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O.K....I confess. I am an Electric Quilt junkie. Electric Quilt has nothing to do with a bed quilt that you can plug in to keep warm....but it's a wonderful versatile quilt software program that I have had since 1993. I have a knack for stretching EQ to the limits, and I created this page so that I can share just a portion of what I have been able to do with this software. I get an idea in my head and I just cannot stop until I see if I can create it in EQ and then I just have to tell somebody. I am hopeless, I know, but I am having a lot of fun! Of note: Much of my incentive to create a website in the first place, came from friends on EQ's popular mailing list, Info-EQ. If you haven't joined the list I highly recommend it!

Patchpieces EQ Gallery
Pictures of some of my EQ designed quilts and blocks.

Ideas to Inspire:

Kaleidoscope Star & Nine Patch

Sashiko in EQ5

New! Pentagon Circles
Kaleidoscope Star & Nine Patch quilt. A vintage quilt seen on eBay becomes a doable project in EQ5.
Circle Wedge quilts. See how we can make a 9° wedge strata spiral in EQ5.
Delectable Mountains layout options
Create a Prairie Braid strip quilt.
Golden Rectangle layouts in Custom Set
Sashiko in EQ5. A sampling of Japanese sashiko designscreated in EQ5.
How to Make a Triangle Twist block and also how to make an accurate template for a Triangle Twist block.
How to add the Advanced Drawing Featuresto EQ4. Watch an animated demo (Viewlet) to learn how.
EQ4 Photos-as-Fabric. Using scanned photos as fabric gives us new possibilities in EQ4!
Penrose Tile Quilts What do the degrees 36, 72, 108 and 144 have to do with quilts?
Giant Dahlias in EQ EQ'ers jump to the challenge of drawing a Giant Dahlia quilt. Click here for a lesson on drawing them in EQ.
Partitioned Blocks Here's some ideas for using the line partioning in EasyDraw.
Polygon Flowers Paper pieced flowers designed in a polygon shape
Teaching & EQ A lesson for making piecing diagrams using PatchDraw and ideas from other quilt teachers who use EQ!

Lessons, etc.

Playing with Diamonds:

Skewing blocks into diamonds in Layer 2 Detailed instructions and illustrations!
Searching for a Perfect 45 Drawing a perfect 45 degree diamond -- and why!
Printing Diamond templates & foundations
Drawing a Block within a Block How to partition lines within a block

Drawing a Giant Dahlia
Block in EQ

Are you looking for another EQ challenge?
Try your hand at drawing this dahlia in EQ. It shouldn't be too hard...I've gone ahead and prepared a lesson for you!

Playing with 60º:

60º in PatchDraw Make all these shapes & more
Woven Stars More 60º fun!

Stars in the Sashing

Step by step instructions on how to put stars in the sashing of a quilt.

Penny Rugs: Folk Art Fun with EQ

Draw your own EQ Penny Rug A lesson for drawing penny rugs in EQ
What is a penny rug? An informational page with links and books list
Free penny rug project & pattern Christmas Tree Penny Rug
The Ultimate Gift for Your Favorite Seamstress The All-American Manhole Cover

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