New Products

Amy Butler software
(stand-alone software)
22 unique & stylish projects for the home: 8 quilts, 3 table runners, 7 pillows, 1 floor cushion and 3 bags. Plus 9 bonus projects. All with clear, step-by-step illustrated sewing instructions for all skill levels. Print patterns, yardage charts, and sew. Sew as designed -- or customize in thousands of possible ways using the software's design tools and virtual swatches of Amy's vibrant fabrics.

Quiltmaker Collection: Volume 6
(stand-alone software, also links to EQ6 block library)
This will be the SIXTH volume in our new Quilting Designs series done with Quiltmaker magazine. Volume 6 features 375 continuous line designs and 200 more non-continuous. Categories include: Charm Tacks, Feathers, Flowers, Hearts, Leaves, Miscellaneous, Shapely Swirls, Southwestern, Stars & Sky.
[Compatible with EQ6 software, but EQ6 is not required.]

STASH (20) Spring 2009
(stand-alone software, also links to EQ6 fabric library, EQ5 users can bring in shopping bags)
This easy-to-use program lets you view the newest fabrics to the market right on your computer screen. Color coordinate and search for fabrics. Create "shopping bags" for collecting and saving your favorite swatches.

Quiltmaker Collection: Volume 5
(stand-alone software, also links to EQ6 block library)
This will be the FIFTH volume in our new Quilting Designs series done with Quiltmaker magazine. Volume 5 features OVER 800!!! quilting design variations in the following categories: Celtic, Ribbons & Curves; Feathers; Flowers; Geometric; Hearts; Leaves; and Stars.
[Compatible with EQ6 software, but EQ6 is not required.] Watch a demo of this software.

Kaleidoscope Collection: Sew-Fast Foundations for EQ
Designs by Andrea Bishop
(add-on for EQ5 and/or EQ6 block library)
Over 500 Kaleidoscope Blocks that are whirly and swirly ... and oh so easy to sew. Ready to print from EQ as numbered foundations.
Kaleidoscope categories include: Basics, Compasses, Eight-Point Stars, Flowers, Miscellaneous, Pinwheels, Snow, Spikey, Stars, Striped, Traditional-Looking, and Triangles.

STASH (19) Fall 2008
(stand-alone software, also links to EQ6 fabric library, EQ5 users can bring in shopping bags)
This easy-to-use program lets you view the newest fabrics to the market right on your computer screen. Color coordinate and search for fabrics. Create "shopping bags" for collecting and saving your favorite swatches.

Digital Essentials: The Quilt Maker's Must-Have Guide to Working With Files, Images, and More by Gloria Hansen
(8.5 x 11"; full-color book)
Finally the digital guidebook quilt makers have been waiting for! Gloria Hansen clarifies the digital haze with friendly, easy-to-follow instructions on:

•  creating digital quilt submissions to the specifications of any show
•  understanding resolution, resizing, resampling, and other confusing terms
•  improving the quality of your web and print digital images
•  batch processing images
•  and much, much more!

Blending Photos with Fabrics 2 by Mary Ellen Kranz
(8.5 x 11"; full-color book of quilt projects)
All-new sequel to best-seller Blending Photos with Fabric. Mary Ellen shares the photography & computer tricks she teaches in her workshops!

1. Choose the best digital camera and printer for your needs
2. Take better pictures, and edit photos in 10 easy steps
3. Make do-it-yourself printable fabric sheets
4. Turn any photo into a kaleidoscope design
5. Create unlimited color variations of any photo
6. Enlarge a small photo to quilt size
7. Print long strips of text for borders

And much more!
10 complete quilt projects plus Paint Shop Pro computer lessons

EQ6 Appliqué Drawing by Angie Padilla
EQ6 Companion Book #4
(book of lessons for drawing appliqué blocks in EQ6)
Learn to draw appliqué from a pro! No prior drawing experience required. Angie demystifies drawing by breaking it down into a simple series of steps. Learn to design Hawaiian applique, create feathered quilting stencils from one simple curve, import photos to trace, invent your own folk art designs. By the time you complete Angie’s lessons you’ll have mastered tools that will free you to invent new designs or adapt elements of blocks already in EQ6.

Quilters Newsletter: The Best of 2007
(stand-alone software, projects will work with EQ6 software)
A year of 31 beautiful quilts to use as designed, or resize, recolor and redesign. Print patterns and complete sewing instructions. Learn from the pros! Discover the latest techniques for machine stitching, working with color and much more. Bonus: Dozens of related articles from back issues. Includes 10 articles on choosing the best blocks for each quilt setting style plus 13 articles from the sought after, out-of-print “Taking the Math Out of Patchwork Quilts” book, now updated for rotary cutting!

Quiltmaker Collection: Volume 4
(stand-alone software, also links to EQ6 block library)
This is the FOURTH volume in our new Quilting Designs series done with Quiltmaker magazine. Volume 4 features over 650 quilting design variations in the following categories: Animals; Celtic & Geometric; Charm Tacks; Feathers; Flowers; Hearts; Leaves; Stars & Sky; and Swoops & Swirls.
[Compatible with EQ6 software, but EQ6 is not required.] Watch a demo of this software.

My Dream House CD for EQ5 or EQ6 by Angie Padilla
(Project CD requires EQ5 or EQ6)
"Come play house!" Using EQ5 or EQ6, make one of Angie's quilts as designed, or create your own pillows, wallhangings and quilts for fused or needle-turn applique in any size. Includes 15 dolls, 32 quilts, 127 furniture blocks, and 282 motifs: all in EQ5 or EQ6 projects. Bonus Children's Doll House project on PDF.

Sue Spargo: Folk-Art Dreams
(stand-alone software, also projects open with EQ5 & EQ6) Learn how to blend wool, cotton and embellishments, creating easy folk art appliqué projects using this new stand-alone software from EQ.

Quilting Designs Collection: Quiltmaker Volume 3
The THIRD volume in this new Quilting Designs series is available. It is a stand-alone CD we've done with Quiltmaker magazine. This volume features over 710 quilting design variations from Quiltmaker's book: Quilting Motifs Volume 3 and 10 new how-to quilting videos which show you ways to mark and sew the patterns. [Compatible with EQ6 software, but EQ6 is not required.] Watch a demo of this software.

EQ6 Pieced Drawing by Patti R. Anderson
EQ6 Companion Book #3
Patti Anderson is back with all-new techniques for creating traditional and unique block designs in EQ6. Follow step-by-step through her lessons. Then try what you've learned using her "Show & Draw" block recipes. Learn the basics from a pro, then design like one!

EQ Printables: Clear Overlay Sheets
The Clear Overlay Sheets are transparent, plastic sheets. Eliminate the need for a light box. Just print (copy or trace) your appliqué design onto an Overlay Sheet. Then use the printed design to help position your applique patches (with no need for marking on your background fabric). Perfect for hand or machine applique.

EQ6 Simplified book
EQ6 Companion Book #2
This easy-learning guide is the fifth of Fran Gonzalez's popular EQ "Simplified" series. As an instructor who has taught thousands of students how to use EQ software, her gentle, visual approach is perfect for quilters who would rather sew than read instructions. Fran will take you through the basics and into more advanced features of EQ6, thus opening a whole world of original quilt designing to you.

Quilting Designs Collection: Quiltmaker Volume 1
The first of a new series of stand-alone software for quilting designs. This volume features over 550 quilting design variations from Quiltmaker's book: Quilting Motifs Volume 1. [Compatible with EQ6 software, but EQ6 is not required.]
Watch a demo of this software.

EQ6 Block Book
EQ6 Companion Book #1
The first of the EQ6 companion books. The Block Book is an illustrated guide to the block patterns in EQ6. Find blocks quickly by flipping through the pages rather than scrolling through files. All 4100 EQ6 blocks are organized by category and style, just as they appear in EQ6. Each is named, illustrated and indexed.

Electric Quilt 6
This is the newest and most advanced version of our best-selling Electric Quilt software. The 100 new features in EQ6 incorporate wishes of our users, with special features for both professional and beginning quilt designers.
There is also an upgrade from EQ5 to EQ6.