Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

Carol Miller from www.quiltuniversity.com wrote in to tell us Fran Gonzalez has some upcoming classes. If you’re interested in signing up for an online class through them, hurry, Fran’s classes fill fast. Here is a list of upcoming class dates: EQ6 Sampler – March 20 EQ6 Building Blocks – March 6 EQ6 Advanced Layouts – April 17 These are all taught by Fran Gonzalez and are in order of difficulty.

Susan Purney Mark and Daphne Greig are releasing a new book, Simple Stained Glass Quilts (published by Krause Publications). Their technique is awesome. All you need is fusible web and some sharp scissors. They were gracious enough to let me show some of this technique on www.qnntv.com once. The stained glass looks really cool when you put it on top of Printable fabric.

Long-time EQ-user, Pat Tribbey, wrote in to tell us of her epiphany. She moves images from EQ to her IPod Touch and takes the IPod to the fabric store! Not only does she save paper, but going from computer screen to IPod screen, she doesn’t have to deal with the way printers and monitors are calibrated. Pretty cool! Thanks Pat! Read the whole story on Pat’s blog.

Congratulations to Linnea Egbert and Neva Carlson who were our Baby Mama Contest winners! We know, it was tough but we hope you enjoy the adorable results

There’s only one day left in the “Who’s Your Mama” Contest so get your entries in now! Correct answers will be put in a hat and drawn at random to win $50 in EQ Products! Click here to view the photo and learn more about how to enter. Emails must be received by 9am Eastern January 28, 2009 to be considered. GOOD LUCK!

Back in November we told you about “Miniatures In Minutes”, a book of paper pieced projects by Terrie Sandelin to watch out for. Well the book is now available! Visit Terrie’s website to learn more about her and her new book on miniature quilt making. We hear from a lot of miniature quilt makers which is the reason EQ6 lets you make blocks as small as .25″. Miniature quilt makers actually requested it. We never would have believed quilters would make blocks so small, but they do!

Back in June, 2008 we shared with you some trapunto quilts done by Georgeta in Romania. Well we’ve been keeping up with her and she’s now sharing some of her EQ technique on how she makes her trapunto designs! Go to Georgeta’s blog to read through the tutorial to learn how she designs her beautiful trapunto quilts. To see more of the trapunto quilts Georetta has completed, visit her gallery.