Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

Looking for a quick fun project? Check out this new Bunny Pillow just in time for Easter. The design is simple and showcases the quilting stencil from Quiltmaker Quilting Designs Volume 2. Have fun playing with the EQ7 project – try out your own fabrics and stencils. You could even showcase a printed photo on fabric, an embroidery, or fussy-cut fabric. Enjoy!

There is a great deal of interest in the quilting community about printing on fabric. So it was a real treat to hear HP had written an article this week on that very subject! (And woohoo, EQ Printables: Inkjet Fabric sheets were mentioned.) Be sure to check it out: Use your HP printer to print on fabric.

Claire Haillot just wrote in to tell of her upcoming classes in Québec. I thought I’d mention it here on the blog because she’s teaching the classes in French and has prepared her own handouts in French too. Thursday May 26 – Jeudi le 26 mai- 6:45 PM Or – ou Monday May 30, Lundi 30 mai – 1PM Initiation EQ Initiation Instructor: Claire Haillot www.courtepointeclaire.ca 3143 Boul. Dagenais Ouest, Laval, Québec, H7P 1T8, Canada (450) 628-9950, courtepointeclaire@bellnet.ca This seminar enables you to have a better understanding of what the EQ software can do (5,6 or 7) and how to get started. BUT, the class is in FRENCH so it is dedicated for French users… so you can finally understand your software. All the handouts are in French. C’est un séminaire qui vous permet de comprendre les principes de base du logiciel et vous permet de démarrer votre créativité. $20

I love foundation piecing. I wish I could foundation piece everything. So a few months ago when my friend was having a baby shower for her upcoming twins, I decided to try to make some toys to match the nursery. I logged into her baby registry and checked out the theme she had chosen for the room. They were super-cute elephants. I saved the photo, traced it in EQ, printed templates (with the seam allowance) and then panicked. I had never made stuffed animals before. I knew that the stuffing would ‘eat up’ my design and that I needed extra fabric somehow to account for the depth. I was overthinking it completely, so I decided to approach it like foundation piecing and just go for it! To my surprise I was able to finish them accurately on the first try in 10 minutes! Here’s how to make lightning fast ornaments

Ever wanted to label a block – adding letters or numbers? Try this easy lesson and learn a trick for doing this. Handy if teaching? Or for gift cards? Check out this new lesson on how to add text to a block.

EQ’s Blogger & Marketing Director is back from maternity leave! Yay! We missed you.

April’s prize: Judy Martin Star’s & Sets software A winner will be chosen on May 2, 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 April Accord pattern? Visit this page of our blog: https://doyoueq.com/blog/?p=2254 Block 1 Submitted by: JoAnn Korzenko Block 2 Submitted by: Cathy Buel Block 3 Submitted by: Paula Miceli Block 4 Submitted by: Béatrice Marotte Block 5 Submitted by: Barbara Rodebush Block 6 Submitted by: Sharon Palmer Block 7 Submitted by: Heather Ingram Block 8 Submitted by: Danni Warne Block 9 Submitted by: Claudia Lischewski-Havnes Block 10 Submitted by: Carol Baldry Block 11 Submitted by: Mary Markworth Block 12 Submitted by: Vicki Cranfield Block 13