Electric Quilt 7 (EQ7)
ELECTRIC QUILT 8 IS HERE! The newest version of Electric Quilt software, EQ8 is now available! Ask for EQ8 at your local quilt shop or order online now!
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- AccuQuilt GO! BOB Add-ons for EQ
AccuQuilt GO! BOB Add-ons for EQ
Enjoy the perfect mix of creativity and precision with AccuQuilt GO! BOB add-ons for EQ8 software! Install the add-ons, then design quilts using blocks that can be cut with AccuQuilt GO! BOBs!
- Stash 2025-01
Stash 2025-01
1,200+ brand new fabrics for the EQ8 Fabric Library! You'll get collections from top manufacturers like Riley Blake, Timeless Treasures, FreeSpirit, and lots more!
- Kaleidoscope Collection Two
Kaleidoscope Collection Two
If you love to foundation paper piece, these blocks are for you! This collection adds 500+ fascinating new kaleidoscope-style blocks to the EQ8 Block Library!
- EQ Membership
EQ Membership
An EQ Membership is our way of offering annual, exclusive perks to EQ8 lovers who want more. Perks include FREE Stash downloads, everyday discounts on products and classes, extra savings during sales, and a free gift! Become an EQ Member today!
- AccuQuilt GO! Qube Add-ons for EQ
AccuQuilt GO! Qube Add-ons for EQ
Enjoy the perfect mix of creativity and precision with AccuQuilt GO! add-ons for EQ8 software! Install the add-ons, then design quilts using blocks that can be cut with AccuQuilt GO! Qubes!
- EQ8 Deep Dive: Fabrics, Panels, and Photos
EQ8 Deep Dive: Fabrics, Panels, and Photos
This Deep Dive booklet contains everything you need to know to get started and then master importing your own fabrics and photos into EQ8 software.
- Software for Quilters
Software for Quilters
Turn the quilt in your head into the quilt on your bed! With EQ products, YOU can be the designer!
- Electric Quilt 8 (EQ8)
Electric Quilt 8
Design your own quilts and blocks and print them at any size you want! Use the 6,000+ manufacturer fabrics (or import your own), and 6,000+ copyright-free blocks (or draw your own) to create your own masterpiece! Print your fabric yardage estimates, foundation patterns, rotary-cutting charts, or templates! YOU are the designer!
- BlockBase+
BlockBase+
4,264 quilt blocks! Print rotary-cutting charts, templates, and foundation patterns in any size for the blocks from Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns book. Available for Windows and Mac. Use BlockBase+ on its own or link to EQ8!
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Software for Quilters
Turn the quilt in your head into the quilt on your bed! With EQ products, YOU can be the designer!
- Books
Books
Shop lesson books for EQ8 and other quilting books.
- Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns
Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns
4,000+ pieced quilt blocks, illustrated with both a line drawing and sample color suggestions, plus a detailed lookup system to help you identify blocks. This third edition includes 161 new blocks and it's in full color!
- EQ8 Lesson Books
EQ Lesson Books
Use our step-by-step lesson books to learn everything from beginner tutorials to advanced techniques!
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Books
Shop lesson books for EQ8 and other quilting books.
- EQ Add-on Blocks
EQ Add-on Blocks
EQ8 comes with over 6,000 blocks, but you can add so many more!
- AccuQuilt GO! Blocks
AccuQuilt GO! Blocks
Hundreds of AccuQuilt-friendly blocks for EQ8! Use these blocks to design beautiful quilts in EQ8, that you can quickly construct using your AccuQuilt GO! Qube or BOBs! PDFs of labeled block diagrams are included so you know which die shape you need for each block. Get the most out of your AccuQuilt investment with these EQ8 add-ons!
- BlockBase+
BlockBase+
4,264 quilt blocks! Print rotary-cutting charts, templates, and foundation patterns in any size for the blocks from Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns book. Available for Windows and Mac. Use BlockBase+ on its own or link to EQ8!
- Classic Applique Blocks
Classic Applique Blocks
There are three products in the Classic Applique series. Each add-on product features a different time period and style and installs a library of applique blocks to your EQ Block Library.
- Kaleidoscope Blocks
Kaleidoscope Blocks
Love to paper piece? Download Kaleidoscope Collection add-ons for over 1,000 copyright-free, kaleidoscope-style paper-pieced blocks. You'll be amazed by the fascinating designs and how they look in a quilt!
- Quiltmaker 100 Blocks
Quiltmaker 100 Blocks
100 fun, inspiring quilt block designs from 100 designers with techniques ranging from from applique to yo-yos, foundations to hand embroidery and of course, some simple piecing too. Some of these include sewing instructions!
- Star Blocks
Star Blocks
Add 150+ gorgeous Judy Martin blocks to your EQ software! We have 13 collections to choose from, or download them all!
- Seasonal Blocks
Seasonal Blocks
Add 40 seasonal, pieced blocks by Heather Valentine to EQ8! You'll have all the designs you need to fill your calendar. 24 quilts are included too!
- Themed Blocks
Themed Blocks
100+ themed block collections to download for EQ! Categories include birds, flowers, special occasions, and lots more! Some products include complete quilt project files, too. Print templates, foundations and/or rotary cutting directions, then start sewing!
- View All Add-on Blocks
EQ Add-on Blocks
EQ8 comes with over 6,000 blocks, but you can add so many more!
- EQ Add-on Quilts
EQ Add-on Quilts
Download EQ quilt projects from Karen K Stone, Judy Martin, Kimberly Einmo, and more! These add-ons for EQ will install project files into your My EQ folder. Open the project in your EQ software to print the patterns as they were designed, or edit the quilt to make it your own. Some products include block or fabric libraries and PDF files as well.
- Dear Jane
Dear Jane
This add-on for EQ8 software gives you all 225 blocks and the full quilt layout designed by Jane A. Stickle during the American Civil War. In EQ8 you can print templates, foundation patterns, and rotary cutting charts for the blocks at any size you need.
- Star Quilts
Star Quilts
Download Star Power to add 61 stellar quilts to EQ software from Judy Martin! You'll get blocks and piecing diagrams too!
- Log Cabin Quilts
Log Cabin Quilts
Download Log Cabins to add 266 log-cabin themed quilts and 13 Auto Borders to EQ software from Judy Martin! You'll get blocks and piecing diagrams too!
- Scrappy Quilts
Scrappy Quilts
Download these fabulous add-ons by Karen K. Stone for beautiful scrappy quilts! Print the foundation patterns, templates, or rotary-cutting charts for the quilts as she designed them, or edit them to make your own. Fabrics are included too!
- Precut Quilts
Precut Quilts
Download over 150 precut-friendly quilts for EQ8 with Kimberly Einmo add-ons! Print the foundation patterns, templates, or rotary-cutting charts for the quilts as she designed them, or edit them to make your own.
- Themed Quilts
Themed Quilts
These add-ons install quilt projects for EQ software based on a specific theme like holidays, animals, children, etc. Print templates, foundations and/or rotary cutting directions, then start sewing!
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EQ Add-on Quilts
Download EQ quilt projects from Karen K Stone, Judy Martin, Kimberly Einmo, and more! These add-ons for EQ will install project files into your My EQ folder. Open the project in your EQ software to print the patterns as they were designed, or edit the quilt to make it your own. Some products include block or fabric libraries and PDF files as well.
- EQ Add-on Fabrics
EQ Add-on Fabrics
Shop EQ Stash Online downloads to add new fabrics to your EQ! Get collections from top manufacturers like Riley Blake Designs, Robert Kaufman, Michael Miller, and more!
- All New Releases
All New Releases
Download the newest fabrics on the market from top manufacturers. Each Stash download includes 1,000+ fabrics that include a variety of categories: florals, geometrics, abstract prints, and more!
- Batik Fabrics
Batik Fabrics
Every year, you can download new batiks to your EQ! You'll find collections from Hoffman, Northcott, Island Batik, Timeless Treasures, and more!
- Holiday Fabrics
Holiday Fabrics
Add hundreds of holiday fabrics to your EQ with EQ Stash Online downloads! You'll find collections from Andover, FreeSpirit, Hoffman, Moda, and more!
- View All Add-on Fabrics
EQ Add-on Fabrics
Shop EQ Stash Online downloads to add new fabrics to your EQ! Get collections from top manufacturers like Riley Blake Designs, Robert Kaufman, Michael Miller, and more!
- EQ Printables
View All EQ Printables
Use EQ Printables to take your designs from the screen to your final project! Quilter's Newsprint is perfect for paper piecing and the Inkjet Fabric Sheets make the best photo quilts!
- Printable Inkjet Fabric
Printable Inkjet Fabric
Print sharp, photo-quality images onto these amazingly soft inkjet fabric sheets. Take photos with your camera or use a scanner for old hand-written letters, a child’s artwork, or any cherished item you’d like to use in your next project. Just print, soak, and sew!
- Quilter’s Newsprint
Newsprint
Print quilting designs and paper piecing patterns on any printer or copy machine with no smearing. Sew directly over the newsprint and then tear away the paper to reveal clean and precise lines without creating a paper mess or pulling up threads!
- View All EQ Printables
View All EQ Printables
Use EQ Printables to take your designs from the screen to your final project! Quilter's Newsprint is perfect for paper piecing and the Inkjet Fabric Sheets make the best photo quilts!
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- EQ At Home Classes
EQ At Home Classes
EQ At Home is a series of online video classes that will help you master your EQ software. You'll be designing your own quilts fast and feeling confident. Plus, you’ll have easy access to help!
- View EQ At Home Classes
View EQ At Home Classes
We have a series of 3 classes for EQ8 users. A Beginner class to get you familiar with the basics, then two more to fully master the software!
- EQ At Home FAQ
EQ At Home FAQ
Learn more about EQ At Home online classes and find answers to common questions.
- EQ Academy Classes
EQ Academy Classes
EQ Academy is an in-person workshop, hosted by the Electric Quilt Company in Ohio, dedicated to learning EQ8 software. You'll gain the tools you need to get the most out of your software and have fun!
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EQ Academy Classes
We've got classes for every skill level at EQ Academy! Learn everything about EQ8: drawing blocks, designing quilts, importing fabrics, and more!
- EQ Academy FAQ
EQ Academy FAQ
Learn more about EQ Academy and find answers to common questions such as upcoming events, hotel and travel information, and more.
- EQ Classes at Quilt Shows
EQ8 Classes at Quilt Shows
Look for EQ classes at quilt shows!
- Other EQ Classes
Other EQ Classes
Take an EQ class from an independent teacher! If teachers tell us about their online EQ classes, we list them on our website.
- EQ8 for Beginners with Sandi Strenkowski
EQ8 for Beginners with Sandi Strenkowski
Learn everything you need to know about creating a quilt in EQ8 with engaging video lessons, worksheets, and hands-on exercises. Free sample lessons available.
- EQ8 Training with Kari Schell
EQ8 Training with Kari Schell
Kari Schell loves to share her knowledge of quilting and specializes in training for Electric Quilt 8. Check out her group, "Tech Know Quilters".
- EQ8 Serendipity in Russia with Gulnara Polyanskaya
EQ8 Serendipity in Russia with Gulnara Polyanskaya
Online EQ8 classes in Russia!
- View All Other EQ Classes
Other EQ Classes
Take an EQ class from an independent teacher! If teachers tell us about their online EQ classes, we list them on our website.
- Hire an EQ Teacher
Hire an EQ Teacher
Looking for an EQ8 teacher to teach at your quilt shop, guild meeting, or other event? Check out our list of teachers all over the world!
- Teach EQ
Teach EQ
We are happy to provide you with information about setting up an EQ8 classroom and provide resources to make your teaching experience more enjoyable!
- EQ At Home Classes
- Freebies & Lessons
- EQ Design Challenges
- EQ Design Challenge & Giveaway – Changes in Seasons
EQ Design Challenge & Giveaway – Changes in Seasons
Welcome back to another EQ Design Challenge! May’s Fabric of the Month is Changes in Seasons by Scott Flanagan for Northcott! This stunning batik collection includes warm fall colors in cream, rust, gold, tan, blue spruce, and evergreen. Pine cones, pine needles, branches, and soft leaf swirls make up this nature-inspired collection. A bundle of these fabrics will be given away…
- EQ Design Challenge & Giveaway – Changes in Seasons
- EQ Project of the Month
EQ Project of the Month
Every month, you can download a new, free project for EQ!
- Scrappy Spring
Scrappy Spring
Fun project for EQ8 or EQ7! The files will open right up into your program. Click the “View Sketchbook” button. There you’ll find the quilts, blocks, and fabrics included in the project! Please note: If you open this project from your download folder and save it will continue to save the project to your downloads folder. We recommend saving the file to your My EQ8 folder. To do this click File > Save As and navigate to your My EQ8 folder. ©2025 Copyright Heidi Kory for The Electric Quilt Company. For personal use only. Do not distribute to others.
- Sensational Spring
Sensational Spring
Fun project for EQ8 or EQ7! The files will open right up into your program. Click the “View Sketchbook” button. There you’ll find the quilts, blocks, and fabrics included in the project! Please note: If you open this project from your download folder and save it will continue to save the project to your downloads folder. We recommend saving the file to your My EQ8 folder. To do this click File > Save As and navigate to your My EQ8 folder. ©2025 Copyright Heidi Kory for The Electric Quilt Company. For personal use only. Do not distribute to others.
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EQ Project of the Month
Every month, you can download a new, free project for EQ!
- EQ Fabric of the Month
EQ Fabric of the Month
Every month, you can download a new, free fabric collection for EQ!
- Changes in Seasons
Changes in Seasons
Pine cones, pine needles, branches, and soft leaf swirls make up this nature-inspired collection!
- Night Flight
Night Flight
Mosaic butterflies, floral medallions, and geos combine in a vivid, striking color palette!
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EQ Fabric of the Month
Every month, you can download a new, free fabric collection for EQ!
- EQ8 Design & Discover
- Design & Discover – Sashing without Cornerstones!
Design & Discover – Sashing without Cornerstones!
In this lesson we’ll be learning about sashing without cornerstones but, also be sure to check out these other posts about designing with sashing. Design & Discover – Sashing! – learn how to design these quilts and some basics (and beyond) about sashing. Design & Discover – Using Blocks in the Sashing! – this lesson explains how to use…
- Design & Discover – Working with Add-ons + Free Coloring Page!
Design & Discover – Working with Add-ons + Free Coloring Page!
EQ8 has lots of add-ons available. Some include blocks, some include quilts, and some include fabrics! Here’s how to download and install add-ons and if you have any trouble, you can always contact us. Once your add-on is installed, depending on the specific add-on, there are different ways to access it. If the add-on includes quilts… Click Open an existing…
- Design & Discover – Sashing without Cornerstones!
- EQ8 Lessons with Lori
EQ8 Lessons with Lori
Learn something new from EQ Teacher, Lori Miller!
- EQ8 Lessons with Lori: GO! Qube Add-ons Available Now!
EQ8 Lessons with Lori: GO! Qube Add-ons Available Now!
Quilting friends, I am excited to share that we are releasing FIVE MORE GO! Qube Block Add-ons for EQ8! That’s right, there are five additional Block libraries offering hundreds more blocks that you can easily design within EQ8 and then cut out with your AccuQuilt GO! Qube dies and cutters. Each of these five,…
- EQ8 Lessons with Lori: Mix & Match Plus Corners and Angles is HERE!
EQ8 Lessons with Lori: Mix & Match Plus Corners and Angles is HERE!
The first new EQ8 Block Library for AccuQuilt is here! It is the AccuQuilt GO! Qube® Mix & Match Plus Corners and Angles. Combining Electric Quilt® software with your AccuQuilt® GO! fabric cutter and GO! Qube dies provides the perfect mixture of creativity and precision! This block library contains 216 quilt blocks originally published in the…
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EQ8 Lessons with Lori
Learn something new from EQ Teacher, Lori Miller!
- EQ8 Lessons with Yvonne
EQ8 Lessons with Yvonne
Learn something new from EQ Teacher, Yvonne Menear!
- LESSONS WITH YVONNE- Playing With AccuQuilt Blocks
LESSONS WITH YVONNE- Playing With AccuQuilt Blocks
EQ recently launched a software add-on that lets those of you who have an AccuQuilt cutter to add blocks to EQ that will match the AccuQuilt cutter shapes. But, if you don’t have an AccuQuilt cutter, you can still use the blocks. The blocks are square by default, but you can change the shapes of the blocks by using a…
- LESSONS WITH YVONNE–Back To School
LESSONS WITH YVONNE–Back To School
September means back to school time in most areas. As a very young child, I recall looking forward to see how the teacher decorated the classroom to enhance learning principles. Why not make a small wall hanging quilt to add to the classroom decor for the teacher to display? Open your EQ8 and name a new project ‘Back to School’. …
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EQ8 Lessons with Yvonne
Learn something new from EQ Teacher, Yvonne Menear!
- EQ8 Block Spotlight
EQ8 Block Spotlight
Every month, we highlight a block from the EQ8 Block Library and challenge you to design something with it!
- EQ8 Block Spotlight: Anthurium
EQ8 Block Spotlight: Anthurium
Welcome to the EQ8 Block Spotlight! Each month we highlight a block from the EQ8 Block Library with a few design ideas. Then we want you to show us what you can do with the block. We hope these posts will inspire you to try something new and expand your EQ skills! Don’t forget to comment on other quilter’s designs too.…
- EQ8 Block Spotlight: Lily Wreath
EQ8 Block Spotlight: Lily Wreath
Welcome to the EQ8 Block Spotlight! Each month we highlight a block from the EQ8 Block Library with a few design ideas. Then we want you to show us what you can do with the block. We hope these posts will inspire you to try something new and expand your EQ skills! Don’t forget to comment on other quilter’s designs too.…
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EQ8 Block Spotlight
Every month, we highlight a block from the EQ8 Block Library and challenge you to design something with it!
- EQ Pearls of Wisdom
EQ Pearls of Wisdom
We’re celebrating 30 years! Since the pearl is the traditional symbol for 30 years, we’re sharing EQ Pearls of Wisdom from our friends! There's a new post each week, plus, each post includes a free project download or giveaway!
- EQ Artists
EQ Artists
Check out the talented designers who use EQ!
- EQ Quilt Gallery
EQ Quilt Gallery
You won't believe your eyes when you see the amazing projects our users created with EQ!
- BlockBase Gallery
BlockBase Gallery
Show off what you create from BlockBase or the Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns! Did you make the sampler quilt in the Free PDF?! Post pictures of your quilts or blocks here.
- Dear Jane Gallery
Dear Jane Gallery
Love Dear Jane quilts? Check out what quilters have made using our Dear Jane software.
- Quilts of Valor Gallery
Quilts of Valor Gallery
Check out quilts that have been made for service members and veterans using EQ software!
- EQ Blog Badges
EQ Blog Badges
Use these badges on Your website to show you use, teach, or sell EQ products!
- AccuQuilt GO! Downloads
AccuQuilt GO! Downloads
Download free EQ8 Block Library files to design quilts based on AccuQuilt die shapes!
- EQ Design Challenges
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