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 INTERVIEW WITH BARB VLACK
Who leads clubEQ, teaches EQ classes, acts as EQ Forum moderator, answers design questions on Info-EQ and still has time to quilt? It's Barb Vlack! In this issue we quiz her about how she started EQing, why her husband made it easier for her to demo EQ, how students learn, and more... Read our interview with Barb.
SUE SPARGO FEATURED IN AMERICAN QUILTER
Sue Spargo is not only featured in the May 2009 issue of American Quilter magazine out right now, but she's pictured on the cover. If you like Sue's designs, check out her software,
Folk Art Dreams, with 16 projects and 190 blocks for wool or cotton. The software even takes you inside Sue's home and studio, via videos.
FREE QUILTING STENCILS
Continuous line stencils! Volume 6 of Quilting Designs will be shipping in mid-May, and is available to pre-order now. Features over 375 continuous line stencils; 575 stencils in all. Download a free EQ6 project with 10 stencils.
 KALEIDOSCOPE COLLECTOR'S CLUB
Andrea introduces "Secondary Designs" in her Month 6 lesson for owners of Kaleidoscope Collection CD. If you're just joining, start with Months 1 - 5 here.
Show us your Poppies! The "Poppy" quilt from Andrea's lesson is featured in Quilters Newsletter's current issue (March/April 2009). Carol Clasper followed Andrea's lesson and made her own virtual poppy quilt. Susan Wood has already sewn her poppy quilt! Wouldn't you like to do a poppy too? If so, be sure to show us.
PLAY HOUSE WITH ANGIE PADILLA
Angie Padilla devotes a special web site corner to ideas for using her My Dream House CD. Check out Angie's cute project ideas for door hangers, a memory quilt and more.
FREE PROJECTS FROM REGINA GREWE
Regina, a German EQ designer, offers wonderful patterns to download as EQ6 projects. Bookmark her site and check back monthly to get new patterns from her on-going series on Birds.
VISIT JUDY BUTCHER'S BLOG FOR INSPIRATION
We've been enjoying Judy Butcher's blog, checking back frequently to see her new EQ quilt of the day.
Judy devised her own EQ Dozen challenge with some "What if?" ideas:
- What if I select a dozen blocks, sort of at random, from the Electric Quilt block library – pieced and appliqué.
- What if I am only allowed to alter just one of those blocks, and I decide this after I have designed a border corner from one of the blocks.
- What if I limit myself to the same borders, and just a couple of fabric changes.
- And what if I limit myself to just a straight layout, either 5 x 5 blocks, or 7 x 7 blocks.
Challenge yourself? See Judy's EQ Dozen challenge then view the impressive results, which may inspire a challenge of your own. (Note: You can view Judy's quilts as a slide show).
FREE BALTIMORE BLISS BOM & THIMBLE QUILT FROM SINDY RODENMAYER
EQ6-designer Sindy Rodenmayer has a beautiful, new appliqué block pattern for you each month in her 2009 BOM. Visit her site and click the March block to get the PDF for March. Get 'em while they're up, because these block patterns don't stay up all year. While on Sindy's site, see her clever Thimbles quilt also available as a PDF pattern.
FREE MYSTERY BOM FROM GUDRUN
Gudrun, from Belgium, has started a Mystery Block of the Month for 2009 that she would like to share.
Here is Block #1
Here is Block #2
ASK EQ THE MOUSE!
Long-time mascot, EQ the Mouse, invites you to submit EQ questions for his column "Ask EQ." Email questions to Tech Support. Put "Ask EQ" in the subject line. He'll answer your question, and perhaps you'll make his monthly Q & A column. Read it here.
PREVIOUS MYSTERY QUILT STORIES AND LESSONS
Learn EQ5 or EQ6 by working through our 2 different Mystery Quilt series: If you are just joining us, start here with Skylights Episode 1 and Skylights Lesson 1 and work through these 12 lessons and episodes.
Then work through the EQuinox mystery, starting with EQuinox Episode 1 and EQuinox Lesson 1.
Show us your quilts! Have you made one of our Mystery quilts? We want to see your quilt or top. Email us a photo and we'll post it in our mystery gallery: Skylight mystery quilts, EQuinox mystery quilts
WANT TO START YOUR OWN EQ CLUB?
Download our "Planning an EQ Club" PDF file. See what you need to get started, how to organize and get topic ideas. The Mystery Quilt would make a great club project.
ClubEQ REMINDER
ClubEQ is a free monthly challenge organized by EQ-author, Barb Vlack. To participate, send in a project with 1-2 quilts to penny@electricquilt.com that follow the challenge theme and ClubEQ rules. Imagine getting 50 to 100 quilts for just submitting one. March's challenge is almost over - submit your "Wildwood Fabric" quilt now.
Barb's next challenge will be "Speak your Piece." Design a quilt that expresses your feelings about an issue that is important to you. Barb says "My whole idea is that quilters often express their social or political statements with quilts. This challenge offers an opportunity to do that."
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SNEAK PEEK AT AMY BUTLER SOFTWARES
Take a look at what we're working on with Amy Butler: amy butler softwares. This stand-alone software will have complete sewing instructions for 22 new quilt, pillow and bag designs. Sew the projects exactly as Amy designed, or customize by resizing and recoloring using Amy Butler fabrics. Includes 9 bonus projects; a sewing glossary with tips & techniques; a resource guide; a gallery of project photos, along with an inspiration gallery featuring 30 artists who create with Amy Butler fabrics. Tutorial lessons and complete help files complete the software. Coming May 15!
DOWNLOAD MORE FREE FABRIC
This month's download is "Black & White & Red." Choose either to download a Library file or a Project file. Be sure to follow the easy steps provided. Then vote for next month's fabric.
ONE MORE EQ BABY!
This weekend graphic designer & STASH queen, Jenny Novinsky, had her baby girl. Kiera Joanne Novinsky was born March 28th. Jenny, husband Ethan, and big brother Aidan are so happy to finally welcome Kiera to their family.
NEW CONNECTING THREADS FABS AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD
Connecting Threads has made their own fabric collections available especially for EQ6 users! Find the collections here, click a collection to find the download icon. Each download gives you a zipped file containing a collection of fabric, plus instructions for copying them right into My Library. No need for linking!
NEW MODA FABS AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD
Moda has new fabrics available to download as individual jpeg files, ready for EQ6. Visit Moda's site, click any brown dot in front of a fabric name, download to your computer (remember where it goes), then go to LIBRARIES > Fabric Library > Import > From Image Files and import the fabric. Add the fabric to your Sketchbook and use it, or save the fabric in My Library (see pages 143 and 144 in the EQ6 User Manual) to use in future projects. If you need complete steps, EQ the Mouse addresses them in one of his Ask EQ columns.
EQ FORUMS
The new EQ Forums are up! Visit the EQ Forums and register, then you can ask questions and get answers from EQ staff, authors and other EQ users right on the EQ web site.
FREE QUILTED CALENDAR DESKTOPS
Check out the beautiful calendars Diane Anderson designs just for you.
DO YOU HAVE FREE EQ PROJECTS OR PATTERNS TO SHARE ON YOUR WEB SITE?
Let us know and we'll list you on the Project Sharing page. Just email our webmaster with the necessary links and information and ask for your site to be considered for inclusion on that page.
MAIL-LIST FOR MAC EQ-ERS
Are you running your EQ on a Mac? Then you may want to subscribe to the free EQonMacs Yahoo group, run by Sheila Williams. For more information, contact Sheila at Sheila@SheilaWilliams.com.
ARE YOU TEACHING EQ?
If you are teaching EQ classes, don't forget to let our webmaster know the date, time and location of your classes so we can list them on our web site.
EQ CLASSES
Want a hands-on EQ class? See who's teaching, what's being taught, and where.
FREE VIEWERS
Want to see a self-running show of your own EQ projects? Download a free project viewer:
Download "EQ6 Show" if you have EQ6. It will show any EQ3, EQ4, EQ5 and EQ6 projects you've made.
Download "EQ5 Show" if you only have EQ5. It will show any EQ3, EQ4 & EQ5 projects you have made.
FREE EQ6 WEB BUTTONS
Show your EQ spirit by adding an EQ6 button to your web site!
TECH SUPPORT
A reminder that you can see answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions right on the EQ web site. See EQ6 questions here. See EQ5 questions here.
EQ6 UPDATE
If you own EQ6, download and install the free EQ6 Update which makes EQ6 run faster and smarter. You'll know you're updated if in EQ6 you click HELP > About EQ6 and see "Build 2."
COMING NEXT MONTH
* A free "Wildwood" fabric project from Erin McMorris, plus Erin's picks from the March clubEQ challenge which featured quilts designed with her fabric before it hits the stores.
* An interview with author, teacher and EQ-designer Deb Karasik.
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