Do You EQ? Featuring Marlene Oddie
Do you EQ? Designer & Owner of KISSed QUILTS,
Marlene Oddie does!
When I started to quilt in 2001, I used some old graph paper saved from my math classes years earlier to design concepts for quilts. As a super-user of computers, I knew there had to be something out there that would allow me to design on the computer. Within a couple of years, my sister gave me EQ5. I was immediately hooked! I was able to design quilts for local charities and projects for friends and family. When I volunteered to be responsible for the block lotto in our local quilt guild, I used EQ to design blocks and used the rotary cutting instructions to help me write the pattern each month. My boyfriend at the time, got me the EQ6 upgrade and I knew he was a keeper! I didn’t even know how to use the appliqué function when the Rose of Sharon contest was launched in 2009. While in Houston I played with the project file provided and submitted my blocks. One made it into the book (the basket block) and another onto the DVD (the bird block). Now my husband, he is supporting me as I design in EQ7 and develop my KISSed Quilts business. I’ve had the opportunity to teach EQ privately and at my local quilt shop. Using EQ to create a visual concept of someone’s idea is very rewarding when you see their face light up more and more throughout the development lifecycle.
- Marlene Oddie
Designer and owner of KISSed QUILTS
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Make this Quilt designed by Marlene!
Click here to see Marlene's EQ7 tutorial on how to make her "Spinner" quilt using the EQ 2011 BOM blocks. Get the blocks free on MyEQBoutique.com. Or if you don't have EQ7, you can link the collection to EQ7 to help you make this quilt. Or just print the blocks from the free downlaodable software on MyEQBoutique.com.
Electric Quilt 7 - Quilts, Blocks and now PHOTOS!
You don't have to be a superstar to use it! Easier than ever for beginners, as well as experienced designers. See your color ideas on screen. Save money by printing your own patterns. Thousands of blocks to choose from, or create your own. Scan fabrics, print yardage, foundation patterns, rotary cutting charts and more. Digital cameras will become a quilter's best friend. EQ7 has dozens of ways to turn everyday photos into quilt art images. Or crop and edit scanned fabrics right in EQ7 in minutes. And that's just the start!