Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

Welcome to the EQ8 Block Spotlight! Each month we highlight a block from the EQ8 Block Library with a few design ideas. Then we want you to show us what you can do with the block. If you’re a brand new EQ8 user, I hope you’ll join in the fun! This monthly series is great motivation to dig into the software and practice your new EQ8 skills. And if you’ve been using EQ8 for a while, I hope these posts will inspire you to try something new! Don’t forget to comment on other quilter’s designs too. Let’s build each other up! This month’s block: Whirlpool Where to find it: 01 Classic Pieced > Four Patch Design ideas to spark your creativity This first quilt is a custom set layout. It’s an offset layout that repeats three blocks–Whirlpool, Four X, and a star block I drew on the Block Worktable. Here’s

Thanks to everyone who participated in last month’s design challenge! You can view all the quilt designs submitted here. Winners Two winners were selected randomly. Congratulations to…. Winner 1: Carol Stanek Winner 2: Cassidy Sanchez Honorable Mentions Don’t forget to look at all the amazing submissions to this challenge. Here are a few honorable mentions! More Chances to Win Sunday Brunch from Tilda Fabrics is February’s Fabric of the Month! Download the collection and enter our design challenge for another chance to win some fabric!

This contest is now closed. Winners will be announced soon! Welcome back to the blog! January’s Fabric of the Month is Sunday Brunch by Tilda Fabrics! This collection is great for soft and dreamy summer quilts and for creating the ultimate vintage summerhouse style. The color palette is gentle but with a dash of sour for freshness, with colors ranging from teal, green, soft greys, and yellows to ginger, pinks, blues, and sand. To find a Tilda retailer and the Sunday Brunch trunk shows in the USA, visit here. A bundle of these fabrics will be given away to two lucky winners! Submit your EQ design featuring Sunday Brunch below…all instructions and contest details are in this post. Good luck! To enter In order to enter for the giveaway you must submit a quilt using the current Fabric of the Month AND comment on at least one other person’s quilt you like by the end of

Have you wondered what EQ Academy is like? Thought about coming for classes? Now you can see for yourself if this workshop is right for you. Watch the video below from EQ Academy student, Rona Herman, who attended last year. Still not sure? Here are 10 reasons to attend: Get the most out of your investment: Think back to why you bought EQ8 and start putting it to use! EQ Academy provides in-depth, step-by-step instruction on how to use EQ8 software effectively, whether you’re a beginner or looking to level up your skills. Creative freedom: EQ Academy helps quilters turn their own ideas into reality. Don’t limit yourself to store-bought patterns. YOU can be the designer! Save time and money: Learning how to efficiently use Electric Quilt software can significantly speed up the quilt design process, saving time and making the workflow smoother. EQ will tell you how much fabric you

Contest closed. Rita V. of Fort Collins, CO was the lucky winner! Here’s what Rita would like to design: I would love to make a quilt for each of my great-nephews with the initial of each one’s first name! Be sure to look at other comments, including some from the author herself!  Thanks to all who participated.  The Book In 2022, EQ lover, Jo Ann Lepore, joined the faculty of the Mid Appalachian Quilt Retreat, held at Gettysburg College, in Pennsylvania. Her roommate that she was paired with at the retreat was already an author with Fox Chapel Publishing. One evening, after a long day of teaching, they were discussing what they each design and the roommate suggested Jo Ann write a book. As Jo Ann told me, “she’s not afraid of rejection,” so after she found the proposal forms on the company’s website, submitted a proposal, and within days received a

Last year around this time we realized that we’ve had some new employees added to the staff, so it was the perfect time for another EQ sewing day! We wanted to make sure everyone knows how to sew and quilt. Jenny was our fabulous teacher!   And we all had fun learning! As you may remember, we had a contest to pick a color scheme for a quilt, and throughout the year we’ve each sewn a block. (If you’d like to sew along, the project and more details are available here.) Janice was nice enough to assemble the quilt!   For now, we’re going to hang the quilt in the office and admire our hard work! Eventually we’ll be donating the quilt. I designed (in EQ8, of course) a label and printed it on our Inkjet Fabric. The label has a QR code that links to the Sew-Along series so

EQ Academy enrollment opens next week! Want a discount on classes? Become an EQ Member! We recently announced EQ Memberships—a subscription program for free Stash downloads, exclusive discounts, and more! Hundreds of EQ users have joined and they’re saving so much on products and classes! Join them and start enjoying these perks: EQ Academy Class Discount! EQ Members save 5% on EQ Academy enrollment! EQ Academy is our annual EQ8 workshop! We’ve got classes for beginners and intermediate users. Come for one day or stay all three—you’ll learn so much and have a blast! Enrollment opens on Tuesday, January 14 at 10:00am ET. Learn more about EQ Academy >  If you’re planning to take classes all three days, the EQ Membership nearly pays for itself in savings! Become an EQ Member now! We hope to see you in March! View Classes > Online Class Discount! Prefer to learn from home, no