Electric Dreams

In an effort to get all the quilt ideas and patterns that are floating around in my head organised and not forgotten, I bit the bullet and bought EQ8. I had been designing quilts using squared paper and coloured pencils, and had had fun playing on Pattern Jam, but wanted something that had more flexibility.

I am finding it pretty intuitive to use, and have managed to get the ideas for a book of themed designs planned out, what I am actually going to do with that I am not sure. It is also great for designing simple projects for friends that want to learn to quilt - I am thinking about making a series of perhaps 12 to 20 quilts with each quilt teaching a new technique so that a beginner maker can build up their skills.

Anyway, the fun thing is that I can play and design quilts that might never be made without wasting fabric or sewing time. Here is a design that I might make up, my plan is to have some seasonal quilts, cushion covers and table accessories that I can swap out. I drew the pumpkin block and used a maple leaf block and a star block from the EQ8 library. If I can find enough of the colours in my stash, I might make this. It might be a bit too orange? 

I can also easily resize the blocks to make a cushion cover and table runner to match. Switching out all the colours is also a lot of fun, this colour scheme seems sort of folk art inspired to me.