Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

“Show your patriotic pride with the GO! Colonial Stars Quilt. This quilt is the perfect accessory for your Memorial Day and July 4th celebrations.” We found this project on AccuQuilt’s website and noticed, this great free project was made in EQ7! How cool is that! Visit the AccuQuilt site to get this pattern free. You can even get great deals on their products to go with it this weekend.

Don’t forget entries for the May Block of the Month are due by June 1, 2011 8am Eastern. This month’s prize is a free Quiltmaker Quilting Designs Volume 4 software. Get the pattern here.

Better late than never, right? This post is a little late but I somehow forgot to post this! Back in April, SewCalGal hosted the Golden Quilter Awards and by public vote, The Electric Quilt Company took home the Most Innovated Product (software item) Award. We are honored. SewCalGal wrote us to tell us about the win: I wanted to let you know that you are a winner in the 2011 Golden Quilter Awards.  Quilters from around the world submitted nominations and all the votes have been counted, making it official.  Everyone agrees you are the best of the best and we all appreciate what you have done to make our world of quilting so wonderful. For more info on all the winners: http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/2011/04/winners-of-2011-golden-quilter-awards.html Best Regards, SewCalGal Thank you to SewCalGal for the chance to be nominated and to everyone for voting!

Angie Padilla, author of Applique Drawing for EQ6 or EQ7, is sponsoring a give away in celebration of her new pattern site, Angie’s Bits ‘n Pieces! To celebrate Angie’s new Pattern Shop, Angie has offered three (3) copies of her “My Dream House Software”, for three different winners of this giveaway.  And, Angie is also willing to ship these to any winner in any place in the world.  But winners should have, or be planning to purchase EQ5, EQ6 or EQ7 to be able to use this software. To enter to win a copy of My Dream House software all you need to do is leave a comment on SewCalGal’s Blog post.  But if you want extra entries, here are some ways you can get an extra entry: 1) Visit Angie’s new Quilt Pattern Shop and check out her check out her designs.  Leave a comment on this post to let me know your

Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful women out there who have shaped our lives. Here’s a free project to celebrate the day. Mother’s Day EQ7 project

May’s prize: Quiltmaker Quilting Designs Volume 4 software. A winner will be chosen on June 1, 2011 9am Eastern. Thanks for submitting your pictures to webmaster@electricquilt.com! Don’t worry about sending a professional photograph. As long as it isn’t on too much of an angle and I can see the whole block and the image is over 400px, I can crop it for the blog. Want the May Merriment pattern? Visit this page of our blog: https://doyoueq.com/blog/?p=2257 Block 1 Submitted by: Cathy Buel Block 2 Submitted by: Joanne a.k.a “Threadhead” Block 3 Submitted by: JoAnn Korzenko Block 4 Submitted by: Barbara Rodebush Block 5 Submitted by: Nancy Stansbury Block 6 Submitted by: Nancy Packard Block 7 Submitted by: Beth Brandt Block 8 Submitted by: Vicki Cranfield Block 9 Submitted by: Paula Miceli Block 10 Submitted by: Sharon Simmons Block 11 Submitted by: Nancy Anderson Block 12 Submitted by: Linda Erickson Block