Check out the Bramble Hill Hut kit from Sue Spargo. Using this kit and the contents of the Sue Spargo Folk Art Dreams CD you can create this adorable hut! Check out what else Sue has to offer on her website.
Jean Rhubin shares a quilt she designed and made in honor of her father. Beautiful quilt.
“I made this quilt in honor of my father. When he passed away, the thank you cards had the images of the birds — in the ‘missing man’ type of formation — with one veering off in a different direction from all the other birds. The following quilt, “Going Home” was designed based on that card. I used medium and light pastels to represent a sunset and appliqued the birds over the pieced base. The words in the bottom border, “Going home…” are embroidered in metallic gold thread. The quilting in the background, although it does not show up in the photos, is also the outlines of many more birds, that are all going in the direction of the main flock. This is one of my favorite quilts. It means a lot to me.”
Jean Rhubin
Clermont, Florida
When you get your EQ7 or EQ7 Upgrade you’ll find that it comes with a user manual. But what you may not know is that the EQ6 Companion books are still great resources for your EQ7. EQ6 Simplfied is a great book for those just getting started with EQ7. And the EQ6 Pieced Drawing and EQ6 Appliqué Drawing books are great for learning the basics of the EQ7 drawing features.
Leeann Hansen has begun playing with her EQ7 and discovered the new Clip and Flip block feature. She shows us how she used it in her latest blog post. These quilts and blocks are so cool. Check out her blog to see how she uses EQ7 and to see more quilts.
This is an official WELCOME TO EQ for Kelly Jackson! Kelly, like others, wasn’t sure she could learn EQ6. She let it sit in the box for some time before a friends, SewCalGal, helped her muster up the courage to dive in! With the help of EQ6 Simplified, Kelly spent just 15 minutes each day working through a step-by-step lesson. In no time Kelly was nearly a pro.
Kelly documented her “journey through EQ6 SImplified” on her blog, I Have a Notion. It’s a fantastic ode to how great of a tool EQ6 Simplified can be for helping weary EQ6ers get started. If you are considering EQ6 Simplified but still aren’t sure if it’s the right book for you make sure that you read Kelly’s blog. She does a great job of illustrating how the book is supposed to work.Kelly says, ” I’m hooked. I know I will continue with my lessons because I want to be able to build on my skills.”
Try out our other EQ6 companion books when you are ready for more!
Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts, Kelly and keep up the great work! Make sure you show us your creations sometime.
Sue Spargo recently started a Kit of the Month using her Sue Spargo: Folk-Art Dreams CD. Each kit will contain a projects that uses elements printed from the Folk-Art Dreams CD! Each kit is available on Sue’s website and will range from $25-$35 a month.
This Hana ‘Flower’ Purse (Size 14” x 12”) is available on Sue’s website now. The appliqué flower pattern was printed from Sue Spargo: Folk-Art Dreams CD. 
Darlene Simmons is SewCalGal of SewCalGal’s Blog. She is hosting a really neat show/give-a-way that we think you all should enter! It’s called the Virtual Christmas Quilt Show. You enter images of your Christmas quilts (finished or unfinished) to be included in the slide show of Christmas quilts on Darlene’s blog. She even encourages you to include little blurbs about your Holiday traditions and celebrations! It’s a really fun way to share your Holiday cheer and maybe get some inspiration for next years Holiday projects. I always think it’s fun to read about how other families celebrate this time of year as well.
There are no judges in this give-a-way either. The “winners” are randomly selected to receive door prizes donated by quilting and sewing companies. Check out Darlene’s blog to see the list of prizes!
Visit SewCalGal’s blog to submit your quilts to the Virtual Christmas Quilt Show .
Quilt University has sign-ups now (enrollment opens November 27) for January online EQ classes taught by Fran Gonzalez and Patti Anderson. Fran’s classes must be taken in order. Her “beginner” class is “EQ6 Sampler” which starts January 8, 2010. Patti’s teaching EQ6 Appliqué Design, starting January 22, 2010. These classes fill fast, so sign up now.
Need some helpful tips on scanning and preparing your fabrics to be used in your EQ6 designs? Follow this great tutorial from Three Ducks on a Roof. They have done a great job of making it easier for you.
Amy Butler has just released her new line of fabrics called Love and she’s generously offering Amy Butler Software users the virtual files! The fabrics also come with a bonus quilt. The bonus quilt and fabrics will be automatically added to your Amy Butler Softwares program when you download the file. Download the update now!
Don’t have Amy Butler Softwares yet? Order it now!
See Electric Quilt 6 in action! We just added two more videos to the Electric Quilt Channel.
Visit http://www.youtube.com/ElectricQuilt/ to see them all.
Upgrading to Windows® 7? EQ6 is completely compatible so no worries! You may receive an Error 42 after installation. If this occurs, follow these steps from the EQ website to complete your activation. If you experience any other problems simply call The Electric Quilt Tech Support at 419-352-1134 for assistance.
You can make your own holiday cards using EQ6! Download this free EQ6 quilt project to be your card template. Swap out the block using the Set Block tool for one from the library or one that you draw yourself.
Print on heavyweight paper and simply fold the 8-1/2″ x 11″ paper into quarters. You can buy envelopes in large quantities from your local office supply store. The ones that are about 4-3/8″ x 5-3/4″ will fit the folded cards with a little wiggle room.
Like the card idea? How about gift tags too?!
Print as Many as fit can help you there. Just select the block, and print “showing fabrics.”
If you make your block size small (like 2 inches) and put a check next to “print as many as fit” on the Options tab, you’ll get a whole page of gift cards you can cut out.
You can choose whether or not you want the black outlines on or off with the checkboxes on the Options tab for “print block outline” and “print patch outline.” Step by step instructions are on the notecards of the two different quilts in the project.
For the gift cards, print them on heavyweight paper (not just computer paper). Then spray adhesive on them (outdoors, so you don’t breathe it) and sprinkle on glitter. Cut them out, hole-punch the corners, and thread a ribbon through. The plain back side can hold “To: From:” messages.
Have fun!
So this whole time we’ve been working with octagons…. want to go to the next step?
How about hexagons, pentagons, and other polygon kaleidoscopes?
Try Andrea’s lesson and see what you come up with:
October - Endless Possibilities
Don’t forget to keep those Kaleidoscope Mystery pictures coming!
We’ve posted another one of Andrea’s segments on Quilting Arts. Here she’s using Angie Padilla’s My Dream House add-on to create pillows, quilts, and wallhangings with fun scenes and furniture on them.
Visit our channel on YouTube and check out episode # 109:
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