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If you have ever thought about getting the quilt design software from Electric Quilt, this post is for you. The EQ8 Starter Box is a new offer from Electric Quilt that gathers everything you need to design your own quilts and projects, with extra goodies in one box, all at a discounted price! The great folks at EQ sent me a Starter Box so I could show it to you, and we’ll have a giveaway for one, too!

Opening the box, the excitement begins.

First, a quick overview of what you’ll find to install the software, learn a ...

When I showed you the beginning of this block design and construction, I had printed out the foundation pattern using the EQ automatic grouping and numbering. I cut the pieces apart and started in sewing, then I noticed a problem. One of the sections would have a y-seam.

I pulled up the design in EQ8 again, and set the foundation export to group and number the sections manually. This way, I can eliminate the y-seam. Now, I have four sections with all straight seams, and one triangle corner for each quarter. I colored the quarters with pencils because I forgot ...

I just got a new add-on for my Electric Quilt program called Kaleidoscope Two. It is a great program for those who love complex blocks. I played around with this block, coloring it several ways with bee theme and daisy fabrics within the program. Here is my final version.

The power of this software is that it will give you the block in several methods of piecing. You can print out templates for transfer to plastic, or it will give you rotary cutting instructions for those who’d rather construct that way.

For a block like this, where precision of ...