Electric Quilt Software

Do you wonder how I design all the quilt patterns I make? I don't use graph paper and coloured pencils. I want to really SEE how my designs will look with the actual fabric I intend to use.

The tool I use is Electric Quilt - the full-featured design software for quilters. I have been an EQ user for over 20 years!

I know some of you also use the software to design your projects and you may have recently upgraded to Version 8 of the software.  I did too!  But I have been so busy designing that I haven't really done a 'deep dive' into all the new features included in this new version. I decided that I really needed to be more 'systematic' about learning the software. You too?

To help me along I'm placing an order for some great Electric Quilt books.

I thought perhaps you would like one or more of these books too so I'm giving you the opportunity to Pre-Order any of these books from Patchworks Studio.

This only will work well for CANADIAN quilters since I have to buy the books from Electric Quilt Company in the US and then convert the US pricing to Canadian pricing (and it wouldn't make sense for me to have to convert it back again to US pricing and ship back across the border).

I have added these 3 books to my Online Store for PRE-ORDER*.

CLICK HERE TO ORDER

I am also adding Electric Quilt Printables designed for Inkjet printers to my order
since I am out-of-stock and this is the BEST product I have ever used for printing on fabric.

Read about how a quilt using EQ Printable fabric survived Hurricane Florence!

Premium Cotton Satin Inkjet Fabric
Contains 6 sheets, 8 ½" x 11"
Thread count: 283

Inkjet Fabric Sheets

Contains 6 sheets, 8 ½" x 11"

Thread count: 200

Premium Cotton Lawn Fabric
Contains 6 sheets, 8 ½" x 11"
Thread count: 240

You can PRE-ORDER* these now too.

CLICK HERE TO ORDER

I will be placing my Electric Quilt order first thing on November 5th so get your order in to me no later than midnight on Sunday, November 4th.

*NOTE: Your Credit Card will NOT BE CHARGED 

until I am ready to ship your order to you.

Quilt Labels - My process

Do you label all your quilts? I always label mine. 

My labels start with 2 things: Electric Quilt Printable fabric and Microsoft Word.

Sometimes it is as simple as my name, contact info and the date the quilt was made.

Sometimes I like to add colour and interesting shapes to my label. If I use MS Draw (inside Word) or add ClipArt I put the text inside a 'text box' and place that on top of the drawn shape or the ClipArt image. That is how both these labels were made.

When I sewed this label to the quilt, I framed it with strips of fabric used in the quilt.

I can add pictures to my document like I did for these wedding quilt labels for my children. 

And sometimes I put a picture of the quilt on the front or, in the case of the Old Growth quilt, I added the picture that inspired the quilt.

And I've used 'extra blocks' for labels too.

I save my document often as I go along. And I always print a test on paper to see what the label will look like. Have I made any typos? Is the font easy to read? Do I like the colours? Have I allowed a seam allowance around my label?

When I am happy with the design I print the document on the prepared fabric sheet. 

If I am making only 1 label, I fill the rest of the sheet with 'generic' style labels with my name and contact information.  I can use these labels for other quilts and add the quilt name and any other information I want to add using a permanent marker.

I hope my labels have given you ideas for ways to label your quilts. 

I'd love to see pictures of the labels you have added to yours.