Electric Quilt Classes


Do you own EQ6?

Or even EQ7?

Never really got to grips with it?

Feel you could do more?

 

Come and make a start in 2011 on Sept 10th.

We offer hands-on classes

Get going with EQ6/7

 Further Fun with EQ6/7

 Creating Quilts with EQ6/7


at our evening classes venue -


The Old Station, Station Approach, Station Road, Stone,

ST15 8ER.

(easily accessible from M6 and A34, M1 and A50; one hour’s driving time from Birmingham, Manchester, Chester, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Leicester………. not to mention Bradford, Burnley and Dunstable)


Maximum of 10 students

Fee: £40

Tea, coffee and our famous chocolate biscuits throughout the day


Get Going with EQ6/7

What the course will do

By the end of the day you will be able to use EQ6/7 confidently and be ready to go on to explore its many possibilities with the aid of the User Manual. You will know how to access the Libraries, use the Sketchbook, use some of the tools on the Drawing Board, design and colour a quilt, print out fabric yardages, templates and rotary cutting instructions. You will also take home a fully illustrated booklet of detailed step by step instructions covering all the material presented in class.


Further Fun with EQ6/7

What the course will do

By the end of the day you will be able to draw your own blocks in EQ. You will have learnt about 'nodes', 'snapping', graph paper and grids. You will be able to draw straight lines(!), curves and arcs. The 'clone' button will demystified, rotate and flip explained. You will have a chance to sample the delights of 'wreathmaker' and 'serendipity'. You should leave confident enough to explore the further possibilities of EQ drawing with the aid of the User Manual. You will also take home a fully illustrated booklet of step by step instructions covering all the material presented in class.

Creating Quilts with EQ6/7

What the course will do

By the end of the day you will be able to use your own blocks to create a stunning variety of quilts. We will revise designing and colouring your own blocks and retrieving blocks from the Libraries. From there we will explore the Quilt menu to make horizontal quilts, on-point quilts, Tumbling Blocks and other diamond and triangle designs. We will explore the quilt design libraries and discover using quilt blocks as setting templates. The many possibilites for border design will be examined and you will have the opportunity to design a medallion quilt too. In adddition the Serendipity, Recolour and Swap tools will be explained. As usual you will have a fully illustrated step-by-step booklet to take home with you.

All these classes will cover aspects of EQ7 as well so if you've upgraded, or bought from new, EQ6 classes will be of assistance.

Dates for 2011 are Saturday May 14th and Sept 10th.

Book your class here - September


You will need to bring:-


a laptop with EQ6 loaded and activated plus the power cable and a mouse for the laptop

Notebook and pen

Your lunch

Suitable reading glasses and soothing eyedrops


Important Information

There is no internet access at The Station. You will need to ensure that your copy of EQ6/7 has been activated on the computer you are bringing to class otherwise you will not be able to access it. Instructions came with the disc and are on page 8 of the user manual.



Find out more about EQ7, EQ6, or upgrade from EQ5 at Rio Designs or go to the EQ website

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