GET MORE FROM YOUR MACHINE

• Piece the quilt top
  
• Make a quilt sandwich
  
• Embroider the quilt designs
  
  Wedding Ring Applique includes:
  
• 5 designs to embellish the quilt borders
  
• 5 designs to embellish the Wedding Ring blocks
  
• Instructions to applique and piece the quilt top with your sewing machine
  
  Once you try Eileen Roche's techniques for preparing and sewing curved fabric–you're options for creativity will expand. Top off the quilt with embroidery designs sized to fit the pieced quilt. Voila! You have made an heirloom quality quilt!
  
  Here are a few words she used during the process of making the quilt block:
  "So this is why people stitch!"
  "This is shockingly easy!"
  "What a satisfying and productive day!"
  "This is afternoon bucket list fun!"
  "I had no idea I could sew a curve!"
  "Challenging but not impossible!"
  "I'm no longer a beginner!"
  "What an incredible journey!"
  
  With the Wedding Ring Applique Collection you'll learn how to:
  
• Piece the quilt top
  
• Make a quilt sandwich
  
• Embroider the quilt designs
  
  Wedding Ring Applique includes:
  
• 5 designs to embellish the quilt borders
  
• 5 designs to embellish the Wedding Ring blocks
  
• Instructions to applique and piece the quilt top with your sewing machine
  
• Once you try Eileen Roche's techniques for preparing and sewing curved fabric–you're options for creativity will expand.
  
• Top off the quilt with embroidery designs sized to fit the pieced quilt. Voila! You have made an heirloom quality quilt!

• My Decorative Quilter II®

  
  Master a variety of Quilting techniques with the ease of functionality that My Decorative Quilter II gives you to create heirloom treasures.
  
  Embellish Blocks using Extensive Features in MDQ II
  
• 230 Motif Stitches
  
• 50 Crazy Quilting Stitches
  
• 124 Border Designs
  
• 50 Decor Stitches
  
• 204 Embellishments
  
• 61 Fonts
  
• 394 Advanced Stippling Patterns
  
• 69 Texture Patterns
  
  My Quilt Builder
  Get Organized by laying your Quilt out, Block by Block on your computer! Import your own Block Artwork & Designs, including from My Decorative Quilter II & Appli-Quilt software!
  
  Construct Quilt with Quilt Builder
  
• Quilt Block Layout
  
• Includes 20 Appli-Quilt Blocks
  
• Place, Add & Delete Blocks
  
• Block Editing Tools
  
• Add Sashing
  
• Add and Customize Quilt Borders
  
  

  Appli-Quilt

  
  Load Appli-Quilt Blocks into the software and decorate using creative motifs and decorative stippling! CREATE Your own Appli-Quilt Blocks using the block creation tool provided.
  
  Creating Appli-Quilt Blocks
  
• 20 Motif Patterns
  
• 20 Advanced Stippling Patterns
  
• 200+ Appli-Quilt Blocks
  
• Tools needed to create your own blocks

• The Weightless Quilter eliminates battles with weight of the bundle
  
• Provides a solution for getting a big job done in a small space
  
• Reduces stress and fatigue on the body
  
• Works with equipment you already own: traditional sewing machine, sit-down midarm and sit-down long-arm
  
• Set up in minutes and stores easily when not in use
  
• Requires no special furniture
  
  Set under any sewing table, The Weightless Quilter rises above the machine to hold the quilt and allow it to move freely while you concentrate on creating beautiful quilting stitches. The Weightless Quilter's small footprint (36" x 36") fits under a sewing cabinet or table and assembles in less than 10 minutes without tools. Eight Flex poles provide three levels of lift capacity: lightweight (thinner poles); medium (thicker poles); firm (combination of lightweight and medium poles). Most quilts will use the light weight lift capacity but heavier fabrics and batting may benefit from medium or heavy lift.
  
  
• The Weightless Quilter eliminates battles with weight of the bundle of bulky quilts
  
• The new updated version of the Weightless Quilter does not require the screws and that’s why are no longer included
  
• Provides a solution for getting a big job done in a small space
  
• Reduces stress and fatigue on the body
  
• Works with current equipment: traditional sewing machine, sit-down midarm, and sit-down long-arm
  
• Sets up in minutes and stores easily when not in use
  
• Constructed with high quality durable materials
  
• Poles are strong yet flexible
  
• Fabric clips hold the bundle securely
  
• Easy to adjust the quilt as you stitch
  
• Patent-pending design
  
  5 Ways To Use Your Weightless Quilter from AllBrands.com
  
  
  THE WEIGHTLESS QUILTER INTRO:
  The Weightless Quilter is a floor standing frame engineered to support the weight of the quilt. As you guide the quilt bundle with your hands, flexing poles mimic your movement in a Free-motion dance! This is the solution every machine quilter has been looking for. Free-motion, stitch regulator and walking foot-friendly, the Weightless Quilter lifts the quilt above the machine bed while you stitch without stress on your body. No more fighting all that bulk on small to king-size quilts. Set under any sewing table, The Weightless Quilter rises above the machine to hold the quilt and allow it to move freely while you concentrate on creating beautiful quilting stitches.
  
  THE WEIGHTLESS QUILTER X THE SNAP HOOP MONSTER
  Watch as Eileen takes on this giant quilt with the ease of the Weightless Quilter and help from the Snap Hoop Monster in ONE day!
  
  The Weightless Quilter - YouTube.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ANCHORING THE QUILT WITH THE WEIGHTLESS QUILTER
  
  
  USING BUILT IN WALKING FOOT OR DUAL FEED ATTACHMENT WITH THE WEIGHTLESS QUILTER
  
  
  Weightless Quilter Handout Brochure
  
  The Weightless Quilter – the tool for machine quilting success! by Joanie Zeier Poole
  
  Flexpoles mimic movement while holding your quilt above the machine bed. Very short video.
  
  The Weightless Quilter Houston Quilt Festival 2016!

• Quiltmotion Software Features
  
• Design and edit full quilt layouts, borders, pantographs and blocks
  
• Trace patterns from pictures or create your own
  
• Pattern library with 200 quilt-ready patterns
  
• Import different file types from other programs
  
• Accurate pattern placement records
  
• On-screen preview of patterns before quilting
  
• Switching between computer-guided and free-hand quilting
  
• Record and save free-hand quilted patterns
  
• Convenient control via LCD display on the sewing machine
  
• Hardware and motor plate necessary for controlling machine
  
  How to Place Patterns:
  Quiltmotion Software allows you to use many pattern placement techniques. Once you have placed a pattern in a block on the main screen in QuiltCAD, selected the stitch option and set your preferences, you are ready to move to the remote display.
  
  You will need to set your quiltable area on the LCD display to prevent the carriage from moving beyond the edges of the quilt or beyond the reach of the machine’s throat. This is only required the first time that you place a pattern after launching the program. It is also recommended that you reset the quiltable area after you have advanced your quilt about four times to set an accurate area. The prompts at the bottom of the display will guide you through the process.
  
  The remote display features buttons on the left and right sides for performing various functions. For example, pressing the “Quilt Motion” button displays placement and fill methods. You use the buttons to specify the various options required for your quilting in a user-friendly manner. You can set many things on the display, including the required stitch speed.
  
  The margin offset feature allows you to offset your pattern from the border of the block in eighth inch increments. This enables you to fit your pattern with a consistent margin all around the block. You can set the margin either at the computer or on the LCD display. You may also stretch or tilt your pattern to fit your block.
  
  Quiltmotion Software is compatible with Windows 7 and newer operating systems and has the same features as Brother Dream Motion Pro software and hardware below which is also made by Grace
  
  Quilter’s Creative Touch 4 is the top-of-the-line automated quilting system. The ability to create, design, and quilt with absolute precision are right at your fingertips.
  
  Based on our original software, QCT4 is now more powerful, yet easier to use than ever before.Quilter’s Creative Touch Software Features
  
  Imagine an affordable, fully-featured computer automated quilting system in your own home! A motor plate attached to the machine carriage accurately controls the motion of the sewing machine for precise pattern stitching.
  
  Let QCT4 do all the stitching for you and you'll get the perfect pattern, stitched exactly how you imagined it, every time! The software can be installed on any tablet with Windows 7, 8, or 10, giving you the freedom to design your own patterns or layout your quilt anywhere you want.
  
  Quilting a pattern with Quilter’s Creative touch can be as easy as:
  
  Select from an extensive library of over 200 patterns or design your own.
  Place a sewing area on your quilt with your machine. The screen will show your pattern in relation to your placement and how it will really appear as sewn!
  Quilter’s Creative Touch controls your sewing machine to accurately stitch your patterns, exactly as you placed them!
  Features
  Computer automated quilting
  Easy pattern sizing, rotating, & flipping
  Continuous rows with Panto Stacker™
  Advanced Pattern Placements
  Marking Tool (Capture points on fabric and see them on the screen)
  Batch import & convert other file types
  Export pattern to a different file type
  Print any pattern or pantograph
  Create & edit patterns with PatternCAD™
  Design entire quilt layouts with QuiltCAD™
  Record free-motion quilting as patterns
  Create & save templates for future use
  Borders and Corners™
  Virtual Longarm™
  Font Stitcher™
  Make & save corner patterns
  Quilter's Creative Touch 4 features a newly improved interface that's more powerful and easier to use. The whole software has been made to work with touch-screen tablets, offering the freedom to use it wherever you go, and have all the functionality right at the sewing machine where you need it most.
  
  Set your pattern on your quilt exactly how you want before having the machine quilt it for you. There are 7 different placement methods to choose from, so no matter the type or shape of your pattern, you’ll be able to place it just right!
  
  As you set the pattern area with your machine, the screen shows exactly how it will appear when sewn!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Installing the QCT 5 Quilting Automation Software and Hardware
  
  
  
  Advance to Nest Your Quilt to the Next Zone Using Grace QCT5 Pro Software.
  

• Robin Ruth 32-Point Mariner's Compass Ruler & Book- Requires RRDRR151 Skinny Robin 45° or RRDRR152 Fat Robin 60° Mariner's Compass Ruler and Books, sold separately, to create 32-Point Mariner's Compass Blocks.
  
• Add the Companion Book and make even more styles.
  
• Includes an instruction book, 32-point ruler, angle transparency to affix to your straight edge ruler, and a 17"x 22" pattern sheet with the center templates needed for 32-point sunflower blocks.

• 682 built-in designs
  
• Cuts materials up to 3mm in thickness‡
  
• 600dpi built-in scanner with on screen editing
  
  
  
  
  Main Features
  
  
• Blade Sensor Technology: Auto blade detects the thickness of material, no blade adjustment or material selection required.
  
• Cut Up To 0.1” (3 mm) in Thickness: The Brother Home Electronic Cutting Machine effortlessly cuts materials‡ such as foam and felt with the Auto Blade.
  
• On-Screen Editing: Editing designs is fast and easy. This ScanNCut machine comes with a 5” LCD touchscreen display.
  
• Stand-Alone: Create a project right out of the box without using a computer or mobile device.
  
• Fully Detailed Designs: Features a total of 682 built-in designs, including 100 quilt patterns, and 9 letter fonts, this Brother Cutting Machine produces detailed work.
  
• Wireless Network Ready: Wirelessly connect‡ your PC or mobile device to transfer cut data from the Brother CanvasWorkspace application.
  
• Perfect for Quilters and Sewers: The Brother SDX125 Electronic Cutting Machine provides a ¼” increment seam allowance to piece together fabric.
  
• Advanced editing with Canvasworkspace Free software to create, edit, convert and send cut data to and from the machine
  
  What's the formula for perfect crafting success? Just add imagination! Now, the only series of home and hobby cutting machine with a built-in scanner has essentially everything else you need to create stunning projects right out of the box. With Brother's ScanNCut DX perfect crafting success becomes a reality. The Brother ScanNCut DX was designed for the hobby enthusiast who is looking for an efficient and clean way to cut materials such as felt and foam without frays or damage. Brother’s Auto Blade sensor technology automatically detects the thickness of your materials to cut precise custom and built-in patterns. The Brother SDX125E ScanNCut cutting machine comes with 682 built-in designs, including 100 quilt patterns, and 9 letter fonts—these provide you with multiple ways to quickly create and edit designs on the 5” LCD touchscreen display, plus 76 SVG files included, Birthday Collection, Greeting Cards Collection, Flowers & Valentines Collection (Available with CanvasWorkspace for web only). Visit at: https://canvasworkspace.brother.com
  
  This electronic cutting machine is perfect for sewers and quilters. With the Brother SDX125E, struggling to piece together fabric when working on various sewing and quilting projects is a thing of the past. The Brother ScanNCut DX gives you the ability to add a seam allowance in ¼” increments to assist you in assembling fabric pieces for your quilts, clothing, and more.
  
  With a simple internet connection, you’ll be able to access and work with Brother CanvasWorkspace to create virtually anywhere and anytime. Work remotely with your tablet, mobile device, or PC. This Brother cutting machine is wireless network ready. While connected to the same internet network, wirelessly send your cut files directly to your Brother ScanNCut DX. The Brother SDX125 is also whisper quiet, allowing you to cut materials with ease and without disturbing others. This Brother machine is backed by a 1 year limited warranty along with free customer phone and online technical support for the life of the product.
  
  Brother SDX125e Software Update

• 1,303 built-in designs
  
• Including 140 quilt patterns
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  My Connection Feature
  
  
  Using My Connection on the Luminaire to send a built-in appliqué design to the ScanNCut DX
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Design and print unique decorative ribbon and tape accents up to
• 1”
  
• Elevate crafting skills using your smartphone, tablet with the P-touch Design&Print2 app or P-touch Editor software from your PC
  
• Pre-designed craft templates inspire creativity
  
  The Brother P-touch Embellish ELITE Connectable Decorative Ribbon and Tape Printer PTP715eBT, is a unique, Bluetooth® enabled crafting machine that uses
• 1” (24mm) wide ribbons and decorative tapes, offering more fonts, more symbols and even more design options to inspire your inner crafter. Easily connect with free design software available on your smartphone, tablet or PC to design and print imaginative, customized ribbon and tape accents to add your very own personalized touches to parties, gifts, organization, crafts and so much more with virtually unlimited creative freedom.
  
  Main Features
  
  
• MAKE EVERY CRAFT UNIQUE WITH PERSONALIZED RIBBON AND TAPE ACCENTS Easily design and print decorative ribbons and tapes to add a thoughtful, extra-special touch to gifts, party favors, crafts, scrapbooks, craft storage and so much more.
  
  
• CRAFTING MADE SIMPLE Crafters of all levels will be inspired by the collection of craft templates, fonts, patterns, symbols and emojis available via smartphone, tablet or PC.
  
  
• ELEVATE CRAFTING SKILLS USING CONNECTABLE TECHNOLOGY Wirelessly connect to a smartphone or tablet and use the free Design&Print2 app* to access craft-focused templates to create your own custom ribbons and tapes.
  
  
• PERSONALIZE CREATIONS WITH YOUR OWN DESIGNS Unleash your creative freedom by connecting the P-touch Embellish ELITE to a PC and using FREE P-touch Editor software to upload and incorporate custom graphics and images into your designs.
  
  
• A VARIETY OF SATIN RIBBONS AND DECORATIVE TAPES Expand your creativity with P-touch Embellish
• 1” (24mm) wide satin ribbons and decorative tapes plus P-touch Embellish
• 1/2” (12mm) wide ribbons, decorative and washi tapes for more possibilities.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  See More Videos on the new Brother PTP715EB P-Touch Embellish Elite Connectable Decorative Ribbon Tape Printer up to 1"Wide
  
  
  IMAGINE, ENHANCE
  AND EMBELLISH
  THE MOMENTS THAT
  MATTER

• Take it with you anywhere!
  
• Quick and easy reference to over thirty embroidery stitches—both starter stitches and more advanced combinations
  
• Beef up your needlework know-how with expertise on everything from choosing threads to adding embellishments
  
• Fall in love with embroidery all over again, and share this giftable guide with everyone you know who loves to sew
  
  
  
  
  

• Blade Sensor Technology: Auto blade detects the thickness of material, no blade adjustment or material selection required.
  
• Cut Up To 0.1” (3 mm) in Thickness: The Brother Home Electronic Cutting Machine effortlessly cuts materials‡ such as foam and felt with the Auto Blade.
  
• Stand-Alone: Create a project right out of the box without using a computer or mobile device.
  
• Fully Detailed Designs: Features a total of 251 built-in designs!
  
• Wireless Network Ready: Wirelessly connect‡ your PC or mobile device to transfer cut data from the Brother CanvasWorkspace application.
  
• Advanced editing with Canvasworkspace
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Eliminates quilt and hoop drag
  
• Provides a solution for getting a big job done in a small space
  
• Reduces stress and fatigue on the body
  
• Set up in minutes and stores easily when not in use
  
• Requires no special furniture
  
  

• 1,303 built-in designs
  
• Including 140 quilt patterns
  
• Including 17 lettering fonts
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  My Connection Feature
  
  
  Using My Connection on the Luminaire to send a built-in appliqué design to the ScanNCut DX
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• 15 quilt designs in various sizes and with multiple colorway options
  
• Beginner-friendly content, including everything you need to know to get started
  
  Patterns include:
  
• Kitchen: apron, kitchen mitt, shopping tote
  
• Dining room: placemats, table runner, coasters
  
• Living Room: throw blanket, throw pillows, floor cushion
  
• Workspace: laptop case, pencil case, wall organizer, and decorative wall hanging
  
• Bedroom: baby, twin, queen, king-sized blankets, and eye mask
  
• Detailed instructions with clear diagrams and photos so you can learn quickly and easily

• 8 Embroidery designs in two sizes*
  (160mm x 230mm and 130mm x 180mm)
  
• Six 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" and Six 5" x 7" blocks
  
• One 4" x 10 1/4" and One 4" x 7" rectangular border
  
• One 4" square cornerstone design
  
• Eileen's Reversible Quilting Technique:- Projects look beautiful from the front and back!
  
• Step-by-step instructions for making one 36 1/2" x 57 1/2" quilt with large block

• embroidery designs for 6" x 10" and 8" x 12" hoops (includes 9 dog blocks of different dog breeds!)
  
• instructions, color sequence charts, and templates

• Printable instructions for Eileen's Reversible Piecing Technique

• 9 Embroidery designs in two sizes (160mm x 230mm and 130mm x 180mm)
  
  
• Eileen's Reversible Piecing Technique
  
  
• Step-by-step instructions for making two quilts with large blocks

• 8 embroidery designs for the 160mm x 230mm hoop (6x9")
  
• 6 embroidery designs for the 130mm x 180mm hoop (5x7")

• Eileen’s Reversible Piecing Technique
  
• Step-by-Step instructions for making ONE 46 ½” x 58 ½” quilt (Ho...Ho...Holiday Quilt featured on packaging)
  
• 8 Embroidery files in two sizes

• 8 Projects with step-by-step instructions


• 2 Complete appliqué alphabets and 26 embroidery designs on CD


• Printable patterns

• Embroiderer's 12-Point Checklist
  
• 10 Favorite Time-Saving Habits
  
• Choosing the Right Hoop
  
• Exercises
  
• Resources

• Design Placement is Easy!
  
  The Embroiderer's Helper is an easy solution for positioning left and right chest embroidery designs on tees, sweatshirts, and placket shirts. No more guesswork or misaligned designs! Compatible for shirt sizes from Small to Extra Large.
  
  
  


• Ideal for Placket Shirts
  
  Place the top left or right corner in the middle of the top button. Place a target sticker or mark the upper and lower placement notches to make it easy to keep the design straight in the hoop.
  
  
  Align the curved button notch on the Embroiderer's Helper with the top button. Place a target sticker or other marking device in the notch that corresponds with the shirt size.
  
  
  
  
• Ideal for T's and Sweatshirts
  
  Fold the shirt in half. Align the template's curved neckline at the bottom of the shirt's neck ribbing.
  
  
  
  To mark the center of the design, place a target sticker or other marking device in the upper notch that corresponds with the shirt size.
  
  
  
  If desired, place a second target sticker or other marking device in the next set of notches. Placing a target sticker in both notches ensures the garment stays square while hooping.
  
  
  
  The upper Target Sticker marks the center of the embroidery design. The lower Target Sticker can be used to ensure the shirt stays straight during hooping. Use one or both locations, whichever is most helpful to you.
  
  
  
  The Embroiderer's 'Lil Helper
  
  
  This clever little tool delivers big results for left chest pocket embroidery
  
  This is a fast and simple tool for positioning embroidery designs above pockets.
  Place the 'Lil Helper's zero mark on the center top of the pocket. The pocket's outside edges will hit the ruler in equal increments on both sides. Align a target sticker with the correct height marking for the center of the design. Determine the design's center by adding half the design's height plus the distance from the top of the pocket to the bottom of the design.
  
  

NEW LOOK: EQ8 is redesigned with a friendly new look that includes large interface elements for faster, more intuitive learning.

NEW FEATURES: EQ8 comes with more than 40 new and updated features, including thousands of new block designs and fabrics.

NEW DELIVERY: The EQ8 package contains a software download license. The license is used to claim, download and install the software from ElectricQuilt.com. Complete instructions are included. Companion items for review: EQ8 Lessons for Beginners - Item# EQ8LESSON and EQ8 Block Library - Item# EQ8BLOCK. Availability - after November 2018

*This Download is Only for owners of EQ8 boxed software on this page. This product download is only for those who purchased the retail box of EQ8 or the Upgrade Box from EQ7 to EQ8. Choose your operating system, then enter your EQ8 license ID and password to verify the license. Continue through checkout to claim your download. Complete instructions can be found in your EQ8 booklet in the box.

Includes Library, Sketch Book, Note Cards, Search Blocks, Fabrics, Layout, Photos, Thread Library (EQ5, EQ6)

Electric Quilt 8 does it all. Quilts, Blocks and now PHOTOS! Includes all the design features of EQ5 & EQ6 plus all new design tools for beginning and advanced users.

You’ll never run out of EQ8 activations! Activation and deactivation is as easy as two clicks of the mouse. Install on as many computers as you like and quickly transfer activations from computer to computer. This new policy gives you complete freedom to manage your own activations --- and no dongle to worry about!

Learn to use the software by watching the 10 videos targeted for beginners. Then go through the 22 printable full-color PDF lessons for comprehensive, step-by-step lessons that show you how to design quilts, draw blocks, work with images, and print patterns. It's like having a teacher right there with you!

Learn EQ8 by watching the videos and going through the 22 software lessons included

Need reference information on a tool or feature you're using? We've integrated new Help buttons into much of the interface and ToolHelp. If you see a Help button or "Get more details" link, click it and the EQ8 Help will open to the exact page describing how to use the feature. You can also look up tools and topics in the EQ8 User Manual for step-by-step instructions.

Click Help to learn how "Colorize" lets you create sepia-toned images and desaturated images of any color.

With so much help available right inside the program and new features that make the program simpler to use, you'll find this is the easiest EQ ever!

Quilts can be as simple- or as complex-looking as you like. EQ8 can help whether you want to make a horizontal quilt with plain squares, or an intricate custom quilt with blocks of all different sizes. Choose from any of our 10 automatic layouts, over 540 pre-designed layouts by size & by style, popular quick-quilts, or draw your own layout. The possibilities are endless.

Automatic Layouts

Quickly make Samplers, On-Point Quilts, and Medallion Quilts using any of the automatic styles. You can even create One-Patch quilts based off photos using the new Photo Patchwork layout style.

Choose an automatic layout, modify the number of blocks and borders, set blocks into the quilt, then color with real fabrics.

Pre-Designed Layouts by Size or Style

Need queen-sized or center medallion quilt? The Layout library has over 540 pre-designed layouts for you to fill with blocks and fabrics. With over 120 new layouts since EQ6, including new "Hexagonal" and "Twelve 12 Inch Blocks" categories, you can have a lot of fun using these layouts as a starting point.

The layouts from "Stars" and "Hexagonal" are sure to be favorites.

Traditional blocks skew when set in those spaces making for amazing medallion quilts.

Start with a Quick-Quilt
We've included many popular traditional designs in the "Start with a quick-quilt project" section. If you need a Double Irish Chain quilt, just select the Irish Chain project, and choose from the different quilt sizes in the Sketchbook. These quilts can be edited, re-colored, re-designed, or even just printed. They are quick and easy to use.

Start with a quick quilt and re-design it or just start printing patterns.

Create a Quilt from a Block
Draw your own grids and turn them into Custom Set quilts. Once you've drawn the block, you're only a few clicks away from turning it into a quilt layout that can be filled with blocks and fabrics.

Draw a block or use one from the library. Convert it into a quilt, then set in blocks and color.
It's that easy to make a truly custom Custom Set quilt.

You can set any pieced or appliqué blocks into your border or sash spaces. Browse through hundreds of ready-made border and sash blocks just waiting for you in the EQ8 Block Library.

Choose from over 290 pre-designed Auto Borders, or create your own. Have as many borders as you like. You pick the width -- EQ8 does the math, fitting borders perfectly for you. Central Medallions only take a few clicks to design.

Add borders to your quilts and either fill the borders with your own blocks or use the Auto Borders for quick and amazing results.

Choose Apply > Effects, Apply > Filters, or Apply > Symmetries from the Image menu and you'll be on your way to a whole world of new image possibilities. EQ8 has over 45 different effects that can be applied to images, including artistic, noise, blur and many more. Filters allow you to sharpen, unsharpen, or detect the edges of your image. Square and Circular symmetries take portions of your image and repeat them according to your choices.

You can apply more than one to an image for a truly unique effect. Print these images onto printable fabric to use as whole photos in your memory quilts, or chop the printed images up to make one-of-a-kind fabrics for your piecing.

Draw beautiful, original blocks and stencils, or let EQ8 create new blocks for you. Draw pieced blocks in EasyDraw or Pieced PatchDraw. EasyDraw works like a pencil and paper. Draw straight lines and arcs and subdivide as needed. Pieced PatchDraw has click-and-snap grids, designed to simplify drawing complex blocks like New York Beauty, Wheel, Kaleidoscope, and Eight-Point Star blocks.

Draw your own pieced blocks using the Line and Arc tools in EasyDraw, or draw from dot to dot on the click-and-snap grids in Pieced PatchDraw.

Appliqué blocks and quilting stencils can be drawn using pull-out shapes like hearts, leaves, tear-drops, circles, squares, and more. The Freehand tool lets you draw freely, just as you would doodle on paper. For drawing help, you can import an image and trace right over it. Vines and leaves are easy with the Brush Stroke and Swath tools. Just decide whether you want a plain vine or one filled with flying geese or diamonds.

Draw your own appliqué blocks or stencils using the tools in PatchDraw.

Make the most realistic appliqué by tracing pictures.

Don't be afraid of drawing on your own. Remember, we've included full-color PDF lessons (11 lessons just on drawing!) to give you step-by-step instructions on learning how to use the drawing tools.

EQ8 can also create blocks for you with the 7 Serendipity features. No drawing necessary! Create instant Kaleidoscope blocks by letting EQ8 work its magic for you. Or turn any block into a star with a few clicks. Just choose the number of star points and rotation -- from 5 to 10.

This irregular Quarter Log Cabin block can be used to make all these stars and more using EQ8's "Fancy Star" Serendipity feature... and you don't have to draw a thing!

Over 5000 scanned fabrics. Find them by theme (modern to antique), by color (you can even search by color), or by fabric company. Scan your own fabrics, then crop and "tweak" them right in EQ8. Save them and "notecard" them in your own My Library to use and re-use. EQ8 scales the fabrics for you -- no matter what size your quilt or block -- so what you see in EQ8 is what you'll get in your finished quilt.

Import your fabric scans to the new Image Worktable.

Crop & adjust the scans, then add them to the Sketchbook as fabric,


so you can start coloring quilts and blocks.

Color tools let you play "what if" before you cut fabric. You can even let the computer to choose colors for you with the Random Recolor tool. Rotate your fabric at any angle you choose, using the Rotate Fabric tool to create special effects with even the simplest stripes.

EQ8 includes over 5,000 copyright-free blocks. Use and re-use blocks as patterns or quilting stencils. Choose any size.

Or use EQ8's new Serendipity tools to magically turn any block into a new original block.

Search for blocks by Name or by Category. Searching by Category allows you to find blocks by theme, piecing style, or difficulty level.

Search the 5000 library blocks... by name (search for "Log" to find "Log Cabin" or "Interlaced Logs"), or...

by category (search for "Easter" to find Easter baskets, bunnies, eggs, and chicks).

Print Templates, Foundation Patterns, and Rotary Cutting Charts. Choose any pattern style, and any size. Or print right from the quilt. EQ8 remembers the size on the quilt, and the block's orientation too -- so perfect for skewed blocks.

You choose the type of printout that works best for the block *and you*!

Print blocks in any size, as line drawings or colored in fabric. Print dotted-line quilting stencils. You can even print more than one block on the page, perfect for English paper piecing templates, or even quilt-themed gift tags.

Print quilts as line drawings (like kids' coloring book pages) or colored in fabric. Or create fancy borders with an empty center, then write on the center to create a quilt label. Print yardage estimates for the whole quilt at once with 2 clicks.

NEW Print multiple photos at once. Just drag and drop your photos on the new Photo Layout page, fitting photos together so you don't waste an inch of printable fabric.

Position and size images in Photo Layout so you don't waste printable fabric.

Create professional images of your blocks and quilts to use in class hand-outs. Or send them to magazine & book publishers, or commercial printers.

Export parts of your design to show a work-in-progress for classes. For example, drag a selection box around a row in your quilt, then paste it into your Word document to illustrate your how-to instructions.

Export full-color images or outline drawings of your quilt or blocks to use as Web images, guild newsletter pictures, magazine or book illustrations, pattern covers or just to show off. You choose the file type (jpg, gif, tif, png or bmp) and resolution, from 75 to 600 dpi.

Export metafiles of blocks (vector drawings) to "explode" to illustrate piecing diagrams you. The EQ8 User Manual shows you how to pull apart the patches in Word.

Export images from EQ8 to make handouts and piecing diagrams.

Once installed, the EQ8 and EQ8 Upgrade are the same exact program.

• Help buttons
  
• Netbook compatible/friendly
  
• New videos for beginners
  
• 22 PDF lessons in color
  
• New look to buttons & dialogs
  
• New Activation/Deativation capabilities
  
• Install to All Users for classrooms/labs
  
• 67 “How Do I?” topics in the HELP menu
  
  
  Quilt Worktable
  
  
• Photo Patchwork layout
  
• Symmetry tool returns to original rotation on click #17
  
• Drag & drop items onto the quilt
  
• Drag & drop blocks according to design size or aspecific size
  
• Drag & drop blocks using CTRL+drag and ALT+drag
  
• Sort items in palettes using drag & drop
  
• Graph Pad options for Paintbrush, Set Thread and Eyedropper
  
• Eyedropper can find a fabric when you click on a solid or photo
  
• Eyedropper can find a color when you click on a fabric or photo
  
• Eyedropper can find a block and the coloring used
  
• New Set Auto Borders
  
• Erase Quilt
  
• Toggle layers on and off through the right-click menu when toggling enabled
  
• Grid and Snaps for setting and sizing blocks on Custom Set and layers
  
  
  Libraries
  
  
• Over 480 new blocks in the Block Library
  
• Copyright-free blocks only in the Block Library
  
• Over 5000 scanned new fabrics in the FabricLibrary
  
• Over 120 new layouts in the Layout Library
  
• 52 new photos in the Photo Library, great for
  
• Apply Symmetries and Apply Effects
  
  
  Sketchbook
  
  
• Edit images to Quilt worktable for Photo Patchwork
  
• Edit images to Block Worktable
  
• Edit images to the Image worktable
  
• Fabrics can be copied to Photos section
  
• Photos can be copied to Fabrics section
  
  
  Printing and Exporting
  
  
• Arrange photos on a page before printing using Photo Layout
  
• Project name added to footer on Print > Quilt
  
• Quilt Notecard Name added to footer on Print > Fabric Yardage
  
  
  Block Worktable
  
  
• Serendipity > Clip & Flip Block
  
• Serendipity > Shrink & Flip Block
  
• Serendipity > Kaleidoscope Block
  
• Serendipity > Fancy Star Block
  
• Colors for guides separate for Pieced and Applique tabs
  
• Auto fill button on Precision Bar
  
• Block and Image can be saved together in Sketchbook
  
• Position & Resize buttons for imported tracing images
  
• Improved crop features for imported tracing images
  
• Lightness control can be changed during tracing process
  
• New Swath tool on Applique tab makes a Brush Stroke with patches inside it
  
• Copy, Paste, Cut and Clear in right-click menu
  
  
  Image Worktable
  
  
• New Image Worktable
  
• Import and save images in Sketchbook
  
• View Image information
  
• Increase/Decrease Color Depth
  
• Resize images
  
• Balance color automatically
  
• Change Red/Green/Blue (RGB) levels
  
• Change Hue/Saturation/Luminosity (HSL) levels
  
• Colorize to make sepia-toned and desaturated images in any color
  
• Hue Map to change colors in an image to another range of colors
  
• Channel mixer to change RGB and contrast levels
  
• Create Colorway maps all the colors in the image to palettes
  
• View Histogram
  
• Equalize Histogram
  
• Adjust Brightness/Contrast
  
• Apply Artistic Effects including Impressionist, Oil Painting, Pointellist, Colored Pencil, Cubist,
  
• Dry Brush Watercolor, Halftone, Plasma, and Glow effects
  
• Apply Pixelating Effects including Pixelate, Mosaic, Roman Mosaic, Posterize, Dice, Puzzle, and Glass Block effects
  
• Apply Noise Effects including Add Noise, Add Shadow, Aging Effects, Segment, Diffuse Glow, Cloud, Ocean, Perlin, Fragment, and Colored Balls effects
  
• Apply Blur Effects including Motion Blur, Radial Blur, Zoom Blur, Gaussian Blur, Antialias Blur, and Average Blur effects
  
• Apply Distort Effects including Wind, Polar, Zoom Wave, Radial Wave, Swirl, Wave, Ring, and ZigZag effects
  
• Apply 3D Effects including Emboss, Punch, Ripple, Bending, Cylindrical, and Spherical effects
  
• Apply Sharpen/Unsharpen Filters
  
• Apply Edge Detection Filters
  
• Apply Circular Symmetries
  
• Apply Square Symmetries
  
• Improved Zooming features
  
• Rotate images on the screen
  
• Rotate & Crop images
  
• Shear images horizontally by degrees
  
• Import & edit fabric scans then use to color quilts

• Transfer paper for light-colored fabrics made of 100% cotton or 50/50 blends
  
• May be peeled hot or cold. Apply with heat press.
  
• Ideal for use with Great Notions Printables embroidery-look images.
  
• Print using most desktop inkjet printers, including Canon, Hewlett Packard, Lexmark, Dell and similar.
  Note: Ink made for certain late-model Epson printers may shift colors under heat.

• Quick and Easy
  
• Superior Washability
  
• Paper-like Print Quality
  
• 200 Thread Count Pima Cotton

• BabyLock QCP
  
• Bernina models 135-200
  
• Brother PQ1300
  
• Brother PQ1500S
  
• Elna 7200
  
• HQ-16 Imperial
  
• Husqvarna Viking Mega Quilter
  
• Janome 1600P Professional
  
• Janome 6300
  
• Janome 6500
  
• Janome 6600
  
• Juki TL98E
  
• Juki TL98Q/QE
  
• Juki TL2000Qi
  
• Juki TL2010Q
  
• Pfaff Grand Quilter
  
• Pfaff Creative Vision
  
• Pfaff various older models

• Sheets and Pillowcases


• Table Linens


• Bath Towels


• Golf Shirts


• Shirt Cuffs


• Collars and Plackets


• Men's and Ladies' Sweaters


• Sweatshirts


• Infant Items


• Jackets

• 30+ minutes of video instruction


• Printable Placement Chart and Placement Tips

• 1 sheet of Target Stickers!

• Quickly locate the center of quilt blocks, pockets, plackets, bags, and more
  
• Connect continuous embroidery designs
  
• Verify design placement on large items such as jacket backs, banners, pants, and more
  
• Assist in letter positioning
  
  PAL3 features:
  
• Adjustable lamp head
  
• Swivel tip allows for proper aiming of the laser crosshair
  
• Adjustable clamp fits table surfaces up to 2 ¼" thick
  
• 28" arm with flexible neck
  
• Adjustable height
  
• USB power adaptor included
  
  

• Powerful 5x magnification
  
• Clip-on tables up to 1.5" thick
  
• Three LED lighting modes: warm, natural, and cold
  
• Dimmable
  
• Flexible 14" gooseneck arm rotates freely 360 degrees
  
• Plugs into any USB port
  
  

• 35 Machine embroidery designs on CD
  
• 15 Pincushion projects
  
• Tips on how to choose the right fibers and how to create your own custom colors
  
• Eileen's tips on how to make the perfect decorative pins!
  
  
  
  
  Embroidery formats include: ART, DST, EXP, HUS, JEF, PCS, PES, SEW, VIP, VP3, XXX
  
  Embroidery design sizes: 35 Designs fit within a 4" x 4" hoop. One bonus design included for large format hoops (design measures 5.95" x 6.35")
  
  Software requirements: Embroidery software and/or hardware to transfer design files from CD to embroidery machine.