Students will receive ocean waves quilt pattern with svg files also available in my store and complete instructional videos and handout. Perfect for eq8 users at any learning stagebeginning, intermediate, or advanced, increase your knowledge of the tools and features, discover new tricks to help make. Not content with a program that competently draws blocks and allows you to lay them out in quilts on the screen which of course is a giant leap from. Feel free to download and save or share them with others. Use the edit tool to reshape your drawing and get perfect curves. Learn eq8 quiltdesign secrets directly from eq experts. Its a much more advanced software program and it can be a bit of a learning curve using it. This book will teach you to design with the most popular tools and features in eq8 software. It allows you to design your own quilts either with custom quilt blocks or with the included free block designs, or colour in preloaded quilt designs, as well as importing images of your own fabric stash to see how it would look in the final quilt. This software comes with more than 40 new and updated features including thousands of new block designs and fabrics.
Turn your favorite digital photos into amazing quilt art images with the electric quilt company eq7 quilt design software. Eq8 project helper articles electric quilt support. This group is for those learning electric quilt through the lessons included. Even if youve owned earlier versions of eq, this book will. Learn how to trace an image to create your own applique using electric quilt 8 eq8 software. You will design quilts, draw blocks, import fabric scans, print patterns and calculate yardage estimates. Each stepbystep lesson is like taking a class in your home. Free eq downloads this page is for those of you who use eq7 or eq8 quilt designing software. Eq8 has a fresh new look so this book is ideal for owners of previous versions of eq. Electric quilt 8, corel draw inkscape, and canvas workspace. This incredibly fullfeatured quilt design and drawing program has been especially designed with beginners as well as advanced designers in mind. Not only was it a time consuming process, but i had to visualize how the quilt design would look in actual fabric instead of colored pencils.
Im delighted to have partnered with electric quilt to share a little more about how i use eq8 software to design my quilts. Every quilt i make begins in electric quilt software. Eq7 electric quilt 7 design software for pc for sale. But in the meantime, you are welcome to download the file and make the quilts for your. Eq8 comes with more than 40 new and updated features, including thousands of new block designs and fabrics. Eq7 is the newest and most advanced version of the bestselling electric quilt software and it is also the most userfriendly. Want to design a quilt with differentsized blocks in electric quilt 8 software. From professionals to the everyday quilter eel has all the right tools and features for every designer. Eq has a monthly block spotlight in which users are challenged to design a quilt using that block. I have gone through the lessons and really enjoyed the fun of changing things to what ever color or design i want. The newest version of electric quilt software, eq8, is now available. And for all these centuries they have been making quilts by hand, which extremely limited the production due to a huge number of hours spent to design and sewing.
From the same company as the quilt design wizard is the electric quilt 7 design software. Big block quilts sewing and pattern company big block quilts double aster quilt block with tricks for manipulating the design in eq giant double aster block, link to smaller block. From professionals, to the everyday quilter, eq has all the right tools and features for every designer. Eq mini comes stocked with all kinds of fabrics, blocks and layouts. Learn eq8 quilt design secrets directly from eq experts. But please be aware that all content and images on this website are ed to the electric quilt company, our guest bloggers, and the eq users who share their content here. Ask for eq8 at your local quilt shop, or order now. Learning electric quilt including eq8 eq7 and eq stitch. Chapter 4 is full of some fun, popular topics in eq. Eq products eq8 quilt design software full version. Perhaps i will have time to do that one of these days. Offering quilting design software for windows and macintosh and sewingdesign companion books for quilters. You can also crop or edit scanned fabrics in this eq7 quilting software.
Fall2018 designing modern quilts in eq8 classes eq. It delivers powerful yet easytouse options that help you. Eq6 electric quilt 6 software complete quilt design. This video covers the custom set layout, setting up the grid. In just a few minutes, i can have an idea on the screen, trying out.
Learning electric quilt including eq8 eq7 and eq stitch has 4,974 members. From professionals to the everyday quilter eel has all the right tools and features for. When youve found the project you want to open, click ok. Eq mini includes the basic features of the fullfeatured electric quilt 8 eq8 software, at a test drive price. Quilting software overview electric quilt on quilting arts 307. Below are links to worksheets i created when i used to teach electric quilt classes. When i began designing quilts in the mid1980s, i used graph paper and colored pencils to create designs. You can easily turn your favorite photo into a fullsized quilt using the photo patchwork feature. As a daily reader of planet patchworks infoeq maillist for users of electric quilt, i never cease to be amazed at what users demand of a piece of software. Print patterns and yardage charts, learn to make quilt labels, design traditional and modern quilts, and have fun along the way. Eq8 classes are either half day 3 hours or full day 6 hours with an hour lunch break in between sessions. It features 10 videos and 25 easy lessons that take you through various quilt design techniques.
Getting started with eq designing modern quilts in eq here are links to all of my eq project downloads. You can also click quilt new quilt photo patchwork. If you already own eq8 software, you do not need this product. If you open a project that was created in an earlier version of eq, the project will be untitled until you name the. Includes the basic features of the fullfeatured electric quilt 7 software, at a test drive price. There youll find the quilts, blocks and fabrics included in. Use these kaleidoscopes to really design some cool quilts. It delivers powerful yet easytouse options that help you create, edit, share, and print patterns and yardage for your quilt designs. Eq8 designing quilts products the electric quilt company. Design in eq easy draw and cut your block pieces with a brother scan n cut or other electronic cutting machine. We are happy to share content with you in hopes that we can all learn and create together.
Eq8 full version the newest electric quilt software offers a brand new user interface to make it easier than ever to use. Its time to start designing your next quilt using this beginnerfriendly quilt design software. Eq mini quilt design software is designed specifically for the beginning quilt designer. Eq mini quilt design software by brewer sewing supplies and other embroidery software at. Click the new quilt tab, then scroll to the right on the ribbon to choose photo patchwork to get started. Quick view electric quilt 8 quilt design software by electric quilt electric quilt ozquilts. Of course, i will move up to eq7 now that i realize how extraordinary this software is. Its a bit easier than eq, however, you have to check which features you will need. I was able to purchase a copy of eq6 on amazon at a substantially lower price than eq7. Eq7 can help whether you want to make a horizontal quilt with plain squares, or an intricate custom quilt with blocks. Eq uses the sizes you defined for the blocks and adds the seam allowance, where necessary. Eq7 is a complex set of programs especially designed for quilters that can revolutionise how you design and make quilts. Electric quilt 8 products the electric quilt company.
With so much help available right inside the program and new features that make the program simpler to use, youll find this is the easiest eq ever. Design your quilts in electric quilt 8, the industrys leader in quilt design software. Eq academy is a 4day event for students wanting to learn how to use their eq8 software. Shirley will guide you through the process of selecting and changing blocks, auditioning fabric and color choices, deciding on borders and. Turning a photo into a quilt electric quilt support. The eq8 lessons for beginners is the best book for going stepbystep through lessons to learn the ins and outs of the program. This club is open to everyone who owns the kaleidoscope collection addon for eq software. Free eq files can only be downloaded if you have electric quilt software. Learn the difference between applique block and applique motifs. Eq mini is designed for quilters who are just getting started using software for quilting. Eq academy april 25, 2020 perrysburg, oh about eq academy. Learn how to use this powerful software to make exciting quilts using pieced blocks. I love the functionality and almost total design freedom this software allows. In 1991, electric quilt eq introduced their first software program for designing quilts.
Equilateral triangle quilt designed from eq default 9 patch chain block. Electric quilt 8 quilt design software eq7 upgrade. Rather than the traditional approach of breaking up the photo into little squares watercolor style it allows you to divide the photo into pieces of arbitrary size and shape. Perfect for eq8 users at any learning stagebeginning, intermediate, or advanced. Eq6 electric quilt 6 software complete quilt design software. Lessons are easy to follow and cover all the basics of the software. By reanna lily designs have a look at this superb memory quilts what an imaginative version see the source image one block one baby quilt.
Quiltassistant is free designsoftware that can help you to turn your photos into quilts. Software and computer books for patchwork and quilting. Choose to print templates, foundation patterns, rotary cutting charts and pictures of your blocks and quilts. Electric quilt 7 for pc or mac is a full feature quilting software for the traditional and innovative quilter. Includes lessons and videos, company information and software downloads. With eq mini, you can create stunning, gorgeous quilts. Many new features and enhancements following the trend of creating quilts using scanned photos are in place to make designing a unique photo influenced block or. Electric quilt version 8 quilting design software description. For those of you who love and use electric quilt software like me, you can now download digital images of geo pop right into your program.
It has two screens one for quilt or block drawing and the other is for automatic quilt layout. Click the arrow buttons beneath the quilt to scroll through all the quilts in the project. Im kevin kosbab is a freelance writer and designer whose patterns for quilts and sewing projects appear in magazines including stitch, american patchwork and quilting, and quilters world. Rio designs is englands and europes premier software house for quilters. Eq8, upgrades and books products the electric quilt.
Electric quilt eq8 full version quilt design software or. Eq8 designing quilts quilt design tricks from eq experts eq8 designing more quilts more tips and tricks from eq experts. Eq mini quilt design software by brewer sewing supplies on. At long last, the leading quilt design software, electric quilt, has shed its humble origins as a dosbased program and come into its own as a fullfledged windows 9598 powerhouse. Quilt pro has advanced features to draw your own blocks and is able to convert your designs into graphic files. Thank you for visiting behind the mouse, the electric quilt blog. From time to time i will be adding eq files, for quilts or just blocks, here for you to download. For the cyberquilter who wants no less than everything.
Each month, my friends at eq offer a images of a brand new line for free, so this is a great time to play around with the fabric swatches and make virtual quilts to you hearts content. Electric quilt 8 eq8 products the electric quilt company. I agree w deborahs backwoods studio, i would love a complete tutorial on eq 5. I agree w deborahs backwoods studio, i would love a complete tutorial on eq 5 read more. Beginning in august 2010, our eq downloads will be in version 7. Nope, i have not written directions for making these quilts. Order online at or ask for it at your local quilt s. Eq8 is redesigned with a friendly new look that includes large interface elements for faster, more intuitive learning. The first chapter covers all 3 worktables, and chapters 2 and 3 get more into different features of the quilt designing and block drawing. Quilts, blocks and fabrics for your eq software shop. Design and collaborate with our free quilt design software. Electric quilt is the industrys goto computer software for quilt designing. Design quilts quilts can be as simple or as complexlooking as you like.