Monthly Archives: June 2006

Fun with metafiles

Let’s say you’re making pattern directions. How in the world do you do on-point blocks in a Word Document? If you want a square on-point, do the following: Edit the block to the worktable. Export metafile. Copy to windows clipboard. … Continue reading

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The things I never knew about PatchDraw…

OK, so show of hands…. Who out there knew that if you hold down the CTRL key while dragging out a simple shape in a PatchDraw block, that it makes it perfectly horizontal/vertical or makes it jump in common degree … Continue reading

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Try a ClubEQ Challenge

Each month Barb Vlack presents a new theme for virtual quilt designing. ClubEQ is a free club any EQ user can join, simply by using EQ to design a quilt. Those EQ users who join the challenge (and the fun) … Continue reading

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Fun with inset borders

Ever wonder how to do an inset border around an on-point center? Try drawing a Four X block. Then treat one of the corners in the center as the corner for your quilt.

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