AccuQuilt/Electric Quilt Challenge Blog Hop

Welcome to the start of the AccuQuilt/Electric Quilt Challenge Blog Hop. 

This last September Accuquilt and Electric Quilt sponsored a fun challenge where quilters could submit quilt designs using EQ software that would work for any AccuQuilt GO! dies. This challenge was commonly known as the AccuQuilt/Electric Quilt Challenge. The winner won all of the dies that were introduced in the Fall of 2010, with the understanding that their winning design would be owned by AccuQuilt.

The idea of a blog hop was created thinking that it would be fun to share insights on quilt designs that were submitted to this challenge, as well as insights on creating designs using EQ software that would work on AccuQuilt dies. 

I'm excited to kick off this blog hop and share some of the simple EQ designs that I created for this challenge.  I hope that they may give you ideas on what you too can create using AccuQuilt Dies, as well as how much fun it can be to use EQ to create your own unique designs. Colors that I selected for these designs was my attempt to pick colors that worked with AccuQuilt's colors.

Simple design using the Chisel die, 3" HST, 3" strip and 1" strip die: 

Table runner using the chisel die,3" HST,  3" strip and the 1" strip dies:

Table runner using the chisel die,3" HST, 3" strip and the 1" strip dies:

Quilt using chisel die,3" HST, 3" strip and the 1" strip dies:

Versions of this simple design could easily be turned into quilts, wallhangings or table toppers.  It uses the 6" square die, Circle die, and the 3" strip die.

I call this little design, which I think would be fun for a wallhanging or table topper, "Candy Bars and Cookies".  It uses the 3x6 rectangle die (which I call the Candy Bar die) and the circle die.

Here is a wallhanging design I created using the beautiful Ricky Tims' Arabasque dies.

I certainly had fun using EQ to create designs with the Drunkards Path die.

I hope you will have fun this week visiting the blogs that are participating in this hop.  Here is what we have scheduled:. 

Monday., Jan 24th - SewCalGal (where you are starting out today) 


Tuesday., Jan 25th - Marjorie of Marjorie's Quilting Bee has been sharing insights on using EQ to create amazing quilt designs using AccuQuilt products for quite some time.  Her Blog is also a weath of information on using EQ to create beautful blocks and quilts using AccuQuilt dies, so I also hope you take time to "search" her blog for prior posts on "AccuQuilt", "Electric Quilt" and "EQ" topics.


Wed., Jan 26th -  Kim of Chatterbox Quilts will be sharing  insights on her entry(s) in the  AccuQuilt/Electric Quilt Challenge, along with some tips.

Thursday., Jan 27th - Judy Danz is the winner of the AccuQuilt/Electric Quilt Challenge and she'll be sharing insights on her winning entry to this fun challenge. 

Friday., Jan 28th - SewCalGal will share more tips on how you can use EQ to help design quilts, and other items, for AccuQuilt products.  And,a special  giveaway sponsored by AccuQuilt will be announced.

I also encourage other Bloggers with AccuQuilt and Electric Quilt to share designs they may have submitted to this challenge and/or their insights on using EQ to create designs using AccuQuilt products, on their blogs too!

Update to original post:  To clarify, the AccuQuilt/Electric Quilt Challenge was held September 2010.  It is over.  This blog hop isn't a contest, but a way to share designs that were entered into that challenge and/or insights on using EQ to design items that can be made using AccuQuilt dies.  I also encourage other bloggers to blog about these topics, especially this week.  Let's encourage others to play with EQ and everyone to share ideas about designs for AccuQuilt products.