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Master Electric Quilt 8’s Most Popular Feature: Importing Fabrics!

Each section of this booklet is separated out into fully illustrated, step-by-step instructions, with separate steps for Mac and Windows users, where relevant. Readers will also gain access to supplemental online materials, such as how to work with the latest image file types.

After mastering the process of importing images and editing them to suit their needs, readers will love the easy-to-follow instructions for saving their imported fabrics to a favorites library. Tips for how to fill out the Notecard associated with each fabric will ensure that the EQ yardage calculations can be used as a quick shopping list at the store or in your own stash! Bonus information teaches you the best way to edit images of panels and t-shirts—skills that can then be used to design all types of memory quilts, panel quilts, or quilts from orphan blocks. The booklet also contains a quick reference page that summarizes all the different steps in one place, so you can refresh your memory on any process in minutes!

Pages: 40
Size: 8.375 x 11 x 0.125″
Saddle-stitched binding and full-color content

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An easy-to-follow “choose your own adventure” format lets you select your preferred method for acquiring fabric images—by either scanning, photographing, or downloading from the internet—and then helps you import and edit those images so that the quilt on your screen accurately represents how your quilt will look when it is sewn together.

Step 1: Creating the Image by…

• Scanning the fabric
• Taking a picture of the fabric
• Downloading from a manufacturer’s website

Step 2: Importing…

• Multiple images at a time
• One image at a time for editing

Step 3: Filling Out the Notecards

• Add notes to each fabric or collection for organization
• Anything added to the notecard can be searched in the Fabric Library

Step 4: Creating a Favorites Library

• Save your images to EQ8 so you can access them anytime you’re designing

Using Images for Panel and T-Shirt Quilts

• Learn to design t-shirt quilts and quilts featuring panels

Summary of Image-Editing Steps

• Easy-to-use reference for refreshing your skills

Which Book to Buy

Which book should I buy?

The EQ8 Lessons for Beginners is the best book for going step-by-step through lessons to learn the ins and outs of the program. The first chapter covers all 3 worktables, and Chapters 2 and 3 get more into different features of the quilt designing and block drawing. Chapter 4 is full of some fun, popular topics in EQ. The book is 128 pages, so it's easy to go through, and a great way to get started.

The EQ8 Designing Quilts book will teach you to design with the most popular tools and features in EQ8 software! Each step-by-step lesson is like taking a class in your home. Perfect for EQ8 users at any learning stage—beginning, intermediate, or advanced. Learn tips on designing circular quilts, hexagon quilts, t-shirt quilts, custom quilts, and more! It is recommended that you work through the EQ8 Lessons for Beginners book before moving onto this book.

The EQ8 Deep Dive: Fabrics, Panels, and Photos booklet contains everything you need to know for importing your own fabrics and photos into EQ8 software. Whether you want to create a t-shirt quilt, a panel quilt, or any quilt that uses your choice of fabrics, this booklet is for you! Bonus videos are included with purchase!

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