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- Stash 2021-01
EQ Stash Online 2021-01
Shop EQ Stash Online downloads to add new fabrics to your EQ! In this new collection, you'll get 1,480 fabrics from manufacturers like FreeSpirit, Andover, Robert Kaufman, and lots more!
- 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!
- 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!
- Standalone Software
Standalone Software
These programs don't require any other software.
- 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!
- Quiltmaker Quilting Stencils
Quiltmaker Quilting Designs
Libraries of quilting stencils from past volumes of Quiltmaker magazine. Each volume has hundreds of unique designs that you can size and print. This software requires a Windows computer with a CD drive. Use with or without EQ.
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Standalone Software
These programs don't require any other software.
- 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 Block Library Book
EQ8 Block Library Book
Flip through the colorful pages of this book to see all 6,700+ blocks that are in EQ8! This book offers an escape from the computer to a world of inspiration.
- EQ Lesson Books
EQ Lesson Books
Use our step-by-step lesson books to learn everything from beginner tutorials and 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!
- 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!
- Boutique Blocks
Boutique Blocks
EQ Boutique products install a variety of designer-created quilt blocks to use in your EQ software. Some products include complete quilt project files, too! Print templates, foundations and/or rotary cutting directions, then start sewing!
- Judy Martin Blocks
Judy Martin Blocks
Shop quilt design software, books, add-ons, and printable fabric!
- 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!
- Kaleidoscope Blocks
Kaleidoscope Blocks
Like Kaleidoscope blocks? Download Kaleidoscope Collection for over 500 kaleidoscope-style foundation blocks that anyone can sew! Print the blocks from EQ in any size!
- 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.
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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.
- Judy Martin Quilts
Judy Martin Quilts
Download Star Power for 61 quilts from Judy Martin’s out-of-print book, Knockout Blocks and Sampler Quilts. 110 blocks included too! Print the foundation patterns, templates, or rotary-cutting charts for the quilts as she designed them, or edit them to make your own.
- Karen K. Stone Quilts
Karen K. Stone Quilts
Use EQ software to open 21 of Karen's most spectacular 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!
- Kimberly Einmo Quilts
Kimberly Einmo Quilts
Use EQ software to open 39 of Kimberly's gorgeous quilts. Print the foundation patterns, templates, or rotary-cutting charts for the quilts as she designed them, or edit them to make your own.
- Boutique Quilts
Boutique Quilts
EQ Boutique quilt products install project files to your EQ software. You'll also get new blocks! Print templates, foundations and/or rotary cutting directions, then start sewing!
- View All 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.
- 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!
- Batik Fabrics
Batik Fabrics
Add hundreds of batik fabrics to your EQ with EQ Stash Online downloads! 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!
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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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- Classes
- EQ Academy Workshop
EQ Academy Workshop
EQ Academy is a weekend workshop, hosted by The Electric Quilt Company, dedicated to learning the ins and outs of Electric Quilt 8 (EQ8) software.
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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!
- What is EQ Academy?
What is EQ Academy?
EQ Academy is a weekend workshop, hosted by The Electric Quilt Company, dedicated to learning the ins and outs of Electric Quilt 8 (EQ8) software.
- Where is EQ Academy?
Where is Academy?
EQ Academy is hosted just a few miles away from The Electric Quilt Company in Perrysburg, Ohio.
- 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.
- Online EQ Classes
Online EQ Classes
Take a class from home! 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 our her group, "Tech Know Quilters".
- Get Your Quilting Geek On! with Marilyn Strowmatt
Get Your Quilting Geek On! with Marilyn Strowmatt
Learn how to take EQ8 designs to Art & Stitch Base and Plus, Brother Scan-N-Cut, your embroidery machine, and Pro-Stitcher and onto a fabulous quilted creation!
- EQ8 Serendipity in Russia with Gulnara Polyanskaya
EQ8 Serendipity in Russia with Gulnara Polyanskaya
Online EQ8 classes in Russia!
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Online EQ Classes
Take a class from home! 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 Academy Workshop
- Freebies & Lessons
- EQ Project of the Month
EQ Project of the Month
Every month, you can download a new, free project for EQ!
- Vivacious Vines
Vivacious Vines
Fun project for EQ8, EQ7 or EQ Mini! 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.
- Patchwork Pansies
Patchwork Pansies
Fun project for EQ8, EQ7 or EQ Mini! 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.
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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!
- Dream
Dream
- Dance in Paris
Dance in Paris
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EQ Fabric of the Month
Every month, you can download a new, free fabric collection for EQ!
- EQ Design Challenges
- EQ Design Challenge & Giveaway – Dream
EQ Design Challenge & Giveaway – Dream
June’s Fabric of the Month is Dream by Kristy Lea of Quiet Play for Riley Blake Designs! With so many bright colors and playful patterns, these fabrics will immediately catch your eye! A bundle of select Dream fabrics and other prizes will be given away to two lucky winners! Submit your EQ design featuring Dream below… all instructions and contest details are in this post. Good luck!…
- EQ Design Challenge & Giveaway – Dream
- EQ8 Design & Discover
- Design & Discover – Bed-Sized Quilts Using the Layout Libraries
Design & Discover – Bed-Sized Quilts Using the Layout Libraries
This month we’ll be using the Layout Library to design quilts. In this lesson you’ll see how quick it can be to design a twin and queen sized quilt when you start with a pre-designed layout. We’ll also design a king sized quilt and get into a little more detail modifying the layout and adding stencils. Click Libraries > Layout…
- Design & Discover – EasyDraw vs. PolyDraw
Design & Discover – EasyDraw vs. PolyDraw
As far as pieced blocks go, you can draw any block with EasyDraw. Sometimes though, it is easier to draw certain types of blocks in PolyDraw, particularly those that can be aided by using one of the grids. PolyDraw has automatic snapping based on the grid on which you are working. The PolyDraw tools are your only sources for drawing this…
- Design & Discover – Bed-Sized Quilts Using the Layout Libraries
- EQ8 Lessons with Lori
EQ8 Lessons with Lori
Learn something new from EQ Teacher, Lori Miller!
- EQ8 Lessons with Lori – Exploring Nine Patch Blocks for Accuquilt GO! Qubes
EQ8 Lessons with Lori – Exploring Nine Patch Blocks for Accuquilt GO! Qubes
I love how versatile EQ8 Quilt Design software is no matter what kind of quilt you are making or how you want to cut it out. In this lesson, we are going to explore nine patch blocks that you can cut out with your Accuquilt GO! Cutters using the Qube die sets. Accuquilt GO! Qube dies contain 8 basic die…
- EQ8 Lessons with Lori – Tips for Custom Set Quilt Design
EQ8 Lessons with Lori – Tips for Custom Set Quilt Design
Do you have a lot of different sized blocks that you want to put together into a quilt? Maybe you have a lot of Orphan blocks (blocks left over from other projects) or maybe you were gifted a stack of different sized blocks, there is a way to put them all together in EQ8 using a Custom Set Quilt. I…
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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!
- EQ8 Lessons with Yvonne-Fabric Choices Make A Difference
EQ8 Lessons with Yvonne-Fabric Choices Make A Difference
The month of May makes me think of Spring flowers and Mother’s Day. There are some wonderful applique designs built into EQ8 that host a variety of flower shapes in one applique block. This one block can look so totally different depending on the fabric choices used. You can try out different fabrics in your designs to see what gives…
- EQ8 Lessons with Yvonne – Using SVG Files from BlockBase+
EQ8 Lessons with Yvonne – Using SVG Files from BlockBase+
The newest software release from Electric Quilt is here! Block Base+ is the newest software that is a companion to the Block Base book. Some of you may have the original Block Base CD that was released several years ago, but the new updated Block Base+ is fantastic. It is so versatile with all the things you can do with…
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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: Split Sunflower-3 Petals
EQ8 Block Spotlight: Split Sunflower-3 Petals
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. Whether you’re a brand new EQ8 user or a seasoned pro, come join in the fun! This month’s block: Split Sunflower-3 Petals Where to…
- EQ8 Block Spotlight: Star Dahlia
EQ8 Block Spotlight: Star Dahlia
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. Whether you’re a brand new EQ8 user or a seasoned pro, come join in the fun! This month’s block: Star Dahlia Where to find…
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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!
- Sew Alongs
- BlockBase+ Sew Along: Block 6
BlockBase+ Sew Along: Block 6
It’s time for Block 6 in the BlockBase+ Sew Along! Thanks again to everyone who shared their blocks on Friday. If you haven’t added your block to the link up yet, you can do so at any time in the Block 5 Link Up post. Don’t have the BlockBase+ software yet? It’s not too late to join in! Here on…
- BlockBase+ Sew Along: Block 5 Link Up
BlockBase+ Sew Along: Block 5 Link Up
Block 5 Link Up time! Let’s show off those 1915b blocks! Here’s mine: My block finishes at 9″. And I’ll give you one guess on which printout I used to piece the block. To Link Up Your Photo When you post your photo below, please tell us what size you made the block, which printout you used from BlockBase+, and anything…
- BlockBase+ Sew Along: Block 6
- 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.
- 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 Project of the Month
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