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Quilt Design Tricks from EQ8 Experts

This book includes chapters on a wide variety of quilt designs, each teaching you many different features within the EQ8 software. Whether you like the quilt or not, working through each chapter will help you increase your knowledge and understanding of EQ8 so you can design your own masterpieces!

Chapter 1 (Jo Moury) – Quilts made with Serendipity! Frame a block to showcase your designs!	Chapter 2 (Amy Friend) – Modern quilts! Use asymmetric borders to create negative space for modern designs.	Chapter 3 (Evelyn Townsend) – Quilts with quilting stencils! Design faux on-point quilts using interesting block-setting tricks.
Chapter 4 (Patti R. Anderson) – Circular quilts! Draw pieced wedges and turn them into gorgeous eye-catching quilts.	Chapter 5 (Kerry Goulder) – Custom quilts! Learn the tips and tricks for tracing a photo to draw a foundation pieced block, then feature it in a simple custom layout.	Chapter 6 (Jenny Novinsky) – T-shirt quilts! Customize a layout from the library to create your own t-shirt quilt.
Chapter 7 (Barb Vlack) – Hexagon quilts! Create hexagon blocks and quilts using an isometric grid.	Chapter 8 – Sashing tips! Learn to extend cornerstones into the border of your quilt.	Chapter 8 –  Lone Star quilts! Create quick, easy, and dazzling Lone Star quilts!

About this Book

This book was written by the following contributing authors: Jo Moury, Amy Friend, Evelyn Townsend, Patti R. Anderson, Kerry Goulder, Jenny Novinsky, and Barb Vlack.

Pages 136
Size 8½” x 11″
Softcover, spiral binding, full-color content

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.

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