We just sent the crew off to Market! Are you already for Market? Make sure you visit us in Booth 3120 to say hello, see the new EQ7 in action and to wish Andrea and her perfect pregnant belly good luck!
Travel safe!
Are you a blogger? Would you like to give-a-way one of the first EQ7 programs on your blog AND win a copy for yourself in the process? That’s right! We want to give you the opportunity to give one away on your blog! 10 bloggers will be randomly selected to hold a contest on their blogs and give one EQ7 as the prize. And as a thank you for helping us announce EQ7 we’re going to send one for you as well!
Here’s how to enter:
* Post an announcement about the coming of EQ7 on your blog.
* Send an email to sarahshriver@electricquilt.com that contains:
- Your name
- Your email
- A link to your blog post about EQ7
10 winners will be randomly chosen on May 3rd. If you are chosen, you then determine a contest and submit your contest winner’s contact information to sarahshriver@electricquilt.com. We will ship your EQ7 prize directly to your winner.
Not a blogger? Wait until May 3rd when we post the winning blogs so that you can enter their contests to try and win an EQ7 program!
Andrea Bishop has been busy creating many EQ6 articles and lessons that will be published in upcoming magazine! So I wanted to share them with you here to give you a heads up. If you don’t already get these magazines make sure you go out and purchase them for the EQ6 articles. Here are a few places you can catch some of Andrea’s most recent publications:
Quiltposium - Spring 2010, Issue #3
Availabe Now
Learn how to make web images and patterns with EQ6. You’ll find out how to export and image with EQ6, how to export and explode a block design using metafile in Microsoft Word, how to insert pictures into Word, and how to createa a PDF file. Trust me, you’ll want to know this stuff!
Quilters Newsletter Magazine - April/May 2010
Available March 16
Learn how to make Pieced Boarders and Medallion Quilts. Electric Quilt is a powerful software that helps quilters design and print patterns. Some of the most difficult math problems quilters face are solved automatically in EQ6, which makes pieced bordered and medallion quilts a breeze to set up.
SQE Magazine - March
Available in March
Read about how the EQ Quilt Gallery is making a huge impact for those designers who’ve posted their quilts. The EQ Quilt gallery is an amazing tool for networking and spreading your name and talents.
Going through some old articles we stumbled across this old article written by our own Penny McMorris back in 1994 (click here to read the full article). Yes, sixteen years ago and just a few years into The Electric Quilt Company’s existence. At that time Penny was a Art Curator for Owens Corning, and was writing a three-part series on quilting past, present, and future.
This particular article we found focuses on what sort of new technologies will affect quilting by the year 2010. Penny could not have been more right on! It’s such a fun read now that 2010 is here. Plus, the floppy disk in the illustrations bring back some memories!
Here is an excerpt from the article:
Imagine the future. Pretend it is the year 2010. You wake to NQC, your clock-television’s 24-hour National Quilting Channel. While you breakfast, a friend appears on your computer monitor, calling from Australia. She is chatting about next week’s International Quilters’ Society show. You will both attend. But you will do it from your own homes, watching it all on your computers.
Fantastic? Yes, but also feasible. New technology will make many new quilting tools, products, and events possible in the coming decades. New sewing machines, new computer software, and new ways of sharing quilting information will all become commonplace.
These innovations, while exciting, will bring change. And change can sometimes seem unsettling. So before we jump ahead, let’s consider how far we’ve come already. Think of once-high-tech wonders that are taken for granted by quiltmakers today: sewing machines, electricity, photographs, telephones, airplanes, photocopy machines. Today’s quilting industry couldn’t exist without them. Yet, these marvels were all intimidating at first. The sewing machine, for example, so frightened one 19th-century quiltmaker that she declared it “the work of the devil.” But this new invention actually gave fresh life to quilting. It didn’t replace hand sewing. It simply gave women time to do hand work when they chose to.
Today’s computer technology will also benefit quilting. By encouraging the development of innovative quilting products and tools and by attracting younger generations to quiltmaking, it will add another chapter to quilting’s history.
Have you seen me? I’m a block hidden somewhere in BlockBase. Find me, find my name, and you may win a Quiltmaker Quilting Designs CD of your choice.
To enter, please send an email:
To: penny@electricquilt.com
Subject line: Find the Block
Body:
Your Full Name
Your Email
What is the BlockBase name (or ID number) for this block.
Only one email entry per person.
Deadline: January 19, 2010
Congratulations to Robin Baker who was the winner of the Match the EQ Babies Conest! Good eye, Robin! This was a tough contest.
A - Keria
B - Ben (twin 1)
C - Aidan
D - Derek
E - Aly (twin 2)
F - Ellie
G - Ashtyn
The Electric Quilt Company will be open Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, December 21-23rd, 2009.
We will be closed on December 24th and December 25th.
Web orders placed after 9:01am Eastern on Wednesday December 23rd will not be processed until Monday, December 28th.
If you need technical support over the holiday weekend, please check out these pages:
EQ6 Frequently Asked Questions
EQ5 Frequently Asked Questions
EQ Forums - post your question to the community or search for previous questions and answers
We are excited to announce that Gloria Hansen’s book, Digital Essentials, was selected as a finalist in USA BOOK NEWS “Best Books 2009″ Awards. See the review here.
If you haven’t placed your orders yet do it now! Free shipping to U.S. locations on orders $50 or more ends Wednesday, December 16th at 9a.m. Eastern.
OFFER DETAILS
• Free shipping offer valid 12/08/2009 through 12/16/2009 (ends 9am Eastern).
• Order must total $50.00 or more before shipping, handling and taxes are added.
• Applies to Electric Quilt’s standard ground delivery service in the US only.
• UPS 3-day, 2-day and Next Day Air delivery charges will remain unchanged from the usual rates.
• Offer is not valid for purchases for International/Canadian delivery.
• Offer cannot be used toward previous orders or purchases.
Get it by Christmas (US orders):
• Regular Ground - Order by 9am Eastern, December 16th
• 2nd Day - Order by 9am Eastern, Dec. 21st
• Overnight - Order by 9am Eastern, Dec. 22nd
OFFER DETAILS
• Free shipping offer valid 12/08/2009 through 12/16/2009 (ends 9am Eastern).
• Order must total $50.00 or more before shipping, handling and taxes are added.
• Applies to Electric Quilt’s standard ground delivery service in the US only.
• UPS 3-day, 2-day and Next Day Air delivery charges will remain unchanged from the usual rates.
• Offer is not valid for purchases for International/Canadian delivery.
• Offer cannot be used toward previous orders or purchases.
Get it by Christmas (US orders):
• Regular Ground - Order by 9am Eastern, December 16th
• 2nd Day - Order by 9am Eastern, Dec. 21st
• Overnight - Order by 9am Eastern, Dec. 22nd
EQ the Mouse is confused. The EQ Babies are growing up, and he can’t tell who’s who. Can you? Help him match the EQ Babies to their baby pictures. Spoiler alert: this is a HARD contest! Hint: baby pictures from past newsletters may help.
When guessing, match baby numbers 1 through 7 to their older selves A through G.
To enter, please send an email: To: penny@electricquilt.com
Subject line: Match the Babies
Body:
Your Full Name
Your Email
Your guesses
Please enter only once.
Deadline: December 18, 2009
We will choose one winner from all correct answers. In case of no correct answers we’ll choose from those closest. The winner will win Amy Butler Softwares.
We will be closed November 26th to observe the Thanksgiving holiday.
The next time we will process and ship orders will be Monday November 30th. Fast shipping requests will be calculated from the November 30th ship date.
If you have questions call the office during regular business house 9am-5pm Eastern Standard time on Monday, November 30th.
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!
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