Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

Another cute project kit from Sue Spargo using Sue Spargo: Folk Art Dreams CD. This on is called Wild Tulip Sac and it’s a great little zippered sewing sac made from hand dyed wool and fun cotton fabrics. Includes a flower appliqué and finished with a colorful lining, rick rack, button embellishment, dog zipper pull and hand inked label. Full instructions included as well as a really easy technique to insert a zipper.

Going through some old articles we stumbled across this old article written by our own Penny McMorris back in 1994 (click here to read the full article). Yes, sixteen years ago and just a few years into The Electric Quilt Company’s existence. At that time Penny was a Art Curator for Owens Corning, and was writing a three-part series on quilting past, present, and future. This particular article we found focuses on what sort of new technologies will affect quilting by the year 2010. Penny could not have been more right on! It’s such a fun read now that 2010 is here. Plus, the floppy disk in the illustrations bring back some memories! Here is an excerpt from the article: Imagine the future. Pretend it is the year 2010. You wake to NQC, your clock-television’s 24-hour National Quilting Channel. While you breakfast, a friend appears on your computer monitor, calling

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This is an official WELCOME TO EQ for Kelly Jackson! Kelly, like others, wasn’t sure she could learn EQ6. She let it sit in the box for some time before a friends, SewCalGal, helped her muster up the courage to dive in! With the help of EQ6 Simplified, Kelly spent just 15 minutes each day working through a step-by-step lesson. In no time Kelly was nearly a pro. Kelly documented her “journey through EQ6 SImplified” on her blog, I Have a Notion. It’s a fantastic ode to how great of a tool EQ6 Simplified can be for helping weary EQ6ers get started. If you are considering EQ6 Simplified but still aren’t sure if it’s the right book for you make sure that you read Kelly’s blog. She does a great job of illustrating how the book is supposed to work.Kelly says, ” I’m hooked. I know I will continue with

We found this fun idea on Sew4Home’s project blog that we wanted to share with you. It’s a really cute fabric and paper envelope project that’s perfect for Valentine’s Day cards. Follow Sew4Home’s instructions to make this cute envelope. You could even use EQ Printable Fabrics to print your own custom fabric for the envelope!

Diane Tomball has been designing desktop calendars and quilt block gift tags with EQ and sharing them with you on her blog, Cabin Quilters for years! To get her January 2010 calendar, click on the image to expand the image to full size, right-click and choose Set as Wallpaper or Background. To really jazz up your desktop, right-click on your background and choose a color that coordinates with the calendar – you’ll love it!

Have you ever heard of Sew, Mama, Sew? They are a really great group of talented women who have joined together to bring sewing projects, patterns, ideas, and tons of other creative ideas to sewers, crafters, and quilters a like. They have just announced their latest True Love Contest where you could win an Amy Butler Softwares! To enter the contest, visit their blog to get instructions on how to make their Basic Card and Envelope project. Then embellish the projects in your own unique way. Post a photo of your finished card and envelope to their forum by February 12th to enter the contest. Winners will be announced at a later date.Also, keep an eye on their blog as they will be giving away another Amy Butler Softwares as a weekly give-a-way!