EQ7 is validated and ready for class. Registration handled by Quilts Inc. Tuesday, October 30 2012 All day:  9 – 12 noon; 2 – 5 p.m.

Look what we found flipping through the pages of Machine Quilting Unlimited! Marlene Oddie’s Spinner Quilt. You’ll remember, Marlene was the 2011 BOM Challenge winner with this stunning Spinner quilt. She even stepped out how to make this on her KISSED Quilts blog.

Learn to draw this Etoile de Chamblie in EQ7 with Marlene Oddie of KISSED Quilts! Thanks Marlene!

Check out this tutorial from Stofgenoeg’s blog about how to merge blocks in EQ7. It’s written in German but also translated into English. Enjoy!

Ever wonder where all the cute Quilt Design Wizard projects, special offers downloads, and inspirational EQ Printable Fabrics projects come from? Well now you can thank EQ Graphic Designer, Heidi Kory for all those cute freebies! She can do some amazing things with EQ7 and a printable fabric sheet. She has a knack for finding alternative uses for EQ7 so we often turn to her to create the holiday projects that magically appear in your inbox. In the coming months we will be debuting a brand new and improved EQ blog with lots to do! Heidi will be blogging and sharing all kinds of fun project ideas for EQ and EQ printable fabrics in a section call Heidi Finds. So stay tuned! But as a little introduction we thought you might enjoy hearing how Heidi got started in quilting and how she ended up here at EQ. “I remember my mom asking

If you have you been following AccuQuilt Barn Quilt contest like the rest of us, you probably already know the winners. Congratulations to Grand prize winner Belinda Karls-Nace and to runner up Carol Johnson! What a huge accomplishment. So what you didn’t know is that both Balinda and Carol are EQ users and they used EQ to create their winning quilt blocks! We are thrilled for your accomplishments, ladies. Grand Prize Winning Barn Quilt Runner up Barn Quilt Balinda Karls-Nace Carol Johnson

If you didnt get a chance to pick up a copy of the March 2012 American Quilter, you can read Penny’s article on the AQS website! There you will find a wonderfully written bio on our very own Penny McMorris by Marjorie L. Russell. Check it out!