ELECTRIC QUILT 8 UPDATES HOW TO

There are multiple options available to you for printing a pattern for your design. Move the cursor over to the worktable and click on the objects to color the elements of the block.Д¬lick on the Print and Export tab at the top of the screen. Click on either the fabrics tab or the color tab in the middle of the property box, and click on any color choice. Select the fabric tools from the ribbon on the top of the screen and choose the paintbrush tool. It fits perfectly onto a printer sheet that will give you the trimming option of having an 8.5-inch block so you can easily sew it together with other blocks to create an 8-inch finished block.Д¬lick on the color tab at the top of the screen. Now, instead of sewing this block and applique you can choose to use the printed design on printer fabric and color it with fabric markers.

Print the block line drawing from the print preview page onto printer fabric.

In the print block property box, change the size of the block to be 8 x 8 inches and print as an applique pattern.Д¬lick on the word вЂpreviewвЂ™ at the bottom of the box. Click on the block icon to print the image of the entire block. Choose the printer from the ribbon at the top of the screen. NOW THE PERSONAL INTERPRETATION WILL BEGIN.Д¬lick on the Print and Export tab at the top of the screen. You can see the lines of the pieced block in the background with the Posie shapes on top. The Posie wreath will now appear on the worktable. Once they are a spacing that you like, click the OK at the bottom of the box. In the wreath maker property box, click/hold/drag/release the slider bar to increase the cluster spacing of the individual Posies. This will give you more room to edit the design further.Д¬lick on the wreath maker tool to select it. Move the cursor over to the center crosshair of the Posie and click/hold/drag/release to move it to the upper-middle section of the worktable. The new Posie shape will appear on the upper left side of the block worktable.Д¬lick on the pick tool to select it. In the properties box, select the petal auto shape and set the number to 5. Choose the shapes tool and then select the PosieMaker tool. This makes piecing the blocks together easier.Д¬lick on the applique tab at the bottom of the worktable. NOTE: When you piece these segments together you donвЂ™t sew into the corners, the bulkiness will be removed when joining multiple blocks together. Move the cursor over to the worktable and click/hold/drag/release lines to create an X across the block but do not draw the lines into the corners of the block. Make sure you are on the EasyDraw tab at the bottom of the worktable. On the property bar at the top of the worktable, set the block size to be 8 x 8 inches and the snaps to be 16 x 16 horizontal and vertical.Д¬lick on the line drawing tool to select it. Once you have named your project, the name should appear at the top of your screen.Д¬lick on the block worktable icon at the upper right side of the screen.Д¬lick on NEW BLOCK>Pieced & Applique>Easy + Applique on the ribbon at the top of the screen. Type in the name of the new project to be вЂInterpret DesignsвЂ™.

On the opening screen, click on the New Project icon and the project helper screen will open.

Launch your EQ8 program from the desktop by double-clicking on the icon. Individual interpretations of the designs are what make our work come to life. This goes much further beyond the design process alone.

ELECTRIC QUILT 8 UPDATES HOW TO

Another is how to interpret the designs into something unique for themselves. One is that they just want to accomplish what can be done to create quilts/blocks with the program. In teaching lessons on how to use the program to create quilts, I noticed two different mindsets with the students. I have been in love with EQ since I first began using it when it was version EQ4. It is the most important tool in my sewing room.

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