EQ 6 Club

After a typical problem with my 15 year old, I sat down for the afternoon session of the Attic Window's Electric Quilt 6 Club. OMG, today was great. My fingers are itching to get to it. Some of the ladies are going to meet at 1pm on Thursday to review what we learned today.
As I mentioned before, this is not my first or second version of EQ. It is so exciting to see what I can do with the software, something I never explored in the past versions. Today we explored auto borders. Wow! This is so great, something I never would have thought to look for.

A friend sent a picture of an Irish Chain quilt she is making. Char has only been quilting for a little over 18 months but has already designed more quilts than I have dreamed of designing. With the photo of her quilt there was a word doc showing the quilt, colored with a pieced border. Granted, Char works with word and power point and knows how to use them better than I will ever be able to do, but to design a whole quilt on word - well, I wouldn't even attempt it. I am in awe of her creativity. And ladies, her hubby loves to give his opinion and he doesn't just say, "that's nice". They shop for fabric together and he really looks at a quilt and makes constructive suggestions, which work. Anyway, I am thinking this is the software for her.

Today I found out about a whole bunch of buttons I didn't know my software had. We transferred motifs to blocks and blocks to motifs. We merged blocks - so cool! Soon we will learn about custom settings.

I am really looking forward to doing the custom settings. I have a box of my daughter's old t-shirts that I want to put into a quilt. They are all different sizes, some have things on sleeves that I want to save, some are baby sized through early teens. Then there are the blocks made with my fabric by my guild members back in Germany (brown bag exchange). I have about 8 or 9 blocks, fabric to make more if needed. Or to use for the finishing of the quilt. I am ready to try out all the options on EQ to finish my blocks dating back to 2002 and 2003.

Isn't it great when you see a way to finish old UFOs? Or to clear off shelves in your closet? I get so many ideas running through my head. Just need to find a way to put them in effect. My thanks to Martha for showing us what the software can do. If you are like I was in the past, buying the EQ software and then not doing anything but playing with it, printing out single blocks, etc - please take the time to explore it. If you are local, check out the Attic Window's club. If not, go to your local shop, guild or friends and explore.