Presents
from
22 unique & stylish projects
for the home: 8 quilts, 3 table runners, 7 pillows, 1 floor cushion and
3 bags.
Plus 9 bonus projects. All
with clear, step-by-step illustrated sewing instructions for all skill
levels.
Print patterns, yardage charts,
and sew. Preview some of the projects here.
Here's a taste of a few of
Amy's fabulous quilts, table runners, pillows and bags!
Sew them as designed – or
customize in thousands of possible ways using the software's tools and
virtual swatches of Amy's vibrant fabrics.

Amy Butler is a fabric, home, fashion and print designer known for her modern approach to botanical,
geometric and romantic inspirations. With spirited color and confident combinations of print,
Amy has created a freshened view of the many product categories she now designs.
Price: £19.95 Inc. UK
1st Class postage and VAT
Secure
Ordering available
Can you sew these blocks?

If you can, then you can sew
these too!


Introducing Kaleidoscope Collection
by Andrea Bishop
with over 500 kaleidoscope
style foundation blocks for EQ5 & EQ6.
|
The CD installs these blocks right into the EQ5 or EQ6 Block Library so you'll be using them in seconds. |
![]() |
Over 500 blocks
Huge variety of styles: Stars,
compasses,
pinwheels, flowers, eight-pointed
stars and more.
No drawing skills required
These blocks are ready to
recolour and set into layouts in EQ5 or EQ6.
Enough blocks for hundreds
of projects with no block used twice!
Print any size
These “sew-fast” foundations
are pre numbered and ready
to print from EQ5 or EQ6 in
ANY size.
Easy to sew
Each block has 8 precisely
marked units, making even the most complex
blocks easy enough for beginners.
Sew each unit.
Join the units and the block
is done!
Or skip sections as you sew
to simplify your unit.
Creative to design with
Enlarge for medallions, group
for samplers. Any combination works together perfectly.
Great for use with EQ6’s new
Rotate Fabric tool.

Two corner styles for variety
Choose from star point corners
or strong diagonals—
each produces a different
secondary design effect.
Twelve free web lessons
Join the club! The Kaleidoscope
Collectors will use EQ5/EQ6 and this Kaleidoscope Collection CD
for 12 lessons. Learn to modify
a block, try out quilt design variations,
draw from scratch, and learn
to rotate fabric
to complement
the Kaleidoscope design.
Andrea Bishop is a well known
EQ staff member, the EQ Webmaster,
and a designer who knows EQ5
and EQ6 inside and out.
She wrote the EQ6 User Manual
and is EQ’s “go-to person” on drawing difficult blocks.
As an EQ educator, Andrea
has made dozens of appearances on
America Quilts Creatively,
QNN-TV, and Quilting Arts television shows.
* The block patterns cannot
be printed directly from the CD.
The block patterns, projects,
and fabrics are installed into EQ5 or EQ6.
Use EQ5 software or EQ6 software
to print the patterns.
Price: £19.95 Inc. UK
Postage & Vat
Secure
Ordering available
The block patterns and projects
are installed into EQ5 or EQ6.
Use EQ5 software or EQ6 software
to print the patterns. Use these projects with EQ5 or EQ6.
* The block patterns cannot be printed directly from the CD.
CD includes
• 15 dolls
• 32 quilts
• 127 blocks
• 282 motifs
• EQ5 and
EQ6 projects
• My Dream
House Block Library
• BONUS
Children's Doll House project on PDF
Using EQ5 or EQ6, modify Angie's
prize winning designs for fused or needle-turn appliqué in any size
you prefer.
Make Angie's quilts as designed.
Create your own pillows, tote bags, wall hangings, and quilts using her
motifs.
Quickly print Angie's designs
onto pre-treated photo fabric, cut out, fuse and quilt.
So easy! You're the "interior
designer" for your own Dream House projects.
Includes seasonal decorations — decorate your dream house for the holidays!
Contains blank houses to fill
with furniture and accessories. Perfect for children/grandchildren projects.
Make furniture repositional
by backing with flannel to "stick" to your house.
Price : £16.95 - Inc. UK Postage & VAT
Sue Spargo's folk-art imagery,
melding African mystery with English charm,
reflects her multi-cultural
roots in Africa and England.
Her projects can combine wools
and cottons, with beads, button and embroidery embellishment.
Learn to blend wool, cotton
and embellishments, creating easy folk-art appliqué projects using
this stand-alone software.
Fuse, needle-turn, or print
the designs right onto fabric!
Make it like Sue or make it you!
* 16 projects
* 190 blocks
* 1300
fabrics
* over
1500 design elements
* dozens
of quilt layouts
* quilt
design tools
* sewing
instructions
* video
interviews with Sue
* quilt
photo gallery
* endless
fun!
Choose your project
Choose one of Sue's projects,
or a blank quilt or pillow layout.
Select blocks and fabrics
Select from 190 blocks. Fill
your layout, or modify Sue's. Mix & match, rotate, rearrange,
choose from 1300 fabrics and
recolour.
Recolour your blocks with fabrics
from Sue's special palettes. Find fabrics by color, or in ready-made color
combinations arranged in special
"Sue Spargo palettes."
Print perfect patterns for
your quilt. Print templates, rotary cutting charts, yardage estimates and
more.
You can also print coloured
pictures of each block, and of the whole quilt.
The Quilt Info sheet will
give you the information you need on
quilt, block, border and sash
sizes, plus any notes you keep in the program.
Watch video interviews with
Sue. See embroidery and
embellishment tips, plus a
gallery of quilts for color ideas.
Price: £18.95 inc. UK
postage & VAT
Secure
Ordering available
A year of beautiful quilts…
Resize, recolour, print patterns
and sewing instructions, print and read selected workshops,
features, lessons and tips
from experts.
Articles from the 2007 Issues
Read a selection of the best articles from Quilters Newsletter's 2007 issues:
• Two-colour binding
• Landscape postcards
• Yo-yo flowers
• Raw-edge appliqué
• Three-patch triangles
• Tumbling blocks by machine
• Perfect Feathered Stars
• Skinny bias stems
• Quilt sleeves/labels • Foolproof trapunto
• Color ideas from Roberta Horton,
Kaffe Fassett & Liza Prior Lucy
• Using ethnic fabrics
• Altering fabrics with bleach
• Embellished family history quilts
• Papercut appliqué
• And much more…
Quilters Newsletter Archives
Read a selection of the best articles from Quilters Newsletter's past issues:
Taking the Math Out
This 13-part series includes almost every yardage chart from one of the most sought after out-of-print quilt books—
now updated for rotary cutting! Charts for:
• lone star quilts
• diamonds
• half-square triangles
• quarter-square triangles
• hexagons • equilateral triangles
• quilt backs
• borders
• bindingFudge Factor
4 articles full of tips & tricks for successful machine quiltmaking.Favourable Settings
10 articles on choosing the best blocks for each quilt setting style.Use these Quilts as Designed...or Become a Designer!
Intrepid Travellers by Susan Ennis
Make these beautiful quilts exactly as they appeared in Quilters Newsletter.
Or use the software to design your own quilts. It's easy!Learn from the Pros!
Discover the latest techniques for machine stitching.![]()
Learn how quilt artists work with color.
Read the stories behind the cover quilts.
ResizeAdd or remove borders and sashing. Change sizes in a snap!
![]()
Crossed Canoes by Peggy Gelbrich
Recolour
Hundreds of fabric swatches to choose from. Just point and click to recolour.![]()
Stars of England by Kaffe Fassett
RedesignStart from any of the 31 quilts included.
![]()
Emerald Spring by Nancy Rink • Sew Many Pieces by Sandra A. Russ
• Cosmic Odyssey by Doris Wells • Tulip Baskets by Becky Goldsmith
• Diamonds and Arrowheads by Peggy Gelbrich • Winter Garden by Liz Jones
• The Comet by Jan Beckert • Miss Kitty by Janine Holzman
Print any pattern any size • templates
• rotary cutting
• foundations![]()
• sewing instructions
• yardage estimates
• border patterns... great for
pantographs too!Stand-alone software. Also fully compatible with EQ6! CD includes:
• 31 quilt projects
• 90 articles
• Quilt design tools
• Color tools
• Border tools
• Bonus blocks & fabrics
• Help videosPrice; £18.95 - Inc. UK Postage & VAT
Companion CD in association with C & T Publishing
Margaret J Miller's
If you have EQ5, Margaret J.
Miller’s new Half-RECTANGLE Triangle shape will open a world
of inventive design possibilities
now you can play with these designs in EQ5.
Combine AnglePlay™ blocks
and layouts for quilts that look so complex, but are so easy to cut and
sew.
Traditional Ohio Star
using Half-Square Triangles
Modified Ohio Star
using Half-Rectangle Triangles
Quick to cut – simple to sew
– surprising effects!
The magic of AnglePlay™ quilts
is the change in the angle of the diagonal seam as the grid unit
changes from square to rectangular,
and from one rectangle shape to another.
This EQ5 Companion CD includes:
* All 84 blocks from the AnglePlay™
Blocks book
* Bonus 225 additional AnglePlay™
blocks
* 18 new custom AnglePlay™
quilt layouts
* Over 600 fabrics in a new
library
* A bonus palette of fabrics
Margaret J. Miller is the author
of six books, and a studio quiltmaker who travels widely, giving lectures
and workshops
on colour and design. She
is known for her innovative work “changing the angle” in patchwork design,
and is the inventor of the
AnglePlay™ templates for rotary cutting the HalfRECTANGLE triangle shape.
Margaret lives near Seattle,
Washington.
* The block patterns cannot
be printed directly from the CD. The block patterns, projects,
and fabrics are installed
into EQ5 or EQ6. Use EQ5 or 6 software to print the patterns.
Price: £14.40 - Inc. UK Postage & Vat @ 17.5%
The Electric Quilt Company
celebrates one of America's most popular and prolific designer's 35 years
of quiltmaking with this
"Collector's Edition" CD-ROM
of over 200 of Judy Martin' favourite original star block designs.
You'll see stars! Choose from
exciting variations on Lone Stars, Compass Point Stars, Friendship Stars,
LeMoyne Stars,
Ohio Stars, Variable Stars
and more - from easy to masterpiece blocks! Each is a beautiful Judy Martin
original with it's own piecing diagram.
Judy's suggestions for sashing
& sets, plus a quilt photo gallery from quilters all over the world,
will spark your creativity
and give you fabric colouring ideas.
Choose your quilt layout.
Choose from 50 bed-sized quilts, 77 special sets and sashed quilts, or
26 ready-made quilts.
These stunnng quilts are just
waiting for your star block and fabric choices. You can print templates
or rotary cutting patterns for everything.
Blocks
Fill your layout with star
blocks, or add any of the additional 200 alternate blocks Judy suggests
to create stunning
combinations of stars and
chains, LeMoyne grids, crossing designs and more.
It's easy to create that star-sprinkled
Judy Martin look with the right blocks.
Fabrics
Recolour your blocks with fabrics
from Judy's special palettes. Find fabrics by color,
or in ready-made color combinations
arranged in special "Judy Martin palettes."
Print perfect patterns for
your quilt. Print rotary cutting charts and templates, yardage estimates
and more.
You can also print coloured
pictures of each block, and of the whole quilt. The Quilt Info sheet will
give you the
information you need on quilt,
block, border and sash sizes, plus any notes you keep in the program.
No one knows rotary cutting
like Judy Martin! As the author of 17 quilt books, and former editor of
Quilter's Newsletter Magazine,
she has real rotary cutting
savvy. Find out how even your pin size can make a difference, and many
more hints for perfect cutting and piecing.
Price £21.95 inc. UK Postage & VAT
Order your copy on our secure order form
NOTE - ALL require EQ5 or EQ6 Software - they are NOT stand alone
System Requirements: as for EQ5 - only 5 MB Hard Disk space required
1. Folk Art Blocks

19th-century appliqué blocks. Perfect for Civil War quilts and more. The blocks on this CD date from 1850-1900, a period known for red and green appliqué,
appliqué samplers and quilts featuring four large appliqué blocks. This collection is perfect for Civil War or late Victorian reproduction quilts — or new quilts with country charm.
Package includes: Folk Art block pattern CD with 200 patterns from 1850-1900 for use in EQ5 or EQ6.
![]()
Price: £16.45 Inc. Vat and UK Postage
160 block patterns for your EQ5 or EQ6 software from 1846-1852. Masterpieces of appliqué art in the largest collection of Baltimore Album Blocks ever offered!
This collections contains the most ornate blocks, from a quilt style that developed in Baltimore, Maryland around 1846-1852.
Typically, exquisitely sewn Baltimore Album quilts were presented as gifts, inscribed with mottos and autographs by those contributing blocks.
Today, antique Baltimore Album quilts bring higher prices than any other quilt.Package includes: Baltimore Album block pattern CD with 160 patterns from 1846-1852 for use in EQ5.
![]()
Price: £16.45 Inc. Vat and UK Postage
3. 1920's & 1930's Blocks
![]()
140 block patterns for your EQ5 or EQ6 software from 1920-1950. A beautiful selection of popular appliqué patterns from the jazz age up to World War II.
These vintage blocks represent a time of popular revival of quilt interest, and the birth of the quilt industry and quilt guilds. From World War I on,
fabric notion companies, newspapers and magazines increasingly published old block patterns and invented new ones.
So the blocks on the CD are mainly from the first quarter or the 20th century, but includes blocks from the 1940's and 1950's.Package includes: 1920's and 1930's block pattern CD with 140 patterns from 1920-1950 for use in EQ5 or EQ6
![]()
Price: £16.45 Inc. Vat and UK Postage
Secure Ordering available
Look for the special 'bundle' deal on the order form!
Town and Country Patchwork
Paper Piecing patterns by Cori Derkson & Myra Harder
30 Projects to Paper Piece![]()
This easy-to-use software is perfect for fans of paper piecing, new quilters and new computer users. Learn from popular authors,
Myra Harder and Cori Derksen, as they share their charming designs plus step-by-step instructions for paper piecing.
Use the designs as Cori and Myra suggest, or add your own personal touches.
Included in the program are help videos, paper piecing instructions for all 30 projects, a printable user manual with fun lessons,
and so much more. Follow the steps below and you will create the most beautiful Town & Country Patchwork quilts in no time!![]()
Choose your project. Choose from 30 delightful projects in warm and appealing fabric colours from Cori and Myra.
Each project is unique and easy to paper piece.![]()
Change any quilt to make it your own. Choose from 105 blocks and a large array of fabrics (sky, roof, sunset, grass, etc.)
to create your own designs, while still using Cori and Myra's layouts. You'll have fun building your own villages.
![]()
Your computer and printer do all the work! The foundation patterns print in the correct size for all projects.
Patterns are numbered and ready to go. You can also print each block, the quilt, and the template patterns.
And the Quilt Info Sheet gives you all the information you need on quilt, block, border, and sash sizes.
It also prints note card information.![]()
Learn from Cori and Myra as they share their step-by-step instructions for paper piecing.
In the Learn tab, you can view paper piecing instructions for each project in Town & Country Patchwork to make it easier for
you to complete your finished quilts!This is a standalone product and requires Windows 98 Upwards (Not NT)
64MB Ram, Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher, Windows Media Player and 400 MB Hard Disk SpacePRICE: £21.95 - Inc. VAT and UK Postage
Secure Ordering available
EQ Printables
6 New printing mediums
- 1. Foundation Sheets - Perfect for Paper Piecing - 25 sheets of a non woven material made especially for foundation piecing. Runs through your printer like paper and tears away easily.
- Is translucent - easy to see through - and will not dull your sewing machine needles. May be left in for greater stability - washes beautifully without shrinking.
- PRICE - £8.15 - for 25 Sheets - 8½" x 11" - Inc. 1st Class UK Postage & VAT
- 2. Clear Overlay Sheets -The Clear Overlay Sheets are transparent, plastic sheets. Eliminate the need for a light box. Just print (copy or trace) your appliqué design onto an Overlay Sheet.
- Then use the printed design to help position your appliqué patches (with no need for marking on your background fabric). Perfect for hand or machine appliqué.
- You can also use them to plan free-motion embroidery stitch color and direction by colouring in your design with non-permanent markers, then wiping the design off and trying other colours.
- Or print quilting designs onto the Overlay Sheet, then trace and retrace, using non-permanent markers on the back, to build muscle memory. Clear plastic sheets for inkjet and laser printing.
- Accurately place your appliqué designs. No light box needed. Instructions included
- PRICE - £8.95 for a pack of 12 (8½" x 11") Inc. 1st Class UK Postage & VAT
- 3. Peel and Stick Fabric Sheets - For Ink jet/Bubble Jet Printers 100% Cotton (200 tpi) for printing sharp, photo Quality Images from your computer.
- Perfect for covering anything you want with soft fabric, printed with your own images - e.g.. Mouse Mats etc.
- PRICE - £17.95 for 6 sheets - 8½" x 11" - Inc. 1st Class UK Postage & VATe
- 4. Ink jet Fabric Sheets Perfect for Photo Projects. Prepare image on your computer - either by scanning or using an existing design - print onto the fabric sheets via your printer -
- allow ink to dry for 15 minutes - soak in room temperature water for 10 minutes - gently rinse - lay flat to dry -cut to size and sew into your project.
- Pack contains 6 fabric sheets which are washable, colourfast and dry cleanable
- PRICE - £15.25 for 6 sheets - 8½" x 11" - Inc. 1st Class UK Postage & VAT. - Packs of 50 - £91.95 - Inc. 1st Class UK Postage & VAT.
- 5. Inkjet Fabric Sheets - Premium Cotton Lawn - Smooth surface produces brilliant printed images of unmatchable clarity and sharpness.
- The warm white fabric makes photo complexions glow - When only the best will do for for those special Wedding, anniversary and other memory projects.
- PRICE - £17.45 for 6 sheets - 8½" x 11" - Inc. 1st Class UK Postage & VAT. - Packs of 50 - 96.95 Inc. 1st Class UK Postage & VAT.
- 6. Inkjet Fabric Sheets - Premium Cotton Satin - Special Satin Weave finish produces brilliant printed images of unmatchable clarity and sharpness.
- For when your photo projects require a sturdy fabric with a bit more body than quilt-weight.
- PRICE - £17.95 for 6 sheets - 8½" x 11" - Inc. 1st Class UK Postage & VAT. - Packs of 50 - £99.95 - Inc. 1st Class UK Postage & VAT.
Return to Home Page
To Electric Quilt 6 Details
Page Updated January 1st 2010 by The Man from Rio
VAT rate Change
Acknowledgements and thanks to The Electric Quilt Company for using some of their graphics
©2010 Rio Designs & The Electric Quilt Company