Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

The Rose of Sharon Block Contest is over and the winners were announced at Quilt Market! So now we can share them with you. Congratulations ladies! 1. Simonetta Marini 2. Judy Best 3. Dianne Gronfors 4. Leslie Collins 5. Jo Moury 6. Rebekah Reinheimer 7. Suzy Prickett 8. Barb Vlack 9. Candace Door 10. Pat Daniels 11. Claudia Chang 12. Kari Bauer

Back on May 5th I told you about Judy Butcher, The Virtual Quilter, and her challenge to reach 1,000 quilt designs by June 7th. So how is she doing on her endevor? Have you been checking in? We have and she’s doing well! I think she just might make it to 1,000 on time! With only a few days left you should be checking in on her often to keep the pressure on! Good Luck Judy! Here’s one of her recent quilt designs.

Leeann Hansen has begun playing with her EQ7 and discovered the new Clip and Flip block feature. She shows us how she used it in her latest blog post. These quilts and blocks are so cool. Check out her blog to see how she uses EQ7 and to see more quilts.

AccuQuilt asked quilters to design a quilt which they would then paint as a 20′ x 20′ block on their corporate offices. The received over 400 entries! First prize was selected by AccuQuilt and 2nd and 3rd place were determined by AccuQuilt’s followers on Facebook. The Grand Prize winner won a $1000 shopping spree from AccuQuilt and a trip for two to Fremont, Nebraska to see the unveiling of the quilt. So who one first place? Well, EQ user Linda Erickson of course! Here is Linda’s winning block and explanation. My design efforts are usually done in my Electric Quilt software. Since I personally like blocks that seem to show motion, I started out looking at the “Windmill” block in my EQ software. I tried a variety of blocks and layouts but decided that simpler was better; the smaller pieces in complicated blocks would not have shown up well. My

Here are few gorgeous quilts that Susan Davis sent us. She’s been desinging in EQ6 while waiting for her EQ7! Just wanted to share three of my new designs using EQ6. I can’t wait until my EQ7 gets here. Love this program. Susan Davis

Reeze of Morning Glory Designs is sharing a Block of The Month with us called Tulip Tiles. Thanks Reeze! Go to her blog to learn more and to get the EQ6 BOM.

We just sent the crew off to Market! Are you already for Market? Make sure you visit us in Booth 3120 to say hello, see the new EQ7 in action and to wish Andrea and her perfect pregnant belly good luck! Travel safe!