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AN INTERVIEW WITH GLORIA HANSEN
Meet Gloria Hansen, whose newest book, "Digital Essentials: The Quilt Maker's Must-Have Guide to Images, Files, and More!" will be published by EQ in the Fall of 2008. Gloria is legendary as the quilt world's "go-to" person
for questions involving computers and quilting. Her new book will show exact steps for using photos and quilt images in Photoshop, Elements, PaintShop Pro, EQ6 and other programs. Read about how
Gloria got started. We'll have an excerpt from her book closer to publication
date (watch for her in the November issue of Quilters Newsletter).
 PIECE,
LOVE AND QUILTS CONTEST
Writer Meg Cox has a wonderful quilter's resource guide, The Quilter's
Catalog, coming out next month from Workman Publishing. And we're in it!
To celebrate Meg's book, we've joined with Benartex and Bernina to sponsor
a quilt contest. Prizes include:
- A deluxe software from Electric Quilt!
- A Bernina Aurora 440 Quilter's Edition sewing machine with exclusive BSR!
- A year's worth of fabrics from Benartex!
- An all expense paid trip to Quilt Festival!
Check out the contest rules,
and print out an entry form.
TAKE OUR SURVEY
We're listening to your input. Would you help us by clicking here to take our "If you could choose only one" survey? Thanks so much!
DOWNLOAD MORE FREE FABRIC
This month's download is "Return of the Random Farm Animals". Choose either to download a Library file or a Project file. Be sure to follow the easy steps provided. Then vote for next month's fabric.
NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES
New to this newsletter? See earlier issues here. Scroll down to see direct links to interviews and projects you may have missed.
FREE PROJECTS WHEN YOU ENTER THE CLUB EQ CHALLENGE
Each month, Barb Vlack presents a theme for a virtual quilt challenge and shows
two example quilts. Anyone can enter the ClubEQ
Challenge. At the end of the month, all participants are sent a secret link
to download all the quilts for that theme. All you need to do is submit one project
and you get 50 to 100 projects in return. Check out the "Jelly
Roll" challenge for this month.
HAVE YOU SEEN OUR VIDEOS?
If you're wondering what some of our products do, watch the product videos we've made for you.
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MYSTERY QUILT STORY AND LESSONS FINALE!
It's the month you've waited for --- the exciting conclusion to our "Sky Lights" quilt
mystery. Mitzi, Ruthie and Raoul find out that sometimes cases end up right where
they first began. Read Episode
12, then do Lesson
12, as you learn to use EQ5 or EQ6. Then see
the final quilt and set your Mystery blocks into your layout to complete
the design!
(If you are just joining us, don't spoil the surprise --- start here with Episode 1 and Lesson 1.)
MYSTERY QUILT GALLERY
Spoiler Alert! Don't click this link if you haven't finished your mystery quilt
lessons. Members of the Heritage Quilt Guild, from Athens, Tennessee made their
own mystery quilts each month. Check out these finished
samples!
MAIL-LIST FOR MAC EQ-ERS
Are you running your EQ on a Mac? Then you may want to subscribe to the free EQonMacs Yahoo group, run by Sheila Williams. For more information, contact Sheila at Sheila@SheilaWilliams.com.
DEAR JANE CLUB IDEAS
Several of you have asked for ideas for starting a Dear Jane club. Here are some
DJ class and club ideas to get you started.
WANT TO START AN EQ CLUB?
Download our "Planning
an EQ Club" PDF file (PDF file). See what you need to get started, how
to organize and get topic ideas. The Mystery Quilt would make a great club project.
ARE YOU TEACHING EQ?
If you are teaching EQ classes, don't forget to let our webmaster know the date, time and location of your classes so we can list them on our web site.
FREE DESKTOP CALENDAR
Date-challenged? Download Carolyn Laukkonen's free calendar onto your computer desktop. Find complete instructions, and a wonderful new calendar each month. While there, click her site map to find the EQ projects she shares.
Or check out the beautiful calendars Diane Anderson designs just for you.
EQ CLASSES
Want a hands-on EQ class? See who's teaching, what's being taught, and where.
FREE EQ6 WEB BUTTONS
Show your EQ spirit by adding an EQ6 button to your web site!
COMING NEXT MONTH
* A sneak peek at some of the quilting designs going into Quilting Designs:
The Quiltmaker Collection - Volume 4 (coming soon).
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