Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

Catherine Eberly wrote us to share a design she create in EQ6 for the Needle Arts Awards Heart Ornament Contest held by PieceWork Magazine. Her boutis heart ornament (pictured to the left) got honorable mention in PieceWork Magazines Heart Contest! Congrats! We are constanly amazed with the things people design in EQ and we appreciate you sharing them with us! See all the winners here!

Catch the EQ7 lesson in this months issue of Quiltmaker magazine! The lesson shows you how to use your Quiltmaker stencil CDs with your EQ7 and it’s a breeze people

We recently learned that EQ Printables are mentioned in one of The Quilt Show episodes titled Quilting in the Digital Age (Episode 702) available now on their blog! How cool is that!? Speaking of quilting in this digital age, Digital Essentials by Gloria Hansen, is full of information on how to get the best color printouts from your inkjet printer. The book also teaches you how to take better digital photos, how to properly work with digital files. Digital Essentials is a Best Book Awards Winner! Author Gloria Hansen is a quilt artist, writer, and mixed media designer. She knows her stuff! Check out her website to learn more about her.

Andrea Bishop and her husband Matt welcomed their first son on Monday July 19th! James Jacob – to be called JJ – was 8lbs 10oz and born with a full head of dark brown hair. Matt and Andrea are overjoyed and enjoying their new role as mom and dad. We wish them all the best and can’t wait to finally meet little JJ!

The EQ baby boom continues. Another EQ baby is coming later this year. Guess which of our staff members is newly pregnant. You can see the staff here. [Ed. note: we need new pictures! Dean has very short hair now.] We’ll choose one winner at random from all correct answers. One guess per person please. The prize: STASH Spring 2010. To enter, send an email with your guess to our “Contest Contessa” Sarah Shriver: To: sarahshriver@electricquilt.com Subject line: Guess Who Body: The full name of the staff member you are guessing. Your Full Name: Your Email:

Find our directions for this On-the-Go Art Tote in SEQ Professional magazine this month! The images were manipulated and printed from EQ7 and printed on EQ Printables fabrics.

She’s done it! Judy of The Virtual Quilter made her goal of posting 1,000 quilts by June 7th! Quilt #1,000 was is Scrappy Antiques (on the left). It’s amazing enough that she’s posted 1,000 quilts to share with everyone but even more amazing that each one is beautiful, well thought out, and visually stunning! These aren’t just quick quilts that she’s posting. We thank you Judy for giving us something fun to follow while everyone waited for the EQ7 to arrive at their door! Now Judy is designing in EQ7 and posting those quilts on her blog so go check them out. They are beautiful.