Thursday, November 22, 2012

New in 2013! - Monthly EQ classes

The Sewing Party is planning on EQ classes in 2013. It will start in January. The classes will meet each month with different topics so you can pick and choose to join the ones you are interested in. Teacher is non other than Linda Pace.

Curious about EQ? Watch these videos, here and here.

Do you EQ? Come join us for a fun time playing and learning EQ software.  All you need is your laptop and the software.  Don’t have the software yet?  Not a problem we can provide a trial version of EQ 7 for you. EQ 7 will be available at the Sewing Party for your convinience if you so choose to purchase one. You can design and create your own quilts with EQ functions like Easydraw  and working with Layers and Borders. You can create and print your design with yardage requirements and even template for appliqué and paper piecing. After this class when someone says “Do You EQ?" You can say yes!

Details will be available in the Month of December.

Please don't let words like computer, program, and software scare you away. There are many quilters out there who are successful creating one-of-a-kind quilt using EQ.
Let's find out about EQ artists/quilters:

Do you EQ? Kim McLean does.
“I’ve been using EQ since it was released. EQ has certainly been an invaluable tool in my next project which is drafting 30 quilts from photographs of antique Australian quilts to be published mid-2006 in a book I’m collaborating on with Annette Gero.”
                                                                      - Kim McLean, Roseville, NSW, Australia
 She used EQ to design her quilt Turkish Tiles.

Do you EQ? Award-winning quilter, author and teacher, RaNae Merrill does!
“EQ works beautifully with all the tools in my creative toolbox. Even when I sketch, draft or photograph an idea for a quilt, I can import and trace it in EQ to create a quilt design. From there, I can test fabrics, size it, print foundation and templates, and calculate yardages. EQ is a wonderful way to share patterns with my friends and students, because it gives them a starting point, then inspires them to easily create their own variations and new designs.  I also love EQ Printables Foundation sheets — I use them in my own quilts, and in all my classes and kits.”        - RaNae Merrill

Do you EQ? Designer and author Joanna Figueroa does!
“I create most of my designs in my head or in my sketchbook. But when it comes time to figure out how the quilt is actually going to look and which setting will be the best, EQ is absolutely invaluable to me. It helps me to create options that I would never have come up with on my own and it makes the quilt in my head “real” before I cut into a single scrap of fabric. I love it!”       - Joanna Figueroa
 
Do you EQ? Author & teacher Joe Cunningham does!
I never thought I would need a computer to design a quilt… but when I wanted to create a new line of quilt kits, EQ6 allowed me to create the most accurate patterns and the best layouts for my project. It’s a lot smarter than I am.          - Joe Cunningham

Well, will you EQ with us?   Let's EQ now.                                          
(Posting by Hena) 

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