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 LEARN TO DRAW!
Think you can't draw? Yes you can! Learn to turn one simple curve into a feathered quilting stencil. Design Hawaiian appliqué. Trace photos. Draw vines and leaves the easy way. No prior drawing experience required! Angie Padilla's new book
EQ6 Appliqué Drawing: A Beginner's Guide to Drawing Like a Pro demystifies drawing by breaking it down into a simple series of steps.
INTERVIEW WITH QUILTERS NEWSLETTER EDITOR, JAN MAGEE
Ever wondered how America’s favorite quilting magazine gets put together? We did. So we asked Quilters Newsletter Executive Editor, Jan Magee to take us behind the scenes. Read
our interview with Jan.
See our newest quilt design CD: The
Best of Quilters Newsletter, now hot off the press! Watch
a demo video of this new quilt design software.
(Speaking of QN, congratulations to EQ designer Marjorie Rhine whose “Prairie Flowers” quilt is featured in the June 2008 issue of QN on
page 74 – 77.)
ASK EQ THE MOUSE!
Our loyal and long-time mascot, invites you to submit EQ questions for his regular 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.
STASHtimation CONTEST
Your chance to win a new STASH. Celebrate the May release of the EIGHTEENTH edition of STASH, and our hard-working staff who have scanned their hearts out month after month to produce this CD packed with fabric. Their motto: "We scan, so you don't have to!"
CONTEST: Guess how many fabrics, total, we've scanned for STASH (from Fall 1999 through Spring 2008). The eighteen people who guess closest (but not over) will win a free copy of STASH Spring 2008 (retail value: $24.95).
To submit your answer, send an email before June 1, 2008:
To: eqnews@electricquilt.com
Subject: ##### (only put the number of fabrics you guess)
Message: Name, Mailing Address, Phone, and number of fabrics again.
Enter as many times as you like. Eighteen different winners will be chosen from the closest answers.
1/4 OF THE EQ STAFF ARE PREGNANT!
Is it our water? Three staff members are pregnant with four babies on the way: Sara Woodward (left - due in October), Sara Seuberling (middle - due in July) and Heidi Kory (right - due this week). Who's having twins? Sara Seuberling is expecting a boy and a girl!
To celebrate, download a free project of "kid print" fabric from our brand new STASH Spring 2008 CD, hot off the press. Download the EQ5 project or EQ6 project (fabric
only).
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 "Klimt-like". 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.
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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 available. If you are just joining
us, start here with Episode
1 and Lesson
1 and learn EQ5 or EQ6 as you go.
FREE PROJECT
Download our "Cat & Fish Bowls" project, designed by staff member Sara Seuberling. Download the EQ5 project or EQ6 project.
PERFECT PROJECT FOR KIDS
School's out soon. Is this the summer you'll plan to make a quilt with your kids
or grandkids? Angie Padilla has the perfect project for you! Check out this quick,
raw-edge appliqué quilt Angie and her granddaughter Alexia
made. They're sharing the patterns and sewing instructions with
you!
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 Stars and Not-Stars, 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.
NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES
New to this newsletter? See earlier issues here. Scroll down to see direct links to interviews and projects you may have missed.
COMING NEXT MONTH
* More "Ask EQ" questions and answers
* Free fabric project: new "Park Slope" by Erin McMorris for FreeSpirit
* Interview with the woman behind Quilt Detective Mitzi McDruben, writer Megan
McMorris
* A new Mystery quilt!
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