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Flipping through the July/Aug issue of McCall’s Magazine we spotted one of our very own DoYouEQ Artists, Karen Combs. Her quilt Summer Star is patterned in the magazine so go out and get a copy! As an avid EQ user we asked her to tell us a little about designing the quilt in EQ: “I just love designing in EQ. It lets my fingers keep up with my mind as I try out different designs. In Summer Star, I started with a Carpenter’s Star, also may be known as a Carpenter’s Wheel. I really do enjoy this design, it is quick to make and looks much harder to piece than it is. EQ allowed me to quickly add different colors options for the star and for the background. I was also able to add and try out different borders ideas. Once I had a design I liked, I could quickly try out

Gordon Cooper, from New Zealand, has started a new Yahoo mail list for sharing questions and tips about Electric Quilt Company products. You can choose to receive individual emails, as they are posted, or the “Digest” form, all emails in one daily message. Join by visiting home page: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/steppen Group email address: steppen@yahoogroups.co.uk Please note that in an attempt to keep spammers out, all memberships will have to be approved by the Group Owner.  This may take a day or two. Enjoy!

If you’ve been reading the recent newsletter you got to take advantage of Greg Renhill’s awesome Hexagon lessons. Well, Janet Quam sure did and she even finished the quilt! Nice work, Janet. Get all the info on these lessons in the EQ newsletters Part I Part II

The International Quilt Festival of Ireland is being held June 8-10 in The Quilter’s Village, located at National University of Ireland, Galway campus. It will be filled with quilting classes, craft workshops and quilting vendors. One of those lectures will be from an EQ7 users, quilt designer, and DoYouEQ Artist, Marlene Oddie! Her lecture will be Friday, June 8, 10-11am. Marlene will be showing you an informative overview about using EQ7 on a large projector screen. Plus, she will be giving away an EQ7 to one lucky attendee so be sure to show up to this lecture with you will be at the show. Make this Quilt designed by Marlene! Click here to see Marlene’s EQ7 tutorial on how to make her “Spinner” quilt using the EQ 2011 BOM blocks. Get the blocks free onMyEQBoutique.com. Or if you don’t have EQ7, you can link the collection to EQ7 to help you make this quilt.