Don’t let another quilt idea slip away! Use Electric Quilt software to turn your quilting dreams into reality. Just design, print, and sew! With free help at your fingertips, plus a friendly support staff, you can do it! 

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What is EQ8?

Electric Quilt 8 (or EQ8) is the industry’s leading quilt design software that let’s you envision your quilt top before cutting into your fabric! Start by selecting a pieced or appliqued block from the over 6,000 included designs in the library or draw your own unique block. Next choose the size and layout of your quilt. Will it be an on-point baby quilt, a king-sized strip quilt, or a totally custom layout? Then play with color using the 6,000+ pre-loaded fabrics or import your own to design a quilt using your stash! When you are ready to make your quilt, you can print out yardage requirements for the whole quilt as well as rotary cutting charts, foundation paper piecing patterns, and templates for each block. EQ makes it easy to go from the quilt in your head to the quilt on your bed!

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EQ software is used around the world by quilters of all skill levels and experience! You don’t have to be a professional quilt designer to use or enjoy EQ8 (although many professionals do use the software). Every quilter has at least one quilt where they loved all the fabrics but then didn’t love how they came together in the final quilt. Because EQ lets you import and correctly scale your own fabrics you can see exactly how your quilt will look, making changes until you know you have a design that you’ll love! You can save multiple versions of a quilt as well, so that you can see how your design progresses and go back to a previous layout whenever you want.

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The Story of EQ

The Electric Quilt Company got its start in the early 1990s when Dean Neumann, then a math professor at Bowling Green State University, married Penny McMorris, a corporate art curator and producer/host of several PBS series on quilting. Both loved quilts and Dean had an idea he hoped might help quiltmakers develop their design ideas on-screen. As Penny worked on a new television series, Dean spent spare time teaching himself programming, then developed the first Electric Quilt software program. Dean’s program debuted on a segment of Penny’s “Great American Quilt” program (WBGU-TV) in 1991. Viewers from across the country called the television station and Penny and Dean collected their names. The Electric Quilt Company was born! There have been 8 versions of EQ software, each adding new and exciting features to help quilters bring their designs to life in fabric and thread.

Play the video to see EQ Vice President, Penny, debut the software on public television in 1991!

It’s More Than Just Software

The Electric Quilt Company prides itself on having the best customer service in the industry and provides tons of free learning resources to help users get started or learn how to do something specific in the program. Regular blog posts provide inspiration and how-tos for frequently asked questions, lesson videos help you learn the fundamentals of the program, and live help from EQ staff is just a quick chat, email, or phone call away! 

EQ also has free monthly fabric downloads and quilt project downloads. The free monthly fabrics also include a design challenge, where users can win fabric and other goodies just by playing in the software and sharing their designs!

For example, check out these awesome designs made with the October 2022 Fabric of the Month, Moda’s Leather and Lace and Amazing Grace by Cathe Holden.  Come join the community and be sure to watch for more Moda design challenges on EQ’s blog later in 2023!

Design with Moda fabrics! 

EQ8 comes with over 6,000 manufacturer fabrics pre-loaded and ready to design with, but you can add more. Download a free collection each month, purchase fabric add-ons from EQ (that always include Moda’s newest lines) or import images of fabrics in your own Stash!

For more information about Electric Quilt software, books, printable fabrics, and other products featuring Judy Martin, Karen K. Stone, Barbara Brackman, Kimberly Einmo, and more, visit ElectricQuilt.com. Use Live Chat, phone, or email to ask questions!