Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

Thank you to everyone who participated in January’s design challenge! What a gorgeous group of quilts you all designed! Winners Two winners were selected, one by the QT Fabrics team and the other was chosen randomly. Congratulations to…. Winner 1 (QT Fabrics’ Pick): Peg Saunders “Peg did a great job incorporating the different values of blues and greens in the quilt.  The gold is the perfect foil to those cooler colors, adding sparkle and movement to the design. The offset borders are a very nice touch, framing the quilt center perfectly.” – QT Fabrics Winner 2 (Random Pick): Patty Low A Note from QT Fabrics “So many wonderful options were submitted.” – QT Fabrics Honorable Mentions Don’t forget to look at all the amazing submissions to this challenge. Here are a few honorable mentions! More Chances to Win Watercolor Geometry by Benartex is February’s Fabric of the Month! Download the collection and enter in our design

Welcome to our blog series, Do You EQ Too? Each month, we will spotlight a different EQ user and their quilts! If you haven’t already, you can read our introduction post here. This month we are spotlighting Karen Kuske! Karen is a pattern designer, instructor, and longtime EQ user. Having lived in Ohio, Colorado, Florida, Tennessee, and more, Karen often finds inspiration from the surroundings of where she’s lived and traveled. “I learned to sew at a very young age, made most of my own clothes, some home decor items and more,” says Karen. “So, I really enjoy working with fabrics and colors. In 2000, I took a beginner quilting class and loved it. After making my 1st quilt in the class, I started buying quilting books and learned how to design my own quilts. Within a short time, I started designing and making patterns to sell on a website I created. At a

This contest is now closed. Winner is announced here.  February’s Fabric of the Month, is Watercolor Geometry by Marta Cortese for Benartex! This collection is a paradoxical blend of flowing colors and classic shapes! Triangles, circles, and rectangles all twisting and dancing in vibrant hues. These splendid fabrics bring art and function together in the most fascinating way – use them in your modern quilt designs, or as an unexpected pop of color in your neutral home decor! A bundle of these fabrics will be given away to one lucky winner! Submit your EQ design featuring Watercolor Geometry below…all instructions and contest details are in this post. Good luck! To enter In order to enter for the giveaway you must submit a quilt using the current Fabric of the Month AND comment on at least one other person’s quilt you like by the end of the month. If you’re the first person to submit a quilt, make

Let’s discover some easy and quick ways to change existing projects. For example, I’m going to use this month’s free project of the month, Scrappy Sweetheart. You can download the project here. It also includes 50 fabrics! This is just one of over 320 free project downloads for EQ8. Check them all out! Download the project and double-click on the project to open it in EQ8. If you’re having trouble finding the project, please read this. Click the Quilts section Click on the quilt Click Edit This quilt it a little quirky and pretty bright. Let’s try it with some lighter colors. Click DESIGN > Fabric Tools > Randomize > Map to Colors Choose Brightness and click on the quilt to see the brightness level change. Click Add to Project Sketchbook  . If the project is unnamed EQ8 will prompt you to do so. (To be saved, your item needs

The best way to learn EQ8 software is to take a class, and there’s nothing like a hands-on experience (especially when there are giveaways, freebies, and fabric discounts included! ) Come experience EQ Academy this spring and learn your EQ8 from the best teachers! Make friends, meet EQ staff, visit local quilt shops, and have a great time! Not sure what classes are best for you? Take our quiz! (Quiz not displaying correctly? Try this link.) For scores 0-5, this is the class you should start with: For scores 6-9, this is the class you should start with: After completing either of the above classes, take any of these! Hope to see you at EQ Academy! Thursday March 30-April 1 If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us. View All EQ Academy Classes > Read EQ Academy FAQs > See photos of our last EQ Academy >  Notes

Thank you to everyone who read and commented on our blog post! We’re thrilled that our different versions and colorways of the 5 beautiful Villa Rosa Designs were able to illustrate a few of the simple and fun tools in EQ8! To see more, watch the EQ8-demo video! Winner One winner of EQ8 was selected at random. Congratulations to… JOY PAULL Here’s Joy’s comment: Oh my, no graph paper, no calculations in Excel, no horrible lines crossed out because I can never find a pencil and made a mistake drawing out an idea in pen. I would LOVE to win EQ8. Special Offer For those of you who didn’t win, you can use the promo code VRD25 through January 31, 2023 to save 25% on your order on our site. When you’ve added everything to the Cart, click on the Apply Promo Code button, enter the code, and click the button

Today is our day to post in the Villa Rosa Blog Hop! Villa Rosa Designs creates “Fast & Fun” quilt patterns featuring pre-cuts like 1/2 yards, fat quarters, 10′′ squares, 5′′ squares, 2 1/2′′ strips, fat eighths, and fat sixths, as well as other fabric cuts like panels. Tricia Maloney, who formats all of the Villa Rosa Designs, uses EQ8 for each one, and designs her own patterns in EQ8, too! EQ8 Giveaway! This giveaway is now closed. See the winner! As part of this amazing Blog Hop, we’re giving away one EQ8!  Please leave a comment below letting us know why you want your own EQ8 to be eligible for the giveaway. We will select one winner at random from all of the submissions on January 27 and announce it the same day. Special Offer For those of you who don’t win, or already have EQ8 and want other fabulous