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EQUINOX MYSTERY CONTINUES
In Episode 3 of our EQuinox mystery, Mitizi and Raoul track down clues at a quilt show. Then Lesson 3 has you draw blocks and set them into your next border.
Our mystery is so popular there’s now a whole Yahoo group devoted to it, run by teacher Sheila Williams. Here’s the link to join the group.
PREVIOUS MYSTERY QUILT STORY AND LESSONS
Our previous EQ "Mystery of the Missing Quilt," is still up. If you are just joining us, start here with Skylights Episode 1 and Lesson 1.
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QUILTING DESIGNS PREVIEW
Download a Sneak Peek Project (EQ6 project)—10 free quilting designs from our upcoming Volume 5 of Quilting Designs: The Quiltmaker Collection. Watch for it this fall.
Current contest!
EQ THE MOUSE HUNT
The competition is fierce to track down how many times EQ the ("he's so vain") Mouse has hidden his picture throughout the EQ web site. How many can you find? See our contest rules and prize list including EQ the Mouse pins, books and EQ products. Contest ends August 31, 2008. Everyone who enters will receive a free EQ project.
ASK EQ THE MOUSE!
Long-time mascot, EQ the Mouse, invites you to submit EQ questions for his 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 monthly Q & A column. Read it here.
FREE EQ COLOR LESSON
Want to learn more about color? Learn to get a transparency effect in your quilts by working through our free sample lesson (PDF file) from the EQ5 Color book, by Susan McKelvey. This book was written for EQ5. But it’s also perfect for EQ6. Susan teaches you about color theory as you work in EQ.
SIGN UP FOR FALL EQ6 AND DIGITAL CLASSES IN HOUSTON
Take an EQ class during Quilt Festival in Houston. Sign up now for a class with Fran Gonzalez, Barb Vlack, Katrina Hamer or Mary Ellen Kranz -- during the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas from October 27 – November 2, 2008. Check out these great classes. Registration is done by Quilts, Inc. (www.quilts.com) On the Quilts, Inc. site, click the side link beneath "Quilt Festival" for "Order the class catalogue."
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.
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.
ClubEQ REMINDER
ClubEQ is a free monthly challenge organized by EQ-author, Barb Vlack. To participate, send in a project (EQ5 or EQ6) with 1-2 quilts to penny@electricquilt.com that follow the challenge theme and ClubEQ rules. Imagine getting 50 to 100 quilts for just submitting one.
Remember, entries for the current "Nursery Rhymes" challenge are due July 31, 2008.
Look for a new "Postcard" challenge at the beginning of August.
DOWNLOAD MORE FREE FABRIC
This month's download is "Patriotic Prints" fabrics. 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.
 SUE SPARGO NEWS
Sue's daughter, Kelly, wrote an essay on the personal growth of Sue and her business and submitted it to Martha Stewart's 'Dreamers into Does 2008 Contest'. Sue says: "They have posted the main page as of this morning but not yet the link to my story.
I have emailed them to make the correction."
Sue will be highlighted as 'Doer of the week' as of July 30.
To read her story, leave a message and meet others who have turned their dreams into reality go to Martha Stewart's Dreamers into Doers section.
Sue is the author of several books and recently completed a software program with us named "Sue Spargo: Folk Art Dreams."
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WHO'S NEW AT EQ? TWINS!
EQ Graphic Designer Sara Seuberling, and husband Nick, had twins on July 18th. We welcome red-head Benjamin (8 lb. 1 oz.) and brunette Alyson (7 lb. 12 oz.) [Ben & Aly] to the EQ family.
NEWS, STORIES & TIPS ON OUR BLOG
Read about our visit to Amy Butler's studio.
New EQ-related blog topics are added almost daily. Some recent posts by EQ Webmaster Andrea, who is a drawing expert, include:
Great use for Ellipse tool
Creating Shadowed blocks
Let us know if you post EQ stuff on *your* blog so we can link. Also, send us info about what EQ stuff you're up to. Look at what Beth Davis wrote in to say.
Send an email to penny@electricquilt.com and let us know.
NEW BOOKS ALMOST HERE
Read more about our new books: Digital Essentials by Gloria Hansen and Blending Photos with Fabric 2 by Mary Ellen Kranz. Both books will start shipping in mid-September.
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.
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.
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). 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.
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.
PIECE, LOVE & QUILTS CONTEST:
EQ WINNER
Congratulations to Jillian Michelle Holston of Hebron, ND. Jillian’s quilt, “When
Life Throws You a Curve…My Mod Years” was the winner of an EQ prize package in
the “Piece, Love and Quilts” contest sponsored by EQ, Benartex and Workman Publishing.
COMING NEXT MONTH
* More "Ask EQ" questions and answers
* An interview with Mary Ellen Kranz, author of Blending Photos with Fabrics 2
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