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Electric Quilt Support Products. Speed up your learning curve and design time!

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Quilt Design Wizard™ by Electric Design Company guides you step-by-step using an easy point-and-click method. Select from 200 quilt blocks colored with beautiful fabric and ready to set into your layout. Blocks are color-coordinated in color families to help you choose blocks that work well together. You'll be an instant designer with the Wizard's help.

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Here's how Quilt Design Wizard works:

Design your Quilt on the Computer Screen.

Quilt Design Wizard™ guides you step-by-step using an easy point-and-click method. You'll be an instant designer with the Wizard's help.

Start by selecting:

  • a layout style
  • mattress size
  • block size
  • add borders
  • Select from 200 quilt blocks colored with beautiful fabric and ready to set into your layout.
  • Blocks are color-coordinated in color families to help you choose blocks that work well together.

Print the Patterns and Yardage Estimates. Color the borders and you're ready to print! Quilt Design Wizard™ prints fabric yardage estimates, rotary cutting charts, and sewing instructions for each block.

If you prefer templates or foundation piecing patterns, Quilt Design Wizard™ prints those too! You'll save hours because Quilt Design Wizard™ does all the computing, calculating, and scaling. You just click print!

 
Sew or Learn Sewing and Quilting Basics. The designing is done. The patterns and yardage estimates are printed. You're ready to sew! Quilt Design Wizard™ is loaded with every bit of information you'll need. From buying supplies and fabrics, to assembly and quilting, to finishing and storing your quilt – Quilt Design Wizard™ has it all.

200 Blocks Whether you prefer the traditional charm of the Log Cabin block or the whimsical fun of a pictorial Tractor block, you're sure to find something to suit your taste.

 

3000 Fabrics Varied and vibrant fabrics invite you to play with color. Experiment with hundreds of color combinations on screen before you ever cut the fabric.

Versatile layouts and borders From simple wall quilts to large bed quilts, try out your ideas. Create hundreds of different combinations of horizontal and on-point layouts. Add as many borders as you like. Perfect for beginners or seasoned quilters.

System Requirements:

  • Windows 98 / 2000 / ME / XP
  • 450 MB hard drive space
  • CD-ROM drive
  • 64 MB RAM
  • 16-bit/high color monitor capable of 800x600 resolution
  • Windows Media Player
  • Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher (download the most current version of Internet Explorer for free from www.microsoft.com)
  • Adobe Reader (download the most current version of Adobe Reader for free from www.adobe.com)

Reviews

"Quilt Design Wizard is an excellent program. It makes you an instant quilt designer and it offers the perfect solution for playing with fabric colors and textures. Click on a button to see how shades of purple and green look together, or to visualize how changing a component's color value affects the layout. You know what that means, don't you? Less fabric waste. If you want a more powerful program go for Electric Quilt, a generic drawing program like Adobe Illustrator, or another quilt design software package. If you want something easy to learn and use, at an excellent price, you can't beat Quilt Design Wizard." Read the full review. - Janet Wickell, Quilting Guide for About.com

"If you're a beginner quilter, this is wonderful, as it helps not only with the size, colors, design etc., you can see what your quilt will look like before you even begin. In the month that I have had this, I couldn't count how many blocks I have made and I have 2 quilts finished. Easy to use. It is not for the advanced quilter for sure, but for us 'newbies' it is great." - Anonymous

"Great instructions for finding my way into computer-aided quilting. The instructions are suited for those of us more comfortable with fabric than the computer. How nice to have a tool to help visualize what differences a change of fabric can make to a block, or an entire quilt." - Anonymous

"I was fearful of quilt designing software, having played with a few free online programs. I had felt so limited by the programs online, thinking I was not creative in the least. Quilt Design Wizard has unleashed the designer within me that I did not realize existed!.... I highly recommend this software to any quilter who is reluctant about buying a program for their computer. It is not only perfect for beginning designers like myself, but is also great for those who are not the most computer savvy. It walks you through each step, making creation easy and almost foolproof. The price is also great compared to other programs out there. This is a great way to ease yourself in to quilt design via computer." Read the full review. - Trisha Bleau, StashBuilders

"After using, I purchased another for a gift for my sister. Easy tutorials, lots of different color fabrics (with names so you can find them to purchase later). Only drawback, limited number of blocks to choose from. Would love to see program to alter existing blocks. A great tool to use for the new quilt planner. Also lists amount of yardage needed along with templates, and paper piecing patterns. Something for everyone!" - Anonymous


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Flagship Software Programs

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Electric Quilt 6

Upgrade or Full Program
Windows XP or Vista
BlockBase
BlockBase
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Excellent for the
New to Computer Quilter
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Electric Quilt 5
for Win 98/ME/NT/ME/XP

EQ6 Companion Books

 

EQ6 Block Book
EQ6 Block Book
Companion Book 1
4100 Blks Divided into same categories/library system as software

EQ6 Simplified Cover
EQ6 Simplified

by Fran Gonzalez Iverson
Companion Book 2
8 easy to follow lessons
EQ6 Pieced Drawing Cover
EQ6 Pieced Drawing

by Patti R. Anderson
Companion Book 3
EQ6 Applique Drawing
EQ6 Applique Drawing

by Angie Padilla
Companion Book 4

Quiltmaker Magazine
Quilting Designs on CD

Stand Alone & Compatiable with EQ

Using with EQ6

All Quilting Designs patterns can be used in EQ6. This lets you use EQ's design tools on the patterns to:

• color them with thread
• set them into quilt layouts
• edit and combine parts to make new designs
• the Quiltmaker Library links automatically to your EQ6 Block Library

Stand Alone EQ Software
The Quiltmaker Collection Vol 4
Quilting Designs
The Quiltmaker Collection
Volume 4
Stand Alone EQ Software
Volume 5
Quilting Designs
The Quiltmaker Collection
Volume 5
Stand Alone EQ Software
Volume 6
Quilting Designs
The Quiltmaker Collection
Volume 6

Continuous Line Designs
Stand Alone EQ Software
Volume 7
Quilting Designs
The Quiltmaker Collection
Volume 7

Continuous Line Designs
 
  EQ Printables
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Foundation Sheets
Quilt & Tear
Quilt and Tear
Print or Trace, Sew, Tear
   

EQ5 &/OR EQ6 Libary Blocks or Design CDs

Stand Alone Software
Stars & Sets
Stars and Sets
by Judy Martin
Stand Alone Software
My Dream House
Folk Art Dreams

by Sue Spargo
Stand Alone Software
Quilters Newsletter Best of 2007
Quilters Newletter

The Best of 2007
 
 requires EQ5 or EQ6
1920/1930 Classic Applique Blocks
Classic Appliqué Blocks

1920's & 1930's Blocks
requires EQ5 or EQ6
Baltimore Album Classic Applique Blocks
Classic Appliqué Blocks

Baltimore Album Blocks
requires EQ5 or EQ6
Folk Art Classic Applique Blocks
Classic Appliqué Blocks

Folk Art Blocks
requires EQ5 or EQ6
My Dream House
My Dream House

fused or needle-turn appliqué

Foundation Paper Piecing @ the Electric Quilt Company
Software, CDs & Foundation Sheets

Foundation Sheets
EQ Printables
Foundation Sheets

25 Sheets

Sew Precise Collections

Stand Alone
Town & Country Patchwork CD
Town & Country Patchwork CD
by Myra Harder and Cori Derksen
**EQ5 or EQ6 Required
Book OR EQ CD
Karen Stone Quilts
Karen Stone Quilts

11 popular designs + 2 new New York Beauty

**EQ5 or > Required
EQ's Kaleidoscope Collection
Kaleidoscope Collection
Designed by Andrea Bishop

 
Stand Alone
SewPrecise 1
Sew Precise! Collection. 1 & 2

Foundation Paper Piecing Software, stand alone programs or open in EQ

Stand Alone
SewPrecise 3
Sew Precise! Col. 3, Shirley Liby Designs

Stand Alone
SewPrecise 4
Sew Precise! Collection 4, Donna McDade Designs

C-Shell CD Case
C-Shell

strong, flexible, thin, translucent CD case

EQ's Stash CDs
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Fall 08Stash Spring 2008Stash Fall 2005Stash Spring 2005Stash Spring 2004Stash Fall 2003 Stash Fall 202 Stash Fall 2001 Spring 2001

Books with Electric Quilt Companion Software

Stand Alone
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Stitched with Love

By Robyn Pandolph
Book with Folk Art theme
Includes Design CD
Encyclopedia of Quilt Blocks
Encyclopedia of Quilt Blocks

by Barbara Brackman
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requires EQ5 or EQ6
EQ5 Angle Play CD
EQ5 AnglePlay

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Book & or SoftwareDear Jane
Stand Alone
Dear Jane Design Software
Predesigned quilts, you can recolor, or work from scratch using Dear Jane's extensive libraries of layouts, blocks, and fabrics
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Dear Jane Design Software
or EQ5 or EQ6
Dear Hannah
Dear Hannah Book
w Optional Companion Block CD

A long awaited sequel, Dear Hannah features all new vintage patterns, with charming letters to her granddaughter, Hannah.

Other Authors who have created CDs with Blocks for Electric Quilt inspired by books

Dear Jane
Civil War Diary Quilt

by Rosemary Youngs
Book OR EQ Blocks CD NOTE: EQ software required
Book &/OR CD
Civil War Love Letter Quilt Book & CD
Civil War Love Letter Quilt

by Rosemary Youngs
Book or EQ Blocks CD NOTE: EQ Software required
Quilted Diamonds
Quilted Diamonds

by Linda Franz
Optional EQ5 Blks CD

Quilted Diamonds 2
Quilted Diamonds 2 with DVD

by Linda Franz
Optional EQ Blocks CD

EQ Printable Colorfast Printer Fabric

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EQ Printable
Colorfast Printer
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Inkjet Cotton
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Sheet Packs come in quantities of 6 or 50 & available in 3 Sizes
Premium Cotton Satin
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81/2" x 11"
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Quilter's Sampler Package

Colorfast Printer Fabric
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Clear Overlay

12 Sheets for use in
inkjet or laser printers
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