I’ve been working on a PEANUTS! FPP sew along for 2015- wait and see! Since I saw the blocks I’ve wanted to try to play in EQ7 with FPP blocks and thought of a nativity scene block. I looked under google pics and found this one. So in EQ7 under blocks (easy draw blocks) I …
Tutorial Tuesday Nativity scene FPP block and giveaway Read More »
This month’s challenge on Doyoueq is HOUSES (If you haven’t seen this site before, look around and JOIN the challenges, you can make the quilt as hard or easy as you’d like and at the end, when the challenge is over, you get a link to ALL the projects and can download and get inspired …
Last time (2 weeks ago) I created a tutorial for the Accuquilt Isosceles Go! die. I noted about the straight up layout that there SHOULD be a way to line up the rows and have the triangles be facing each other instead of this. well I was right! it’s all about the BORDERS! So again …
This tutorial is about the Accuquilt Isosceles die and triangle, how I figured out how to turn it into a kaleidoscope block and quilt in EQ7. I have this isosceles die from accuquilt and I’ve made a quilt with it before- just simple rows. A simple layout in EQ is using the one patch layout …
EQ7 Tutorial Tuesday- Isosceles into kaleidoscope Read More »
This weeks tutorial is something I’ve always wanted to try with EQ Stitch! a crazy patch block! I always admire the crazy patch block files I see for embroidery machines, so I figured I’d try my hand at it in EQ Stitch! I used a hoop size of 4” (or 100mm) and drew a few …
Flying geese are one of the most popular quilting blocks and there’s so many different techniques on how to make the perfect geese too! flying geese blocks are NOT boring, there’s so many different ways to use them. If you search for “geese” in EQ under blocks, you’ll get the first 50 blocks! Or you …
This week’s tutorial is both about a tool you may not have used much and also featuring a special block The New York Beauty block! If you search under blocks for “new york” you’ll get these 5. Add them to sketchbook and edit #1 Now if you wanted to maybe add some more “stuff” to …
I got this idea to highlight or review certain blocks and “play” with them in EQ7 to inspire you to look at blocks differently, not just HOW they come in EQ First is a very popular and simple NINE PATCH! If you search for nine patch in EQ You’ll get 49 different blocks (at least …
EQ7 Tutorial Tuesday- block review- nine patches Read More »
I thought I would show you the ladybug block from my recent quilt in McCall’s Quick Quilt Magazine. Now I have to go in reverse to show you but it’s okay First start a new block. Blocks/ New block/ easy draw + patch draw Then click the applique tab at the bottom and work there …
Last week I emailed EQ about some quilting tips and I thought I would share them here. I wanted to print out templates for a quilt. Here’s a tumbler quilt I made a while ago. When you click on a block and click to print template you usually get the preview of the block in …