Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

We were blown away by all the gorgeous quilts submitted to December’s design challenge! What a way to end the year! If you haven’t looked, go see all the entries we received here! Thanks to all who participated! Winner One winner was selected randomly. Congratulations to…. Winner: Gail Folaron “I like the combination of applique and pieced patchwork. I tried to express the warmth in this fabric.” - Gail Folaron Thanks again to all who participated in this challenge. If you’re looking for another chance to win fabric, check out January’s design challenge!

This month we’ll be learning some options for making quick changes to quilts that may inspire new designs. Open EQ8 and click Design a quilt from scratch Click the LAYOUT tab Click Horizontal Under NUMBER OF BLOCKS enter Horizontal: 6 Vertical: 6 Click the DESIGN tab Click Block Tools Click Open Library Under 01 Classic Pieced click Classics Click the first block, Log Cabin Click Add to Sketchbook Click Close Click the Set Block tool Click on the Log Cabin block Hold down the ctrl/cmd key on your keyboard and click on a space on the quilt. Click the Symmetry tool Click on the quilt to see 16 different layouts! Click Add to Project Sketchbook  for any of the layouts you’d like to save. If you haven’t named your project yet, EQ8 will prompt you to do so. (To be saved, your item needs to be in the Sketchbook AND your

This contest is closed. Winners announced here. January’s Fabric of the Month is Strawberry Fields by Timeless Treasures! Featuring bright red strawberries, beautiful florals, and a touch of gingham, what’s not to love? A fat quarter bundle of the Strawberry Fields fabrics will be given away to two lucky winners! Submit your EQ design featuring Strawberry Fields below… all instructions and contest details are in this post. Good luck! To enter Design your own, original quilt in EQ using the Strawberry Fields fabrics then submit an image of it by 11:59pm ET on January 31, 2022. (Instructions for how to submit an image are at the bottom of this post.) Download the free Strawberry Fields fabrics for EQ here. Rules Your EQ Quilt must only use fabrics from the Strawberry Fields collection. One entry per person. (If a second entry is submitted within 24 hours of the original entry, we will accept the more recent entry. For example, if you submit an incomplete quilt, or the wrong

Welcome back to the Hexagon quilt design adventure!  In this final lesson we are going to explore using the Custom Quilt layout to design a Hexagon quilt.  This blank canvas will allow us to essentially build a Hexagon quilt that can be assembled with English paper piecing or EPP.  This can open up a myriad of possibilities and let you step out of the box in your design.   Hexagon Quilt Layouts Part 3 is the last post in the Hexagon series.  If you need to catch up, check out my previous posts here:    Designing Pieced Hexagons    Hexagon Quilt Layouts Part 1  Hexagon Quilt Layouts Part 2 Hexagon Quilt Layouts Part 3 Skillset: Intermediate/Advanced User Skill Builders: Build applique blocks using EPP shapes Create a hexagon quilt layout using Custom Set Lets review information about the hexagon shape. The hexagon shape is a six sided shape whose overall dimensions are

Our 30th anniversary year is coming to an end! We hope you’ve enjoyed reading all the EQ Pearls of Wisdom our extended EQ family have shared! A HUGE thank you to all our quilter friends who participated! Don’t miss our last giveaway at the bottom of this post! To celebrate, we’re sharing 30 EQ user-designed quilts that were submitted to the Quilt Gallery over the years! There are so many amazing designs, be sure to check them all out and add your own EQ-designed quilts! Giveaway THANK YOU all for spending the last 30 years with us, we are so grateful for your support! Tell us your story! We’d love to hear how using EQ has positively impacted your life. We will be giving away a $30 Visa gift card to 3 lucky winners who answer the question below! Question to enter:  WHEN did you start using EQ and HOW has it

Did you recently get EQ8? Welcome to the EQ family! Or maybe you just want to sharpen your EQ8 skills? You came to the right place! We’ve put together a list of resources to help you get started with your new software. A great place to start is built right into your EQ8 software. When you open EQ8 you’ll see the Home screen. Under the big EQ8 logo on the left, click LEARN. Reference Manual and Quick Start Guide On the Learn screen, you’ll see links to our EQ8 learning resources. The Reference Manual and Quick Start Guide are available as PDFs. You can download them by clicking the appropriate links. These downloads can also be found here: EQ8 Documentation The Quick Start Guide has a beginner lesson starting on page 15. It’s a great way to become familiar with EQ8′s tools and controls, plus you’ll design this fun quilt

The Electric Quilt Company is 30! The Electric Quilt Company’s Story – How It All Began We’re celebrating 30 years! Since the pearl is the traditional symbol for 30 years, we’re sharing EQ Pearls of Wisdom from our friends! See all Pearls of Wisdom posts. We hope you enjoy the tips and tricks you learn along the way and discover some new quilters or catch up with your favorites! Also, we’d love to hear about YOUR journey with EQ so feel free to tell us your story in the comments on any post! A big THANK YOU to all our customers for your support over the years. We’re looking forward to many more!  This week’s featured friends: Mike and Vicki Shetter! Tell us a bit about yourselves! First and foremost — CONGRATULATIONS ON 30 YEARS. During our stint as Soft Scrap, from about 2006 to 2017, we started working with EQ selling