Remember these women? The Missoula Electric Quilters consist of Loinda Lie, Michelle Baker, Debbie Gross, Sue Wehmeyer, Kathy Stenger, Chris Milodragovich, and Calli Baker. They get together with the goal of increasing their EQ7 skills by working on projects together. Then one day, their community called for a contest to find art to cover the large traffic boxes that were causing an eye soar. They used their EQ7 skills to design beautiful quilts that were selected as the winners! Their work is seen by everyone in the community and now across the nation.
If you open the March issue of American Quilter you will find a three page spread on their stunning EQ7 designs. They talk about their design process as a group, how they encourage and teach each other, and how their community art came to be. It’s such a fun example of what EQ7 can do beyond designing quilts. More importantly, these woman have come together with a common goal and are succeeding.
We are proud of these women and hope to hear more from them in the future!
One of our extremely talented EQers, Jenny Novinsky, designed this adorable Robot stuffie in EQ7 and the pattern and instructions are in Fat Quarterly now! He’s a paper pieced masterpiece 
She used new tool in EQ7 called the Swath tool to create his cool arms and legs.
Be sure grab some Foundation paper or Quilter’s Newsprint for paper piecing. Get the free EQ7 file too! Or go check out the issue of Fat Quarterly and print the instructions and templates right there.
Watch for a matching Robot Quilt in The Quilter Magazine later this year!
Pick up a copy of the March 2012 American Quilter, flip to page 28 and there you will find a wonderfully written bio on our very own Penny McMorris by Marjorie L. Russell. You’ll read about Penny’s beginnings in quilting, her time as an art curator for Owens Corning Corporation, and how The Electric Quilt Company came to be. Not to mention all the really fun details in between. It’s a great, read.
Remember this cool EQ7 designed quilt from It’s Sew Kiki’s blog? Well she’s finished it! Here it is! It’s called Follow the Leader. She talks about it more on her blog. Go check it out.
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It’s Sew Kiki is hosting a birthday and giving away prizes. Look for the Quilt Design Wizard prize and enter! Contest details on her blog. GO!
It’s Sew Kiki is a fun blog with lots of cute freebies, great information on sewing and quilting projects and products, and even some reviews.
Recently, she sent us a quilt image that she designed in EQ7! How cool is this bright, edgy, flying geese pattern?! We love it. We can’t wait to see it finished. She her post about this quilt here.
Check out It’s So Kiki as they are celebrating the 1 year birthday of the blog and there are fun contests and great info she’s offering.
National Quilt Day is around the corner! And in honor of the event we want to show off Martha’s EQ7 designed quilt she made for the National Quilting Association. It was on the cover of Quilting Quarterly and now on the NQA website.
Martha writes,
“I used EQ7 to design the quilt for National Quilt Day 2012 for National Quilting Association. The quilt and pattern instructions will appear in mid December in Quilting Quarterly and then will be posted on the NQA website in January. The quilt will be on display at the NQA annual show in June in Columbus, Ohio.”
~ Martha Ethridge, Rolla, MO
So cool, Martha! Thank so you so much sharing with us.
CHALLENGE
Submit a photo of your finished EQ BOM quilt (or quilt top). We will display the quilts here on the blog. Then the EQ team will choose one favorite to take home the grand prize! We must receive your entries by March, 1, 2012, 9 am, EST.
GRAND PRIZE
Grand Prize: One winner will be chosen by the EQ staff to receive the entire Quilting Designs Series, Volumes 1-7!
WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU
Send your entries to webmaster@electricquilt.com, subject: BOM Finished Quilt and include:
- EQ project (tell us which quilt it is in the Sketchbook)
- Photo of the entire finished quilt (not at an angle/as straight-on as possible, larger than 600 pixels, do not crop out the background, do not cut off the borders or binding in the picture)
- Quilt Title
- Who gets the Credit? (designer, maker, quilter)
- What inspired the look of your quilt (aside from EQ’s BOM challenge of course!)
We can’t wait to see what you’ve come up with. Remember, we must receive your entries by March, 1, 2012, 9 am, EST.
Quilt 1: Twelve of Eleven by Penny Pritchard
About The Quilt:
My only inspiration was the thought to finally make a quilt with a strip setting, and the diamond-in-the-square pattern that was common to all the blocks. The final quilt is not at all what I had been planning throughout the year!
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Quilt 2: by Joanne
About The Quilt:
Thank-you so much for forcing me to learn more about EQ!! I had lots of fun and I know I will be getting more use out of EQ than I already do (which is for just about every quilt I make as it is!!).
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Peel & Stick fabric can make so many projects easy, fun, and fast. But, did you know it can also be educational? Okay, I’m stretching it… but how cute are these?! Left & Right training stickers for kid’s shoes? I saw something like these online once before and thought, I could just use Peel & Stick! I simply downloaded some cute designs from MyEQBoutique.com. I used some from Zoo Babies and some from Fish by Sindy Rodenmayer. Then I used those designs in EQ7 to add text (and some decorative landscape!). Learn how to link your Boutique collections to EQ7. It’s so easy! Once I was done I printed them onto Peel & Stick Fabric. The print layout feature in EQ7 made printing multiple stickers at one time REALLY easy so I didn’t waste my fabric sheet. Then, peel and place into the shoes! My daughter should have this figured out in no time
When you get your March issue of American Quilter, pay attention to the cover quilt. It’s Christine Brown’s EQ7 quilt design, titled, Tapenade. This is so cool!
Christine explains,
“The reason I’m sharing this with you is because the quilt was designed in response to an EQ challenge last year focusing on the Ohio Star block. I scanned fabrics I already owned into EQ7 and used them to design the quilt. Attached are the EQ mockup, a flat photo of the quilt, and also a PDF of the March cover. The quilt was longarm quilted by Rebecca Segura of Zeffie’s Quilts.”
What an accomplishment, Christine! Thank you so much for sharing with good new s with us.
KD-Quilts blog just wrote a great review on EQ7. It’s worth checking out. Plus, she’s hosting and EQ7 give away! Try your luck and enter her contest.
Check out what Laura, from El Taller de las Hades (The Fairies Workshop) has done for all our Spanish speaking EQers! She has made a great EQ7 tutorial in Spanish. Even if you don’t speak Spanish listening to Laura speak is still beautiful.
Gracias, Laura!
www.eltallerdelashadas.com.mx
Check out the Feb/Mar issue of The Quilter and you’ll find this gorgeous EQ7 quilt from Erin McMorris including her fabric line called, Summersault. Pick up The Quilter to get this pattern and info on the web bonus!
PLUS – read all about My EQ Boutique in The Quilter!
