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EQUINOX MYSTERY CONCLUDES!
At last! Mitzi and Raoul star in the exciting conclusion to our 8 month EQuinox mystery and the final mystery lesson! Attention Mitzi fans: Keep watch for Mitzi's return, with a brand new mystery, sometime this year when you least expect it!
Show us your quilts! Have you made one of our Mystery quilts? We want to see your quilt or top. Email us a photo and we'll post it in our mystery gallery. See some of the Skylights mystery quilts.
PREVIOUS MYSTERY QUILT STORY AND LESSONS
Mitzi's previous EQ "Mystery of the Missing Quilt," is still up. If you are just joining us, start here with Skylights Episode 1 and Skylights Lesson 1.
 KALEIDOSCOPE COLLECTOR'S CLUB
Thanks for telling us you're learning from and loving Andrea's new club! Wait 'til you see Month 3 of her 12-month activity club for owners of the Kaleidoscope Collection CD for EQ5/EQ6.
In her "Foundation Fundamentals" (Part 1) lesson --- Andrea shows what makes a block foundation-pieceable, and you'll practice drawing your own Kaleidoscope wedges.
Don't forget to vote for which lesson comes next after Fundamentals Part 2.
 INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR MAGGIE BALL
How do quilt book authors get started? We ask long-time EQ designer Maggie Ball about her design career, the Mongolian quilting coop she helped start, and how EQ6 helped with quilts for her newest book, Bargello Quilts with a Twist from Krause. Read the interview with Maggie.
AMY BUTLER ON MSNBC
We're currently working with Amy Butler on a new software for beginning quilters: Amy Butler Quilts. Watch for it in late Spring, full of quilt, bag, and pillow projects to print and sew, or recolor, resize and redesign a bit following inspirational ideas from Amy.
Last fall, Jenny, Andrea and Penny visited Amy and David Butler at their studio, about 2 hours away from us, in Granville, Ohio. We thought you might like to visit Amy yourself via this interview that MSNBC did with the Butlers. You'll be hearing more about our new project with Amy later in the Spring.
ASK EQ THE MOUSE!
Long-time mascot, EQ the Mouse, invites you to submit EQ questions for his column "Ask EQ." Email questions to Tech Support. Put "Ask EQ" in the subject line. He'll answer your question, and perhaps you'll make his monthly Q & A column. Read it here.
DOWNLOAD MORE FREE FABRIC
This month's download is "Kaffe-Inspired". Choose either to download a Library file or a Project file. Be sure to follow the easy steps provided. Then vote for next month's fabric.
NEW MODA FABS AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD
Moda has new fabrics available to download as individual jpeg files, ready for EQ6. Visit Moda's site, click any brown dot in front of a fabric name, download to your computer (remember where it goes), then go to LIBRARIES > Fabric Library > Import > From Image Files and import the fabric. Add the fabric to your Sketchbook and use it, or save the fabric in My Library (see pages 143 and 144 in the EQ6 User Manual) to use in future projects. If you need complete steps, EQ the Mouse addresses them in one of his Ask EQ columns.
ClubEQ REMINDER
ClubEQ is a free monthly challenge organized by EQ-author, Barb Vlack. To participate, send in a project (EQ5 or EQ6) with 1-2 quilts to penny@electricquilt.com that follow the challenge theme and ClubEQ rules. Imagine getting 50 to 100 quilts for just submitting one.
ClubEQ CHALLENGE
Looking for inspiration? See what others create with EQ. Check out previous clubEQ challenges, featuring the Magic Wand/Random Recolor Tool and Postcards.
VISIT OUR NEW BLOG
New EQ-related blog topics are added almost daily. Andrea shows you how to:
* design stencils for a specific block
* how to design Backs that go with your quilt Fronts
* edit hexagons to make them twice as long
* and tells you one of her favorite PatchDraw tips.
Let us know if you post EQ stuff on *your* blog so we can link. Also, send us info about what EQ stuff you're up to. We love to brag about you! Send an email to penny@electricquilt.com and tell us your EQ news.
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NEW CONTEST!
Fame and fortune call? Enter our "Who's Your Mama?" contest for a chance to win $50 worth of EQ products and your name in our February newsletter. Match EQ babies with EQ moms. Clue: Two babies are twins. Enter the contest before January 28th, 9am Eastern.
JUDY BUTCHER'S CONTINUING INSPIRATION
Looking for a New Year's inspiration starter? See Judy Butcher's self-imposed "EQ 12" challenge using 12 EQ fabrics, 12 EQ blocks, and coming up with endless different designs. It's a great example of how limiting yourself can actually free your imagination. Be sure to see her later posts to see all her quilts, as this is a continuing project.
Judy might inspire you to try something similar. If you do, please let us know about it!
FREE WILDFLOWER PATTERNS FROM REGINA GREWE
For January only, you can download free EQ6 projects for a beautiful series of foundation-pieced wildflowers designed by Regina Grewe from Kamen, Germany. Scroll down to see all the other flowers. What better way to anticipate Spring!
EQ FORUMS
The new EQ Forums are up! Visit the EQ Forums and register, then you can ask questions and get answers from EQ staff, authors and other EQ users right on the EQ web site.
FREE DESKTOP CALENDAR
Date-challenged? Download Carolyn Laukkonen's free calendar onto your computer desktop. Find complete instructions, and a wonderful new calendar each month. While there, click her site map to find the EQ projects she shares.
Or check out the beautiful calendars Diane Anderson designs just for you.
DO YOU HAVE FREE EQ PROJECTS OR PATTERNS TO SHARE ON YOUR WEB SITE?
Let us know and we'll list you on the Project Sharing page. Just email our webmaster with the necessary links and information and ask for your site to be considered for inclusion on that page.
MAIL-LIST FOR MAC EQ-ERS
Are you running your EQ on a Mac? Then you may want to subscribe to the free EQonMacs Yahoo group, run by Sheila Williams. For more information, contact Sheila at Sheila@SheilaWilliams.com.
WANT TO START AN EQ CLUB?
Download our "Planning an EQ Club" PDF file (PDF file). See what you need to get started, how to organize and get topic ideas. The Mystery Quilt would make a great club project.
ARE YOU TEACHING EQ?
If you are teaching EQ classes, don't forget to let our webmaster know the date, time and location of your classes so we can list them on our web site.
EQ CLASSES
Want a hands-on EQ class? See who's teaching, what's being taught, and where.
FREE VIEWERS
Want to see a self-running show of your own EQ projects? Download a free project viewer:
Download "EQ6 Show" if you have EQ6. It will show any EQ3, EQ4, EQ5 and EQ6 projects you've made.
Download "EQ5 Show" if you only have EQ5. It will show any EQ3, EQ4 & EQ5 projects you have made.
FREE EQ6 WEB BUTTONS
Show your EQ spirit by adding an EQ6 button to your web site!
TECH SUPPORT
A reminder that you can see answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions right on the EQ web site. See EQ6 questions here. See EQ5 questions here.
COMING NEXT MONTH
* Part 2 of Andrea's "Foundation Fundamentals" for drawing inside Kaleidoscope wedges.
* We announce "Who's Your Mama?" contest winners.
* Plus a free Spiral Block Neck Caddy pattern from RaNae Merrill. |
