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I just got the coolest email from Ann Waldron about EQ & quilting and “odd uses” for EQ. I’ll let her tell you about it: I just wanted to share with you what my Dad makes using EQ. He does quite a bit of designing using the program and transforms the patterns into these wooden bowls. As you can see from the last picture, my Mom is a quilter too! My Dad (Don Uteck) has been working with wood for as long as I can remember. He has been making these segmented bowls for just the last 5 or 6 years. I am actually the EQ user in the family and got him started on it. With my Mom being a quilter as well, it was natural for him to use quilt blocks in his bowls, although he uses other designs as well. This is mainly a hobby for him,

Partners Mary Keasler and Kathy Skomp shared with us their EQ6 creations in their new published book of EQ6 quilt patterns so we thought we’d spread the news on to you. Mary and Kathy have just completed a book of four EQ6 designed quilt patterns, “And The Greatest of These is Love.” The patterns are all wedding themed, however, as the book explains the designs are not exclusive to wedding projects. Kathy’s quilts are designed in EQ6 to be a quick and easy, yet beautifully graphic and Mary enjoys a combination of appliqué and pieced for the more advanced quilter. You can find their new book in many individual quilt shops across the country or visit their site. Plans to follow up with a volume 2 are in the works. Congratulations on the new book, Ladies!

Next time you’re looking for some cool blocks and don’t feel like drawing, trying using Serendipity. Make sure you have blocks in your Sketchbook. Go to the Block Worktable. From the menu at the top, choose BLOCK > Serendipity > Merge Blocks. Mix and match the blocks in your Sketchbook and click the Add to Sketchbook button for any that you like. When you open the Merge Blocks box, EQ will evaluate each block in the Sketchbook and decide if it is suitable for a background block. You won’t see all your Sketchbook blocks on the left, only the ones that meet the following requirements: 1) Blocks must be EasyDraw™ blocks created on the EasyDraw™ drawing board, or blocks from the Library that have been drawn using EasyDraw. 2) The block must have at least ONE parallelogram that’s larger than other patches. 3) The size of the parallelogram must take

Do you blog about EQ on your blog? If so, we’d like to know about it! We want to unite the EQ community and help spread new ideas, EQ patterns and blocks, EQ tricks, and inspiring stories. Blogging for your store? Share ideas on how you use and market EQ in your business. If you’re blogging about EQ contact us at: penny@electricquilt.com sarahkollar@electricquilt.com Tell us how you use EQ and send us a link to your blog.

Our EQ users are always designing with fun and unique blocks of their own and lucky for the rest of us, they like to share them! Annie Unrein is an EQ6er who loves to share her charming patterns and blocks on her web site. Annie also posts a “Block of the Month” so be sure to check her site often for the latest updates.   Also, check out her blog at, www.byanniecom.blogspot.com.

Visit Feed Dog’s blog to learn how you can simulate a satin-stitch in your quilt designs! “I used three different thread colours, each a shade or two darker than the patch it surrounds. This gives me a pretty good idea of how my lemon slice would look appliquéd with a satin stitch.” ~ Feed Dog

Kate McComas from Charleston WV shared the Tiny Photo Quilts she has made using EQ Printable Fabrics. Kate/everyone, We’re so glad you are enjoying them, because we’re enjoying your creations! The tiny photo quilts Kate showed us are a great example of some fun weekend projects with EQ printable fabric. She printed photos onto the fabric sheets and then blended them with really fun prints to complement the colors and textures in her photos. This technique is great for journal quilting when you find a photo that really inspires you. Check out Kate’s quilts. My favorite is the Tunnel Tiny Quilts made from photos of a mystical tunnel in Shanghai. The colors are just so warm. Thanks for inspiring us, Kate!