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From the Keyboard of Sharla HicksAs spring is blossoming and the cobwebs of winter are shrugged off, often thoughts turn to sprucing up the home and sewing room with a good organizing session known as spring cleaning, learning new ideas or creating that perfect memory quilt or project for loved ones. We have something for all these areas with new tutorials and some great products like our new Crafts on Wheel, the ultimate in Tote bags, the Altos Quilt Cut to speed up strip piece cutting, and many new books. And the best news is Electric Quilt is working on their latest release, Electric Quilt 5 and we are offering quite a deal on Preorders and clearancing our old stock on Electric Quilt 4 and related books. Read on for more information. Computer Quilting Upgrade News:Electric Quilt 5 is being releasedSpring and early
summer is bringing us more software news from Electric Quilt, they are upgrading
their program to Version 5. Shipping now
If you are a previous owner of Electric Quilt 4 you should have received your upgrade notice in the mail. If you did not, contact Electric Quilt Company directly and make sure you are registered. This newsletter brings you several new tutorials:My feature article this month is a quick tutorial for Organized Expressions to get you up and going quickly.
The archived information is also very helpful at tax time, accepted by insurance companies, downloadable to your Palm Pilots and can be opened in Word or other desktop publishing programs. You can even track and open other files word process files and pictures directly from Organized Expressions to expand and track what you have done for documentation.
May is a time of celebrations and memory making as Mother and Fathers day, weddings and graduation come around. This often turns our interest toward creating that special memory quilt or project for loved ones. After many questions coming my way about Photo Transfer paper, I have written a FAQ with Instructions on how to apply Photo Transfer Paper to fabric, mouse pads, jigsaw puzzles, coasters. Check it out at:
Check out our full line of photo transfer products, with Bubble Jet Set 2000 and Bubble Jet Rinse being some of our most popular and for those who prefer the ready to go fabric without the mess, we also added June Tailor Colorfast (sew in) and Quickfuse (iron-on) Printer Fabrics in BULK packages to reduce your costs for these easy to products. Our printer fabric comes in two colors, White and Cream, right now we have an overstock on Cream so we are having an Overstock Sale. The Cream is lovely off white that does not change the appearance of you printout. We also have many helpful books covering memory quilts, fabric printing and photo transfer. We also have added Ensure and Orvus Paste for gentle cleaning of your memory quilts. Check out the complete line at: Electric Quilt
and Quilt Pro continue to be the two most popular programs we sell. This newsletter
continues to bring to you a series of articles for both programs that are helpful
in expanding your skills. Be aware that the tutorials for both programs can give
you ideas for the other program as many of the approaches can be applied to both,
so take the time to look at them.
For more information on purchasing Quilt-Pro for the PC or MAC
Quilter totes move over, the new Crafts
on Wheels is THE ultimate tote. This new healthy luggage (doctor
recommended) is designed specifically for crafters with over 50 organizational
pouches, zippered pockets, accordian file folders and velcroed partitions.
The 4 wheeled tote is designed to be easily pulled and even has won
awards for its excellent design. The tote is very strong because it
is encased by a light weight piping that can hold another 150 pounds
on top. The piping also acts as a protector for your sewing machine
to prevent crushing from other luggage or heavy items stored on top.
Look over our new line of nested decorator boxes in both fabric and beautiful paper. Add beauty to any setting that serves double duty as organizers. Click on your favorite box below. We
also are featuring a very lightweight plastic Dura
Tote Art Box with strong buckle to keep the lid very tight.
Includes a very durable nylon shoulder strap that is both soft and strong.
The strap is used to reinforce the bottom of the tote making it an excellent
choice to carry heavier items like a small design board, portable iron
and the large one is big enough for a quilt. The Dura Tote is a excellent
for carrying supplies to class.
Marti Michell Templates, Rulers and Books
New Rulers and Quilt CuttersWe have a great price on our Altos Quilt Cut. It is an all inclusive system for cutting that holds your fabric, not MORE slippage. It is very popular with users. One customer who had some slight shipping damage begged us not to send for pick up till the very last second because she did not think she could live without it for a day.
New problems arising on our Link page. Your help requested to help us maintain quality resource quilting links.We are sorry to report over the last few months some
of our favorite quilt links are no longer have a presence on the web
and that their domain names have lasped. This is the natural course
of things and causes the dreaded NOT found message we all hate to see.
But even worse in 2 instances that we know of, links on our extensive
link pages now went directly to offending website. There seems to be
a trend that as domain names lapse, those less than scrupleous site
owners are snatching them up and redirecting them so that they look
like active links to our link checker programs and yet they are going
to an offensive or at the very least an unrelated site.
I thank those of you who have taken the time to let
me know of this problem. AND I would really appreciate if you happen
to run into a dead link or WORSE yet, a link that now goes to an unrelated
and possibly offensive site, PLEASE let us know. We will remove that
link immediately.
UNTIL NEXT TIME
May all your time Computer Quilting be a Joy, filled
with right brain escape, and result in that much sought after finished
Fabric Quilt, if not at least a very nifty Virtual Quilt that you send
to me to display in the VIRTUAL QUILT GALLERY!!
Sharla Hicks
Editor of Computer Quilting BYTES
Articles and additions by Sharla Hicks
New addition to the Electric Quilt Hints and Tips Series by Patti Anderson Frank has worked hard on helping you better manage creating and adjusting borders to fit your quilts. Here are two installments since our newsletter.
New Products including ways to organize your
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