Remember how last month I had used a $10 gift card for some embroidery files!? I showed one pincushion already and here’s another fun one! I had fun playing with my camera! I was also in the mood last week to make a blazing star die and use up some of my “old” Island Batik …
This week in pattern writing I want to show how to do templates. Templates were one of the last things I tackled when I tried to write patterns. Again you’ll need EQ, MS Word and CutePDFwriter Here’s a quilt I designed for McCall’s when I was pregnant with Sonja (need to write it into a …
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When I asked EQ about a giveaway for my blogger-versary, they ALSO sent me an anniversary T shirt! LOVE it and it’s a perfect fit. THANKS EQ So as I was sorting my January projects and seeing what other things I had on the shelf that were neglected, I pulled out this SNOW project that …
Today I’m showing how to write a pattern for a bit I have made a kaleidoscope quilt and I will just show one of the blocks as the other block is similar but more complicated. If you select the kaleidoscope block and print the foundation pattern (or preview it) You’ll see this Here it looks …
It’s my 6yr Bloggerversary! I started this blog in 2010. Here’s a pic of a quilt from that first day! 1/29/2010 and one from about a year later and 2012 and 2013 then 2014 and lastly 2015 Someone else is having a BIG anniversary this year! Electric Quilt is 25 this year and they are …
I have been asked several times if EQ can help you write a pattern!? Of course it can!! it doesn’t do it for you, but it helps a LOT! Here’s how I often do it. I start with a simple layout (or whatever you want the quilt to look like, just for this I’m doing …
In between my blue blocks, I worked on this Women of the bible block- Rachel. I used batiks from Island Batik. I started to incorporate other “neutrals” into the blocks. Here I used the KITE GO die and lots of black with blue kites ( I already cut out all the blacks needed for a …
So Last time I did a flying geese tutorial using the patch draw arc grid. It’s really a fun grid so I figured I’d do some more. Again start off with a new patchdraw block and do ARC and 8 rings x 8 spokes select the polyarc pen on the left then pick a ring …
This week’s tutorial is inspired by page 168 in the EQ7 Manual. Patch drawing is something I rarely do, but it gets great results! I’ve been part of a geese in a ring block swap once and always wanted to draw one myself so I can make the block any size I want. It finally …
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A while ago I showed a tutorial for EQ stitch on how to trace this dove (The calvary chapel dove) I actually stitched it out on a onesie before I gave birth to Anja but didn’t want to show it until she could wear it to church 🙂 Which she did this Sunday. Here she …