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Interested in an EQ demo or lab?

Electric Quit (EQ) overwhelms many quilters when they first start using it.   Sometimes they give up trying!

I’ll share what I’ve learned in a Demo at guild meeting, or a lab session.  For a demo, I’d project the screen up on the wall so everybody can see.  For a lab session, you’d bring your laptop with EQ already installed, or tag along with a friend.

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Photo History: 2011 Raffle Quilt

Block and flower kits were taken by guild members.  Once they were all back completed, the center was joined.  Next; we laid out where to place the flowers on the center and borders for applique; and the pieces went out again to members.

 


Layered with the thinnest Quilters’ Dream batting, members are quilting it  with traditional outline quilting.  It lives for now in Judy’s shop, Creative Quilting on Peter’s Creek Rd.  Stop by if you have time to work on it whenever the shop is open.  So far (Nov 11) we’ve logged 16 hours quilting.

photos by Kitty DeLapp

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Raffle Quilt — Appliqué Planning

The star blocks for the raffle quilt are all joined.  Last night we got together to work out getting the flowers appliquéd in the inter-block corners and the borders.

For people taking borders:

  • You can slide the flower in/out from the center of the quilt, but don’t slide it along the border edge.  We attached it in place so that it lands right between the blocks of the center. 
  • Make the vines a random serpentine, leaving the last 3-4″  free at the ends to adjust the meet up in the corner with it’s neighbor border.    There will be  a flower appliquéd over the join at the end.

Pictures courtesy of Kitty DeLapp.

FAQ

How do I draft a 3.5″ block in EQ?

Drafting a block to a different size is a common mystery for EQ (Electric Quilt) users.  In truth this is a breeze in EQ, but so different from  pencil and paper.

The short answer?  Design the block any way you like, then print the block from the quilt worktable,  checking the “size from quilt” box.

Here’s a longer answer, with pictures. Note: the screen shots are EQ5, but the prose works with all versions.

  1. Go to the block worktable.  Don’t worry about size; just get the block design you want into your sketchbook.   If you’re designing it yourself, use  a size like 6″ with 24 subdivisions (grid dots).
  2. Change to the quilt worktable.
  3. On the layout tab, set up a simple layout that blocks the exact size you want — 3.5,9, 17.75 — anything.
  4. On the layer 1 tab, use the set tool to place the block in the quilt.
  5. Now it’s all about printing.  Still on the quilt worktable, get the “select” tool and click on the on the block on the quilt.
  6. Choose “print” from either the tool icons, or the menu.  You’ll get another menu to choose from…
    • Block: I use this all the time for appliqué, but it’s also prints a good paper piecing foundation.
    • Rotary Cutting: this tells you exactly what strips to cut for 1 block.
  7. For whatever you print — rotary cutting instructions, foundation patterns, templates, etc., make sure you choose “size from block” so that it’s scaled to the size you chose.   You should get results like these…
2009 Show

2009 Show Ribbon Winners

The Color Me Too!! show was a success.  The rain may have kept some people away, but we ended up with a total of 672 visitors to the two-day show.  That was awesome since we were competing with the Home Show in Salem.