Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

You’ve been asking for this…and now it’s ready! Our long-time Stash product has been revamped into a download for your EQ7 Fabric Library! Download over 1,400 of the newest fabrics from your favorite fabric manufacturers. They install right into your EQ7 Fabric Library, ready for you to use! Check it out!

Denise Russart is starting a Dog Pound Pals Adoption Society Block of the Month Project. You’ll be using her adorable dog blocks from MyEQBoutique.com. Denise will be providing a quilt layout, additional block instructions and instructions to set everything all together.   The applique dog blocks will be 12″ finished blocks. Denise says, “The blocks are are pretty easy to applique with fairly large pieces.”  She will be giving tips on how I applique them using the “freezer paper on the bottom” method of applique, but  you can use any applique method you choose to make these blocks. You must sign up before January 25 to participate. Check out Denise’s website for more information.

Marian Pena was nice enough to send in this adorable project to share. You can find more of her work at her website seamstobesew.com. Download the EQ7 file Download the PDF Thanks Marian and happy holidays to everyone!

Much of the US was covered with snow and ice this weekend, so I thought it would be a good time to show off the snow themed blocks in the EQ7 Block Library. Finding these blocks is easy! In the Block Library, click the Search button > By Notecard. Type “snow” in the Search box. Check all the boxes underneath and click the Search button. Here are just a few of my favorite snow blocks! If you need a warm-up after looking at all the snow blocks, do another search for the word “hot” and you’ll find this yummy Hot Latte block!

I’m so excited to share our User Spotlight with you today! You’ve seen her teaching the wildly popular Craftsy Block of the Month 2012, and now Amy Gibson of Stitchery Dickory Dock is sharing with us how much she loves EQ7! I’ve been quilting for 20 years, but once I discovered EQ7 in 2011, it had a profound affect on my design ability. I have so fallen in love with it, that I now use EQ7 in nearly every quilt I design. My favorite features are the ability to import swatches of actual fabric I plan to use (ie, auditioning fabrics), being able to easily print foundation paper piecing templates (love it!), and being able to quickly adjust measurements (anything that takes the brain damage out of quilt math for me is a godsend!). EQ7 was an integral part of designing and creating templates for my 2012 Craftsy Block of

We’ve been posting free project to our Quilt Design Wizard page for over ten years! They also open in EQ6 and EQ7. There’s over 120 free projects including free digital fabric and blocks! Here are a few of my favorite wintery ones. Enjoy!