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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 now! Do you own a previous version of EQ software? Upgrade now!
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Coming Soon!
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- BlockBase+
BlockBase+
Coming Spring 2021! Print foundation patterns, templates, and rotary-cutting charts for 4,000+ pieced blocks - in any size! This product is based off of Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns book. Available for Windows and Mac.
- 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+
Coming Spring 2021! Print foundation patterns, templates, and rotary-cutting charts for 4,000+ pieced blocks - in any size! This product is based off of Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns book. Available for Windows and Mac.
- 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.
- NEW! 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 Reference Manual
EQ8 Reference Manual
The EQ8 Reference Manual is the ultimate handbook for describing all the program features, functions and tools. It gives you the essentials for understanding the EQ8 software! A free PDF of this manual is included in every purchase of EQ8!
- 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+
Coming Spring 2021! Print foundation patterns, templates, and rotary-cutting charts for 4,000+ pieced blocks - in any size! This product is based off of Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns book. Available for Windows and Mac.
- 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
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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.
- View my EQ Academy Classes
View My EQ Academy Classes
Visit your Account page on Classes.ElectricQuilt.com to view your EQ Academy enrollment and other information about the event.
- 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.
- EQ Academy Cancellation
EQ Academy Cancellation
Get details about the EQ Academy cancellation policy and refunds.
- 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!
- Single Snowflake
Single Snowflake
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!
- Pretty Pine
Pretty Pine
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! * The EQ Mini project will not print the flame motif. (Upgrade to EQ8 for the ability to print motifs.)
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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!
- First Snowfall
First Snowfall
- PURE SOLIDS
PURE SOLIDS
Download PURE SOLIDS from Art Gallery Fabrics!
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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 – PURE SOLIDS
EQ Design Challenge & Giveaway – PURE SOLIDS
Another fabric giveaway!! November’s Fabric of the Month is PURE SOLIDS by Art Gallery Fabrics! The purest hues meet Art Gallery Fabrics’ soft hand and superior quality. Now all the solid fabrics you have been looking for to match your collections are here. Ranging in a vibrant assortment of colors, PURE SOLIDS have new characteristics you’ll love while maintaining the virtues that…
- EQ Design Challenge & Giveaway – PURE SOLIDS
- EQ8 Design & Discover
- Design & Discover: T-shirt Quilts!
Design & Discover: T-shirt Quilts!
To make your t-shirt quilt, start with a Custom Set quilt. Click Design a quilt from scratch Click Custom Set. You may have to click the double arrows to see the option for Custom Set. Click the LAYOUT tab. Change the Width and Height. In this example I am using 30 x 30. You can always change your size later…
- Design & Discover – Foundation Piecing from a Photo + Applique Pieces!
Design & Discover – Foundation Piecing from a Photo + Applique Pieces!
This month we’ll be learning how to draw a foundation pieced block from a photo…with the option of also adding applique pieces. We get a lot of requests for lessons about how to trace pictures of people (or animals) and we want to show how to analyze the photos and break down the process. If you are interested in foundation…
- Design & Discover: T-shirt Quilts!
- EQ8 Lessons with Lori
EQ8 Lessons with Lori
Learn something new from EQ Teacher, Lori Miller!
- EQ Lessons with Lori – Pineapple Color Play
EQ Lessons with Lori – Pineapple Color Play
Part of the magic and fun of Electric Quilt is trying out blocks and color combinations virtually. You can get a good feel for the look of your quilt before you cut into those precious fabrics. In this lesson, we are going to play with fabrics and color on a traditional Pineapple block. This exercise is created to stretch your…
- EQ8 Lessons with Lori – Drawing a Strawberry block with 3 Variations
EQ8 Lessons with Lori – Drawing a Strawberry block with 3 Variations
Sometimes a simple easy draw block is all you need to create something amazing. For this lesson, we are going to draw a big juicy strawberry and then edit our drawing to create interesting and fun variations. Blocks don’t have to be square, this block is a rectangle shape. You can then use these techniques to add some pizzazz to…
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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 – Use Your Birthstone Color to Create a Quilt
Lessons with Yvonne – Use Your Birthstone Color to Create a Quilt
My birthday is in November. The birthstone for that month is Topaz. This is a yellow/orange color. I don’t like that color at all. But, as a challenge to myself, I will make a monochromatic block using that color. I find it is good to challenge myself in all kinds of ways as this is when I grow the most…
- Design and Sew Along 3 – Lesson Six
Design and Sew Along 3 – Lesson Six
Welcome to DESIGN AND SEW ALONG 3- LESSON SIX Lessons with Yvonne. I hope you have enjoyed the first five lessons of this series. In this final lesson, we will work with the quilt layout worktable to bring our lesson block designs together to create quilt design options. The name of this class is DESIGN AND SEW ALONG. I do hope you are…
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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: Checkerboard
EQ8 Block Spotlight: Checkerboard
Welcome to the EQ8 Block Spotlight series! 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: Checkerboard Where to find…
- EQ8 Block Spotlight: Origami Star
EQ8 Block Spotlight: Origami Star
Welcome to the EQ8 Block Spotlight series! 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: Origami Star Where to…
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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!
- EQ8 Sew Alongs
- Design and Sew Along 3 – Lesson Six
Design and Sew Along 3 – Lesson Six
Welcome to DESIGN AND SEW ALONG 3- LESSON SIX Lessons with Yvonne. I hope you have enjoyed the first five lessons of this series. In this final lesson, we will work with the quilt layout worktable to bring our lesson block designs together to create quilt design options. The name of this class is DESIGN AND SEW ALONG. I do hope you are…
- Design and Sew Along 3 – Lesson Five
Design and Sew Along 3 – Lesson Five
Welcome to DESIGN AND SEW ALONG 3- LESSON Five Lessons with Yvonne. I hope you have enjoyed the first four lessons of this series. In this lesson, we will explore the Summer months and the holidays of July 4 (USA) July 1 (Canada). Each set of lessons explores some different tools to use to create the 16-inch blocks we determined to…
- Design and Sew Along 3 – Lesson Six
- 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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