ASK EQ THE MOUSE!
Our loyal and long-time mascot, EQ the Mouse, is back! He invites
you to submit EQ questions for his new column "Ask
EQ." Email
questions to Tech Support. Put "Ask EQ" in
the subject line. He'll answer your question, and perhaps
you'll make his Q & A
column. Read it here.
 FREE
DRAWING LESSON
Try before you buy! Here's a free
lesson (PDF) from our new book on drawing—a book that will
get you drawing your own appliqué and quilting stencils,
importing photos and tracing, and creating new blocks from
those already in EQ6 for borders, sashes and your whole quilt.
The book is Angie Padilla's EQ6 Appliqué Drawing:
A Beginner's Guide to Drawing Like a Pro—coming
next month. It's perfect for quilt projects to fuse as well
as more elaborate appliqué. Read
our earlier interview with Angie here.
MORE FROM ANGIE PADILLA
Looking for a fun project to design in EQ? Try
Angie's Blocks in a Box quilt -- easy to draw, fun to color.
Use her PDF for the pattern or print from EQ.
Wondering
what to do with fabric scraps? See how Angie sorts scraps
by size, then uses them to create fabric collage, heart-shaped
yo yos, and even beads.
SHOW US WHAT YOU MAKE
Kate McComas sent us a link to her "Wild
Flower Baby Quilt" shown on her blog. She's using
spring wildflower photos she printed on EQ's
Cotton Lawn Inkjet Fabric Sheets.
Kate writes: "The photo transfer images include skunk
cabbages, spring beauties, wild iris, toad trillium, red trillium
and two images of luna moths. All the photo transfers were
done with Electric Quilt cotton lawn photo transfer cloth.
I have experimented with many types of transfer media and I
have found this to be the most colorfast."
We love her quilt. Show us what you make!
 CONGRATULATIONS
TO GLORIA HANSEN
Do you know the way to San Jose? If so, be sure to see Gloria
Hansen's one-woman show at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles.
(Scroll down.) EQ will publish Gloria's landmark book: Digital
Essentials: The Quilt Maker's Must-Have Guide to Working With
Files, Images, and More in early fall. If
you missed our earlier interview with Gloria, you can read
it here.
ANNOUNCING FALL EQ6 AND DIGITAL CLASSES IN HOUSTON
The Electric Quilt Company will again sponsor two computer
labs with classes by Fran Gonzalez, Barb Vlack, Katrina Hamer
and Mary Ellen Kranz during the International Quilt Festival
in Houston, Texas from October 27 – November 2, 2008. Check
out these great classes.
FREE VIEWERS
Want to see a self-running show of your own EQ projects? Download
a free project viewer:
Download EQ6 show if
you have EQ6. It will show any EQ3, EQ4, EQ5 and EQ6 projects
you've made.
Download EQ5 show if
you only have EQ5. It will show any EQ3, EQ4 & EQ5 projects
you have made.
DOWNLOAD MORE FREE FABRIC
This month's download is "Warm-colored Batiks".
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.
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MYSTERY QUILT STORY AND LESSONS
Quilt Detective Mitzi McDrubben starts a new mystery in June.
Her previous case, the Mystery of the Missing Quilt, is still
up. If you are just joining us, start here with Episode
1 and Lesson
1. Learn to use EQ5 or EQ6 as you solve the mystery and
see your final quilt after the 12th episode.
DO YOU HAVE FREE EQ PROJECTS OR PATTERNS TO SHARE
ON YOUR WEB SITE?
Let us know and we'll list you on the Project
Sharing page. Just email
our webmaster with the necessary links and information
and ask for your site to be considered for inclusion on that
page.
CLUB EQ CHALLENGE AND ROUND ROBINS
Looking for inspiration? See what others create with EQ. Check
out previous clubEQ challenge, featuring Jelly
Roll quilts, and the recent Round
Robins.
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.
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!
TECH SUPPORT
A reminder that you can see answers to our most Frequently
Asked Questions right on the EQ Web site. See EQ6
questions here. See EQ5
questions here.
EQ FORUMS
The new
EQ Forums are up! Visit the EQ Forums and register, then
you can ask questions and get answers from EQ staff, authors
and other EQ users right on the EQ web site.
TAKE OUR SURVEY
When did you start with EQ? Tell
us which was your first version.
COMING NEXT MONTH
* More "Ask EQ" questions and answers
* More fabric! Download a bonus project of new spring fabric
from our Spring 2008 STASH (a new CD coming in May).
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