EQ Blog

We now have EQ7 Demo Videos right on our website! You can explore what the program can do before you buy or learn more about your new EQ7. View all the current videos and check back often for more. Or request a video and tell us what you want to knwo more about.

Watch a video now!

Catherine Eberly wrote us to share a design she create in EQ6 for the Needle Arts Awards Heart Ornament Contest held by PieceWork Magazine. Her boutis heart ornament (pictured to the left) got honorable mention in PieceWork Magazines Heart Contest! Congrats!

We are constanly amazed with the things people design in EQ and we appreciate you sharing them with us!

See all the winners here!

Catch the EQ7 lesson in this months issue of Quiltmaker magazine! The lesson shows you how to use your Quiltmaker stencil CDs with your EQ7 and it’s a breeze people

We recently learned that EQ Printables are mentioned in one of The Quilt Show episodes titled Quilting in the Digital Age (Episode 702) available now on their blog! How cool is that!?

Speaking of quilting in this digital age, Digital Essentials by Gloria Hansen, isfull of information on how to get the best color printouts from your inkjet printer. The book also teaches you how to take better digital photos, how to properly work with digital files.

Digital Essentials is a Best Book Awards Winner! Author Gloria Hansen is a quilt artist, writer, and mixed media designer. She knows her stuff! Check out her website to learn more about her.

Find our directions for this On-the-Go Art Tote in SEQ Professional magazine this month! The images were manipulated and printed from EQ7 and printed on EQ Printables fabrics.

She’s done it! Judy of The Virtual Quilter made her goal of posting 1,000 quilts by June 7th! Quilt #1,000 was is Scrappy Antiques (on the left). It’s amazing enough that she’s posted 1,000 quilts to share with everyone but even more amazing that each one is beautiful, well thought out, and visually stunning! These aren’t just quick quilts that she’s posting.

We thank you Judy for giving us something fun to follow while everyone waited for the EQ7 to arrive at their door! Now Judy is designing in EQ7 and posting those quilts on her blog so go check them out. They are beautiful.

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

We have a winner for the Daffy Taffy contest! The answer was 400 pieces and Ann Waldron guessed 398 pieces! Wow, talk about close! Congratulations Ann who won a pack of Quilter’s Newsprint.

Thank you all for playing!

Have you heard about Quilts for Kids? It’s a great organization that donates quilts to children with life threatening illnesses. Their mission statement reads: Transforming discontinued, unwanted and other fabrics into patchwork quilts that comfort children with life-threatening illnesses and children of abuse.
So if you are looking for a new project to get started on consider using your fabric stash on a good cause! Volunteer quilters can request a kit and make a quilt to send to the organization for distribution.

Check into the Morning Glory Design’s blog by Reeze Hanson’s when you get some time. She is now offering a free BOM and this months block is called Tulip Tiles.

SewCalGal has posted a fun article about 10 things you can do while you are anxiously awaiting the arrival of your EQ7 program. Check out her list to stay busy!

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In the Summer issue of Quiltposium Magazine, Andrea shows you how to use EQ7 to design a t-shirt quilt! If you’ve ever made one before you know how precious and limited the t-shirt fabrics are so there really isn’t room for error. Her article is on page 194 of the magazine. Check it out!

We received photos of a quilt Carol Fish designed in EQ6 and wanted to share with all of you!

Sandi Blackwell proudly announces the release of her new book Square-gonals - A new angle on quilting. The book was released at Spring Market just a few weeks ago and we are so excited for her!

So what is Square-agonals? It is a new method of creating diagonal set quilts without the complications of sewing setting corners and triangles. The method is based on a well-known branch of mathematics, called dissections, which Sandi utilized for her new technique.

Find out more about her book on her website now!