Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

Love, Sunbonnet Sue

WOW. I couldn’t believe it when I read that The Virtual Quilter was just giving away 6 of her beautifully designed EQ project files. All you have to do is leave a comment on her blog post and she will send you the info for downloading them for FREE. Her designs aren’t “give-a-way” material either! They are stunning quilts and we had to share this great freebie with you. Go see all the quilts available for free download on her post and don’t forget to leave a comment!

Not too long ago we posted a free EQ7 download and PDF instructions on how to make this adorable Countdown to Christmas Calendar designed by Jenny Novinsky. This project was also in The Quilter magazine as a Photo Finish project. Carol made her own but in a different colorway and it’s beautiful! We wanted to share with you. Carol posted a photo a comment on our Facebook page about her quilt: “Loved your EQ “Countdown to Christmas” Advent quilt pattern. I just had to make it!!!! I went with a slightly different color pallet – hot pinks, lime greens, yellows, and teal blues. I loved how it turned out, I just had to share it!!!!! Thanks EQ for the wonderful pattern. Merry Christmas!!!!”

As many of you already know, EQ6 companion books EQ6 Simplified (sold out), EQ6 Pieced Drawing, and EQ6 Appliqué Drawing are all excellent resources for your EQ7 program as well.But we received a GREAT question from Margery Haney about how to use the EQ6 companion books with your EQ7. Her question was: I am reading various materials designed for EQ6. Your site indicates that these materials are good for EQ7 also. However, they all refer to pages in the EQ6 manual. Is there someplace that shows the conversion to pages in EQ7? I am a first time user of EQ (any version) and am trying to learn the program. Good question. Most of the things in the Simplified book don’t have page number references… the page is accessible by looking it up in the User Manual Index in either book. So we’ve flipped through the books really to give you the new page numbers. EQ6

We just released the update for Amy Butler Softwares owners and because she has perfect timing, SewCalGal just posted a review of the program we wanted to share with you all! Check out her review and leave her a comment!

I’ve been talking with Tania recently about how pleased she is working with EQ Printables with her canvas creations. These works of art are so cute! Tania explains what she does and why she loves EQ Printables: I have always loved photography and graphic design as well as textiles, textures, and colors.  I had no idea that I could combine these things into one wonderful hobby until I found about about inkjet fabric.  I originally started out with some cheaper inkjet fabric that I picked up at a local craft store.  I didn’t think there would be much of a difference between this and the higher end products.  I immediately started having issues with my current inkjet fabrics.  The images were coming out dull and experiencing massive quality loss with even the first wash.  After hearing and reading so many fabulous things about EQ Printables, I decided to give them a

Owners of Amy Butler Softwares can now download and install this free fabric and project update. It adds Amy’s new SOUL BLOSSOMS quilting/fashion, home dec and laminated fabrics by Amy for Rowan, plus her free quilt project, in addition to Amy’s LOVE fabric line. This makes it possible for you to mix and match Amy’s fabrics in any project.