Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

We’re making a quilt! EQ has added some new employees recently, and we wanted to make sure everyone knows how to sew and quilt.  We decided to do a Sew-Along so you can see our blocks and get to know us all better. Each month, we’re featuring one staff member and their block in the quilt. (Perfect since we have 12 staff members!) If you’d like to sew along and get more details about the project, check them out here.   This month we’re featuring Jenny! Jenny started at EQ as a graphic design intern in the Fall of 2001. She’s been at EQ through all the phases of growing up—from college student to newlywed to having a family. EQ actually didn’t have a maternity leave policy until Jenny was pregnant with her son, and now he’s off to college!   Jenny says, “Since I’ve been here forever , and

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. We hope these posts will inspire you to try something new and expand your EQ skills! This month’s block: Folk Art Motif 1 Where to find it: 06 Motifs > Folk Motifs Before you start designing, keep in mind this design is a motif. Motifs work a little differently than blocks. Motifs do not have a background patch, so they can’t be set on Layer 1 of a standard quilt layout. Visit our Support site for more info on setting motifs in a quilt layout. Design ideas to spark your creativity For my first quilt, I made the motif pretty large (12″ wide). I repeated it diagonally across a Custom Set layout and clipped

The quilts designed for June’s design challenge were SO great! Even though everyone used the same fabric collection, the quilts were all so unique! See all entries in the original post here. Thanks to everyone for participating! Winner The Benartex team selected one winner. Congratulations to…. Winner: Margaret Naawu 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 Delightful Dreams from QT Fabrics is August’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 are announced here! We have a very special collection to share with you all this month. August’s Fabric of the Month is Delightful Dreams by Josie Economy for QT Fabrics! Josie, QT Fabrics’ youngest designer, had a dream to design a fabric collection and to help kids like her feel supported and comforted while facing challenges in the hospital and beyond.  This collection was designed to share the joy, generosity, and talent that Josie personified. QT Fabrics will donate 50% of the proceeds from this collection to Quilts for Kids, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing patchwork quilts to kids in need of comfort. Delightful Dreams will arrive in shops later this month! Learn more about Josie’s story and Quilts for Kids here. A bundle of these fabrics will be given away to three lucky winners! Submit your EQ design featuring Delightful Dreams below…all instructions and contest details

You asked, we answered! So many EQ users want to import their own fabrics into EQ8 and use them in their quilt designs. While that feature has been a fan favorite since its debut in EQ7, many users have wanted extra help learning to do it. Now, all that help is in one fabulous booklet—EQ8 Deep Dive: Fabrics, Panels, & Photos! This 40-page, fully illustrated comprehensive guide will teach you everything you need to know about importing images: Learn all the methods for importing your own fabric stash into EQ8! Download fabric images from the internet to design with collections you don’t even own! Explore editing options to ensure your EQ quilt will look exactly like your sewn one! And more! See full details and preview the booklet > One-Day Giveaway GIVEWAY CLOSED ——————————————————————————————- Win a copy of the new booklet and EQ8! To enter, leave a comment below telling

  Did you know there are ready-made quilt projects in the EQ 8 program?  They are listed by category and have several design layouts you can choose from.  These are a good way to start a project and then edit it to be your own.  The block size math is done for you and you can simply apply your own block decisions into the ready-made project. Start by opening your EQ8 program and then on the opening page, select the ‘Start with a Quick Quilt project’ from the screen. In the project helper box, select the ‘medallion quilts’ from the menu and then click on the OK at the bottom of the box. The project sketchbook will open and you can view all the different layouts for this quick medallion quilt project.  Click on the first layout and then click on the word ‘edit’ at the bottom of the project

EQ is making a quilt! We’ve added some new employees recently, so we wanted to make sure everyone knows how to sew and quilt. Each month, we’re featuring one staff member and their block in the quilt. (Perfect since we have 12 staff members!) If you’d like to sew along and get more details about the project, check them out here.   This month we’re featuring Olivia!   Olivia started working at EQ in the summer of 2020 for a college co-op before eventually joining full time in 2022. She’s part of the marketing team and coordinates projects like social media, trade shows, Fabric of the Month, and recently Stash add-ons. So all of the fabric images you see in our new fabric downloads, are thanks to her! Olivia says, “I love working in a creative environment, and it’s very fulfilling to know our software is really helping quilters bring