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News from our talented users

We love hearing what you've done with EQ. Please write to us! We may put you into the next Floppy Gazette.

Taylor's Quilt Jeanne Prue, of Newport, Vermont, must have her whole family using EQ5 by now. She introduced us to her niece, Gretchen, in an earlier Floppy Gazette. This time Jeanne describes how her 8 year old grandson designed his first quilt on EQ5, and then made the quilt!

Jeanne writes, "When his other two brothers made quilts last fall, Taylor wanted nothing to do with quilting -- that's not for boys! But when his older brother Bud said, 'See, Taylor, this is how you drive the machine,' he thought it looked like great fun. Like the other two, Taylor picked out fabrics and designed his quilt in EQ5 with those scanned fabrics. I made him arrange his blocks using the printed diagram, a great learning experience in itself. He finished the quilt just in time for a big school event. I was pleased that he was proud enough to bring it to school and show several classes his handiwork. And he readily admitted that it was fun for girls and boys alike! Now his brothers are clamoring to do their next quilt. What have I gotten myself into??? See more pictures on Taylor on Jeanne's Web site.

Judy Bartlett, of Warren, New Jersey, created a beautiful quilt made from Quilt for a Cure fabrics designed by Bonne Benn Stratton. Judy writes, "One of my dearest friends was diagnosed with breast cancer last July. She had a breast removed and underwent chemotherapy during August, September and October. I made the quilt with rotary cutting and machine piecing and quilted on my HandiQuilter, using a design that was in the fabric on the back.

I had read about the Quilt for a Cure fabrics and ordered them in August. Then saw a quilt I liked, but wasn't sure how to use the fabrics. So I set the blocks into my EQ5 and colored away, until I liked the design!... I am happy to report she is doing very well, and just had the breast reconstruction surgery. She loves the quilt, of course."

Anna Fell's Nocturnal Pineapples quilt was exhibited in the Wall Quilt, Amateur section of the 2003 American Quilter's Society show in Paducah, Kentucky. Anna designed her foundation pieced quilt with EQ4, and even mentioned that in her quilt label. Anna is from Georgetown, Texas.

Cammy Holbrook is a quilt pattern designer from Keizer, Oregon who uses EQ5 to design all of her patterns. She says EQ5 lets her "visualize what my finished design will look like without spending hours drawing it out by hand."We talked to Cammy at her booth at Spring Quilt Market in Portland, Oregon, where she gave us a brochure showing her patterns. See them on her website.

Marion Watchinski's Confetti quilt is in the current issue of Fons & Porter's For the Love of Quilting magazine (Sept./Oct., 2002). To see other quilts she has had published, you can visit her website. Marion lives in Overland Park, Kansas.

Dorothy Milligan, of Hemet, California, is a quilting cover girl again! Her Storm at Sea Star won the cover spot on Quilter's World magazine's June 2003 issue, and is patterned on page 60. Her "Victorian Star" will be in the Christmas issue, and Galaxy" and "Leaf In a Leaf" will also appear in the magazine this fall.

And that's not all...Dorothy writes,"Two days before I learned that the two quilts were accepted for House of White Birches' Log Cabin book, I was totally debilitated by an attack of rheumatoid arthritis and for six weeks I was not sure I was ever going to walk or sew again! I couldn't even get the cap off the toothpaste tube. I am better now and although my hands still do not work very well, I have been able to sew the one quilt that was just a design. Fortunately it was a small one. It is a log cabin design called "Red Starburst". The other is one I did some time ago that has won First Place, Best of Show and Viewers Choice. It is a king size and the last one I will ever hand quilt. It has a picture of a log cabin by a lake in the center, with several log cabin borders and two rows of appliqued maple leaves. I still have to write up the patterns for both of them. I am so thrilled by the whole thing, I can hardly believe it is all happening! My 15 minutes of fame!"

	Volume 10, No. 1, Summer/Fall 2003 View Other Floppy Gazettes
	CONTENTS: Announcements - Ask EQ - Works For Me - Show & Tell - Quilt University - Floral Illusions - Club EQ - From Computer to Catalog - EQ Haiku - Yankee Doodle Jane - Designing a Jacket with EQ5 - EQ on TV - EQ in the College Classroom - Anniversary Contest- EQ Computer Lab at Houston Quilt Festival Show & Tell News from our talented users We love hearing what you've done with EQ. Please write to us! We may put you into the next Floppy Gazette. Jeanne Prue, of Newport, Vermont, must have her whole family using EQ5 by now. She introduced us to her niece, Gretchen, in an earlier Floppy Gazette. This time Jeanne describes how her 8 year old grandson designed his first quilt on EQ5, and then made the quilt! Jeanne writes, "When his other two brothers made quilts last fall, Taylor wanted nothing to do with quilting -- that's not for boys! But when his older brother Bud said, 'See, Taylor, this is how you drive the machine,' he thought it looked like great fun. Like the other two, Taylor picked out fabrics and designed his quilt in EQ5 with those scanned fabrics. I made him arrange his blocks using the printed diagram, a great learning experience in itself. He finished the quilt just in time for a big school event. I was pleased that he was proud enough to bring it to school and show several classes his handiwork. And he readily admitted that it was fun for girls and boys alike! Now his brothers are clamoring to do their next quilt. What have I gotten myself into??? See more pictures on Taylor on Jeanne's Web site. Judy Bartlett, of Warren, New Jersey, created a beautiful quilt made from Quilt for a Cure fabrics designed by Bonne Benn Stratton. Judy writes, "One of my dearest friends was diagnosed with breast cancer last July. She had a breast removed and underwent chemotherapy during August, September and October. I made the quilt with rotary cutting and machine piecing and quilted on my HandiQuilter, using a design that was in the fabric on the back. I had read about the Quilt for a Cure fabrics and ordered them in August. Then saw a quilt I liked, but wasn't sure how to use the fabrics. So I set the blocks into my EQ5 and colored away, until I liked the design!... I am happy to report she is doing very well, and just had the breast reconstruction surgery. She loves the quilt, of course." Anna Fell's Nocturnal Pineapples quilt was exhibited in the Wall Quilt, Amateur section of the 2003 American Quilter's Society show in Paducah, Kentucky. Anna designed her foundation pieced quilt with EQ4, and even mentioned that in her quilt label. Anna is from Georgetown, Texas. Cammy Holbrook is a quilt pattern designer from Keizer, Oregon who uses EQ5 to design all of her patterns. She says EQ5 lets her "visualize what my finished design will look like without spending hours drawing it out by hand."We talked to Cammy at her booth at Spring Quilt Market in Portland, Oregon, where she gave us a brochure showing her patterns. See them on her website. Marion Watchinski's Confetti quilt is in the current issue of Fons & Porter's For the Love of Quilting magazine (Sept./Oct., 2002). To see other quilts she has had published, you can visit her website. Marion lives in Overland Park, Kansas. Dorothy Milligan, of Hemet, California, is a quilting cover girl again! Her Storm at Sea Star won the cover spot on Quilter's World magazine's June 2003 issue, and is patterned on page 60. Her "Victorian Star" will be in the Christmas issue, and Galaxy" and "Leaf In a Leaf" will also appear in the magazine this fall. And that's not all...Dorothy writes,"Two days before I learned that the two quilts were accepted for House of White Birches' Log Cabin book, I was totally debilitated by an attack of rheumatoid arthritis and for six weeks I was not sure I was ever going to walk or sew again! I couldn't even get the cap off the toothpaste tube. I am better now and although my hands still do not work very well, I have been able to sew the one quilt that was just a design. Fortunately it was a small one. It is a log cabin design called "Red Starburst". The other is one I did some time ago that has won First Place, Best of Show and Viewers Choice. It is a king size and the last one I will ever hand quilt. It has a picture of a log cabin by a lake in the center, with several log cabin borders and two rows of appliqued maple leaves. I still have to write up the patterns for both of them. I am so thrilled by the whole thing, I can hardly believe it is all happening! My 15 minutes of fame!" CONTENTS: Announcements - Ask EQ - Works For Me - Show & Tell - Quilt University - Floral Illusions - Club EQ - From Computer to Catalog - EQ Haiku - Yankee Doodle Jane - Designing a Jacket with EQ5 - EQ on TV - EQ in the College Classroom - Anniversary Contest- EQ Computer Lab at Houston Quilt Festival
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