Behind the Mouse: The Electric Quilt Blog

Thanks to everyone who participated in last month’s design challenge! You can view all the quilt designs submitted here. Winners Two winners were selected by Kimberly Einmo and Benartex! Congratulations to…. Winner 1 (Kimberly’s Pick): Marion Miles Winner 2 (Benartex’s Pick): Deborah S Eilert A Note from Kimberly Einmo “GREAT job by everyone who submitted a design. I truly loved them all! ” – Kimberly Einmo Honorable Mentions Don’t forget to look at all the amazing submissions to this challenge. Here are a few honorable mentions! More Chances to Win Winnie-the-Pooh from Riley Blake is December’s Fabric of the Month! Download the collection and enter our design challenge for another chance to win some fabric!

It’s hard to believe we’ve reached the end of 2025! We have a very cute collection to finish out the year, as December’s Fabric of the Month is Winnie-the-Pooh by Echo Park for Riley Blake! The Winnie the Pooh collection by Echo Park captures the charm of childhood nostalgia with delightful designs inspired by good friends and grand adventures. Featuring a soft palette of green, cream, blue, brown, and sunshine, this collection showcases beloved characters, playful bees, classic plaid, and a whimsical map of the Hundred Acre Wood. Perfect for cozy quilts and crafts, this “silly old bear” collection brings timeless stories of friendship to life. A bundle of these fabrics will be given away to three lucky winners! Submit your EQ design featuring Winnie-the-Pooh below…all instructions and contest details are in this post. Good luck! To enter In order to enter for the giveaway you must submit a quilt using the current

Welcome to the EQ8 Block Spotlight! Each month we highlight a block from the EQ8 Block Library with a few design ideas. Then we want you to show us what you can do with the block. We hope these posts will inspire you to try something new and expand your EQ skills! Don’t forget to comment on other quilter’s designs too. Let’s build each other up! This month’s block: Silver Maple Where to find it: 03 Foundation Pieced > Leaves Design ideas to spark your creativity When you set four Silver Maple blocks together and rotate them around, they make an interesting star pattern. I decided to use that as the center of an on-point medallion quilt. This would make a fun baby quilt for a space-themed nursery! For my second quilt I challenged myself to use the featured block in a border design. I used the Tile On Point border style and

Thanks to everyone who participated in last month’s design challenge! You can view all the quilt designs submitted here. Winners Three winners were selected by QT Fabrics! Congratulations to…. Winner 1: Becky Mosca Winner 2: Shelly Toner Winner 3: Jan Beckert Honorable Mentions Don’t forget to look at all the amazing submissions to this challenge. Here are a few honorable mentions! More Chances to Win Cheeto’s World from Benartex is November’s Fabric of the Month! Download the collection and enter our design challenge for another chance to win some fabric!

This contest is now closed. Winners will be announced soon! November’s Fabric of the Month is here, and what a cute collection! This month’s featured collection is Cheeto’s World by Kimberly Einmo for Benartex. Cheeto is an orange and white tabby with “cattitude!” He’s a rescue kitty, well known in the quilting world as Janome Sewing Machine’s honorary mascot. As the #1 Quality Control Manager for his human, Kimberly Einmo, he spends his days with her in the quilting studio. His legions of fans and Instagram followers (@janome_cat) adore his silly antics and uncanny ability to be ready when it’s time to be on camera. Cheeto’s personality and playful interaction with his rescue-kitty siblings are the inspiration for this whimsical and vibrant collection of colorful prints, guaranteed to make you smile. As Kimberly fondly says, “It’s Cheeto’s World. We just get to live in it.” A bundle of these fabrics will

Our newest add-on for EQ8, Simple Starts, is meant to inspire and help beginner quilters! We are so excited for all of you who have purchased it and are on your way to creating a project you’ll love! We’d love to see what you create, upload photos to our Quilt Gallery so we can see! In fact, Simple Starts sparked inspiration right here in the EQ headquarters! One of our newest employees, Monica, had never made a quilt before and decided to give it a try! After browsing through the 144 quilts in the add-on, she chose the wall-hanging version of Cassiopeia’s Dream. Prior to this, Monica worked in the biotech industry. Now she mainly works in Customer Service but is also involved in Marketing and Product Development. She said, “Working at EQ and with my amazing coworkers has done wonders for my mental health. I also love our customers! I have met