Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

With the addition of the EQ7 Image Worktable you are now able to edit and manipulate images right in EQ7. The Image Worktable is easy to use and you’ll be amazed at what you can do to an ordinary photo. Watch a demo video on how the Image Worktable can enhance your photos now!

I personally first learned of Julie Herman when I saw the cover of the Summer issue of Quilts & More. Her gorgeous, contemporary quilt called Circle Around graces the cover! Congrats, Julie! Circle Around and many other of Julie’s quilts are designed in EQ. She’s also been published multiple times in McCall’s, Fons & Porter, and Quiltmaker. Check out more of her work on her blog, Jaybird Quilts.  Julie talks to me about why she loves EQ: “My designs start on paper but then I take most of them into EQ I tweak them, play with scale, and so on. Then I make the quilt! One of my favorite things about EQ is how you can import fabric swatches.” ~ Julie Herman

Do you have an EQ designed quilt with your favorite pet or animal? Enter it in the Pets on Quilts show hosted by SewCalGal! The show features a “Designed in EQ6 and EQ7″ category so get your entries in. The deadline is August 21st. Entries to this show must have a pet theme, either by design, fabric, or a picture of your pet on the quilt.  For more info on the rules click here. View the show then vote on your favorites in each category. Winners will receive great prizes from the show sponsors. EQ entries will receive a STASH Spring 2010 as well from Darlene so get your entries in now!

Remember the EQ7 Birthday Banner Download? Well it’s done! My mom finished the banner and we hung it last Saturday for the party. It looked perfect hanging there and I’m excited that we can use the banner for years to come. Thanks, Mom! (That’s my mom, Grandma, and the birthday girl below).

Two more EQ7 Demo Videos are now available on our website! Check them out. Drawing Flying Geese Creating Quilt Labels

In the Fall issue of Quilts & More magazine features an adorable project called Perk Me Up designed by Veronica Koh Eischeid. There are instructions and a template for making drink cup cozies! Just too fun! So I whipped up this design in EQ7 so you can download it, play with your own designs and colors, then print the template. You’ll have to check out the magazine to see all the instructions though. With EQ7′s new Image Worktable you can personalize your cozy by adding loved ones faces, names, and fun family photos! You could make a set of beach cozies for a family vacation or make party favor gifts for a backyard BBQ.

Meet Erin Witt, a contemporary Quilt Designer and now author! She recently co-wrote a book, with her mother, for Kansas City Star Publishing. The book is titled Like Mother, Like Daughter: Two Generations of Quilt. In it, they each took a design challenge and gave it our personal spin — Erin’s of course leaning toward the contemporary! So not only is this book stuffed with beautiful quilt ideas but each one of them was designed in EQ! What an honor. Erin has been published in several magazines. Her quilts are darling and contemporary. One of our favorite of her quilts incorperates an EQ6 Kitten Design! This quitl is titled Meow! and was featured in Fons and Porter.