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Reference Articles For All Products
Reference Support articles are topics on how to use different features of the software. These articles are usually found in the software Help files or in the user manual.
Searching
Workspace Basics
- Adjusting for Inches or Centimeters
- Adjusting the On-Screen Size of Blocks
- Block Toolbar
- Blocks as Line Drawings, Grayscale or Colored
- Customize the Workspace
- Display Toolbar
- Getting Help
- Library Panel
- Mac Menus
- Navigating Blocks and Display Options
- Preferences
- Preview a Block in Sample Quilt Layouts
- Print Preview Toolbar
- Search Panel
- Setting Up Your Printer
- Viewing Each Block’s Information
- Windows Menus
Block Viewer
Notecard Panel
Toolbars and Menus
Navigation Panel
Frequently Asked Questions
- A Special Note about the Block Patterns
- How do I find similar blocks?
- How were the blocks colored?
- Is there a user manual?
- My PDF pattern does not print in the correct size.
- Top Ways to Get Started with EQ8
- Understanding How to Save in EQ8
- What does “Search is too broad” mean?
- What is the number with each block?
Working with Photos and Fabric
- 3D
- Add to Sketchbook as a Fabric
- Adding Special Effects
- Adjust Histogram
- Adjusting the Color Depth
- Artistic
- Blur
- Brightness/Contrast
- Channel Mixer
- Choosing Effects
- Choosing Filters
- Circular Symmetries
- Color Accent
- Color Balance
- Colorize
- Comparing Fabric and Photos
- Create Colorway
- Creating Fabric from Photos
- Cropping
- Cropping to the Fabric Repeat
- Displaying Images
- Distort
- Edge Detection
- Equalize Histogram
- Getting the Correct Fabric Scale
- How to Photograph Fabrics for Use in EQ8
- How to Scan Fabric for Use in EQ8
- Hue Map
- Hue/Saturation/Lightness
- Image Worktable Options
- Image Information
- Importing Fabric from the Web, Camera, or Scanner
- Importing Images of a Photo
- Noise
- Pixelate
- Red/Green/Blue
- Resize Image
- Rotate, Shear and Straighten Image
- Rotating and Straightening a Fabric Scan
- Sharpen/Unsharp Mask
- Square Symmetries
- Using the Image Tools
Working with Fabric Scans
- Add to Sketchbook as a Fabric
- Comparing Fabric and Photos
- Creating Fabric from Photos
- Cropping to the Fabric Repeat
- Getting the Correct Fabric Scale
- How to Download a Manufacturer’s Fabrics for Use in EQ8
- How to Photograph Fabrics for Use in EQ8
- How to Scan Fabric for Use in EQ8
- Importing Fabric from the Web, Camera, or Scanner
- Importing Fabric from Zip Files
- Rotating and Straightening a Fabric Scan
Making Adjustments
Adjusting the Color
Adjusting the Brightness
Applying Effects
Applying Filters
Applying Symmetries
Tools and Menus
- Adjust Tool
- Applique Edit Tool
- Applique Pick Tool
- Applique Text Tool
- Auto Borders
- Bezier Curve Tool
- Blocks Palette and Project Sketchbook Context Menu
- Brush Stroke Tool
- Colors Palette and Project Sketchbook Context Menu
- EasyDraw Arc Tool
- EasyDraw Edit Tools
- EasyDraw Grid Tool
- EasyDraw Line Tool
- EasyDraw Pick Tool
- Ellipse Tool
- Embroidery Palette and Project Sketchbook Context Menu
- Embroidery Tools
- Erase Block Tool
- Eyedropper Tool
- Eyedropper Tool
- Fabrics Palette and Project Sketchbook Context Menu
- Flip Tool
- Freehand Tool
- Fussy Cut Tool
- Line Tool
- Paintbrush Tool
- Paintbrush Tool
- Photo Tools
- Photos Palette and Project Sketchbook Context Menu
- PolyArc Tool
- PolyDraw Edit Tool
- PolyDraw Pick Tool
- PolyLine Tool
- Quilts Context Menu
- Randomize Tool
- Rectangle Tool
- Rotate Fabric Tool
- Rotating Blocks
- Select & Spray Tool
- Select Tool
- Set Block Tool
- Spraycan Tool
- Swap Color Tool
- Swath Tool
- Symmetry Tool
- Thread Palette and Project Sketchbook Context Menu
- Thread Tools
- Wreathmaker Tool
Menus
- Blocks Palette and Project Sketchbook Context Menu
- Colors Palette and Project Sketchbook Context Menu
- Embroidery Palette and Project Sketchbook Context Menu
- Fabrics Palette and Project Sketchbook Context Menu
- Photos Palette and Project Sketchbook Context Menu
- Quilts Context Menu
- Thread Palette and Project Sketchbook Context Menu
Quilt Worktable: Block Tools
Quilt Worktable: Fabric Tools
Other Quilt Design Tools
Block Worktable: EasyDraw Tools
Block Worktable: PolyDraw Tools
Block Worktable: Applique Tools
Block Worktable: Fabric & Thread Tools
About Project files
- BlockBase Projects – Opening in EQ7
- Compress a Project
- Creating New Projects
- Creating New Projects
- Deleting a Project
- EQ Project – Sending from Computer A to Computer B
- EQ8 Project Helper
- Open a Project from a Previous Version of EQ in EQ8
- Opening Dear Jane Projects in EQ7
- Opening Projects
- Opening Projects
- Save Current Fabrics as Default
- Saving Projects
- Saving Projects
- Saving Projects for EQ7 in EQStitch
- Starting a New Quilt Design
- Starting a New Quilt Design
- Understanding How to Save in EQ8
- Where is the My EQ8 folder on a Mac?
Coloring
- Can’t Color Area Where Vine Loops Over Itself
- Can’t Scroll Through Fabrics
- Cannot Color Patches in EQ7 Quilt
- Color Leaks into Other Parts of the Block
- Coloring of Blocks Not Showing in Sketchbook
- Fabric Scan Has a White Line Through It
- Missing Block or Fabric Palette
- Using your Phone, Tablet or Camera to “Scan” Fabrics
Designing Quilts
- Adding a Plain Block to a Quilt
- Adding a Quilt to the Sketchbook
- Adjusting for Inches or Centimeters
- Adjusting Multiple Blocks At a Time
- Adjusting One Block At a Time
- Adjusting the Clipping Edge of the Quilt
- Adjusting the Stacking Order
- Baby Blocks Layout
- Bargello – How to Design
- Block Drawings Disappear When Set on Quilt
- Block Size – Can I Make Blocks Larger than 48″?
- Block Size in EQ7
- Blocks – Need More Blocks in My Layout
- Blocks in Border
- Border Styles
- Borderless Quilts
- Borders – Need More or Wider Borders
- Coloring Quilts and Blocks
- Create Quilt from Block
- Create Quilt from Block Not Working
- Custom Set – How Do I Increase the Size Allowed?
- Custom Set Layout
- Customizing the Layout Options
- Customizing the Quilt Grid Settings
- Designing a Triangle Quilt in EQ8
- Erase Quilt
- Erasing a Block
- Flipping and Skewing Blocks
- Horizontal Layout
- Horizontal Strip Layout
- Layer 3
- Moving Blocks
- Naming a Quilt
- Nudging Blocks in Size and Position
- On-Point Layout
- One Patch Layout
- One Patch Layout Styles
- Opening an Existing Quilt
- Photo Patchwork Layout
- Photo Patchwork Tools
- Quilt Worktable Options
- Resizing Blocks
- Rotating Blocks
- Sashing
- Setting Applique Text onto a Quilt
- Setting Blocks on Layer 1 of Custom Quilts
- Setting Blocks onto a Quilt
- Setting Default Options for New Quilts
- Setting Embroidery onto a Quilt
- Setting Fabric as a Background in a Custom Quilt
- Setting Photos onto a Quilt
- Starting a New Quilt from Scratch
- Starting with a Layout from the Library
- Starting with a Quick Quilt Project
- Strip Layout Styles
- The Virtual Border
- The Workspace Status Bar
- Turning a Photo into a Quilt
- Understanding Quilt Layers
- Using Copy and Paste to Set a Block
- Using Quilting Designs with EQ7
- Using the Borders Palette in EQ8
- Using the Custom Set Grid
- Using the Paintbrush Drag-Paint Tools
- Using the Quilt Rulers
- Using your Phone, Tablet or Camera to “Scan” Fabrics
- Variable Blocks Layout
- Variable Point Layout
- Vertical Strip Layout
- Viewing the Quilt Without Patch Lines
Quilt Basics
- Adding a Quilt to the Sketchbook
- Create Quilt from Block
- Naming a Quilt
- Opening an Existing Quilt
- Sashing
- Starting a New Quilt from Scratch
- Starting with a Layout from the Library
- Starting with a Quick Quilt Project
- The Workspace Status Bar
- Understanding Quilt Layers
- Using the Quilt Rulers
- Viewing the Quilt Without Patch Lines
Layouts
Borders
Setting Design Elements
Making Design Adjustments
- Adjusting for Inches or Centimeters
- Adjusting Multiple Blocks At a Time
- Adjusting One Block At a Time
- Adjusting the Clipping Edge of the Quilt
- Adjusting the Stacking Order
- Erasing a Block
- Flipping and Skewing Blocks
- Moving Blocks
- Nudging Blocks in Size and Position
- Resizing Blocks
- Rotating Blocks
- Using Copy and Paste to Set a Block
Coloring Quilts
Custom Set Quilts
Photo Patchwork
Quilt Options
Start New Quilt Tab
Adjust Layout Tab
Edit Borders Tab
Design Quilt Tab
- Adding a Plain Block to a Quilt
- Adding Blocks to the Sketchbook Palette
- Adding to the Sketchbook
- Coloring Individual Patches
- Coloring Multiple Patches
- Customizing Toolbars
- Erase Block Tool
- Export Image
- Fussy Cut Tool
- Move and Resize Palettes
- Print Pictures of Blocks and Quilts
- Printing Basics
- Printing Fabric Yardage Estimates
- Reset Palettes to Their Original Location
- Rotating and Flipping Blocks
- Setting a Block in a Quilt
- Setting a Fabric as a Solid Block
- Share to Facebook
- Swapping Colors in a Quilt
- Symmetry Tool
- The Status Bar
- Using the Quilt Rulers
Digitizing Designs
Drawing Blocks
- About Open and Closed Curves
- About the Background Patch
- Adding a Block to the Sketchbook
- Adjusting the Stacking Order
- Applique Blocks
- Applique Motif Block is Unexpectedly Smaller in EQ
- Applique Tools
- Applique Worktable Grid
- Bezier Curve Tool
- Block Size in EQ7
- Block Worktable Grid Options
- Block Worktable Options
- Brush Stroke Tool
- Changing the Order of Layers in Patches in EQ
- Checking PatchDraw Patches to Ensure They Are Closed
- Choosing the Right Tools for You
- Clone and Rotate Method
- Converting a Motif into a Block
- Converting Lines to Curves
- Copying Patches from One Block to Another
- Creating and Saving a Motif
- Deleting Lines in Patches
- Designing a Triangle Quilt in EQ8
- Drawing Applique
- Drawing Lines, Arcs and Grids
- EasyDraw Tools
- Editing a Block to the Worktable
- Editing EasyDraw Lines and Arcs
- Editing Nodes of a Patch
- Ellipse Tool
- Fussy Cut Tool
- Line Tool
- Moving, Copying and Deleting Segments
- Moving, Copying, Deleting Patches
- Pieced and Applique Blocks
- Pieced Blocks
- Pieced PatchDraw – Eliminating the “Sticky Blue Line”
- PolyArc Tool
- PolyDraw Edit Tool
- PolyDraw Pick Tool
- PolyDraw Tools
- PolyDraw Worktable Grids
- PolyLine Tool
- PosieMaker Tool
- Rectangle Tool
- Resizing Patches
- Resizing Segments
- Rotating and Flipping Patches
- Rotating and Flipping Segments
- Selecting Lines and Arcs
- Selecting Patches
- Serendipity Blocks
- Setting the Block Size
- Shapes Tool
- Shaping Curves
- Snapping to the EasyDraw Grid
- Spacebar Not Flipping Arcs in EasyDraw
- StarMaker Tool
- Starting a New Block from Scratch
- StencilMaker Tool
- Swath Tool
- The EasyDraw Precision Bar
- The PolyDraw Precision Bar
- Thread Tools
- Tracing an Image
- Tracing Image Crop Tool
- Tracing Image Resize Tool
- Using Graph Paper
- Using Guides to Draw Blocks
- Using the Block Rulers
- Using the WreathMaker
Types of Blocks
Block Drawing Basics
Setting Up the Worktable
Pieced Blocks Using EasyDraw
Pieced Blocks Using PolyDraw
Applique Blocks and Motifs
- About Open and Closed Curves
- About the Background Patch
- Adjusting the Stacking Order
- Applique Tools
- Applique Worktable Grid
- Bezier Curve Tool
- Brush Stroke Tool
- Converting a Motif into a Block
- Converting Lines to Curves
- Creating and Saving a Motif
- Drawing Applique
- Editing Nodes of a Patch
- Ellipse Tool
- Freehand Tool
- Line Tool
- Moving, Copying, Deleting Patches
- PosieMaker Tool
- Rectangle Tool
- Resizing Patches
- Rotating and Flipping Patches
- Selecting Patches
- Shapes Tool
- Shaping Curves
- StarMaker Tool
- StencilMaker Tool
- Swath Tool
- Using the WreathMaker
Coloring Blocks with Fabric and Threads
Draw Blocks by Tracing Images
Exporting & Sharing
- BlockBase+ Export Images (JPG and PNG)
- BlockBase+ Export SVG Dialog
- Convert an EQ8 PDF into an SVG File
- Create SVG Files from EQ8 PDFs
- Export a Metafile of a Block
- Export BlockBase+ Favorites for EQ
- Export Image
- Export Image
- Export Marquee Selection – Exported Lines Seem Faint
- Export Options
- Export Selection
- Exporting for Longarm Quilting Machines
- How to Export SVG Files
- How to Use BlockBase+ SVG Files in Brother CanvasWorks
- How to Use BlockBase+ SVG Files in Cricut Design Space
- How to Use BlockBase+ SVG Files in Silhouette Studio
- Import an EQ8 PDF Directly into Silhouette Studio
- Optimize EQ8 Template PDFs for Conversion to SVG
- PDF Not Printing Seam Lines
- Scale Square is Not 1 Inch
- Scanning an EQ8 PDF Directly into a Brother ScanNCut
- Share a Quilt to Facebook
- Share to Facebook
Libraries
- Adding a New Library
- Adding Library Items to the Sketchbook
- Adding Threads
- Auto-Add Libraries in EQ8
- Changing the Display in the Sketchbook, Libraries and Palettes
- Changing the Library Display
- EQ8 Block Library
- EQ8 Embroidery Library
- EQ8 Fabric Library
- EQ8 Layout Library
- EQ8 Photo Library
- EQ8 Thread Library
- Importing Fabric from Zip Files
- Importing Photos
- Link Library
- Searching for Blocks by Name or Style
- Searching for Embroidery by Name
- Searching for Fabrics by Name or Color
- Searching for Layouts by Name
- Searching for Photos by Name
- Searching for Thread by Name or Color
- Tooltips for Double-Size Quilts in Dear Jane Layout Library
Library Basics
- Adding Library Items to the Sketchbook
- Adding Library Items to the Sketchbook
- Changing My Library Style Names
- Changing the Display in the Sketchbook, Libraries and Palettes
- Changing the Library Display
- Changing the Library Display
- Creating My Libraries
- Deleting from My Library
- Importing Blocks from One Project to Another
- Library Basics
- Linking Add-On Blocks or Fabrics to the EQ Mini Library
Searching Libraries
Importing
Creating My Favorites
Linking Libraries
Miscellaneous
- A Special Note about the Block Patterns
- Attaching an EQ Project to an Email or Chat
- BlockBase+ Quick Start Guide
- Can I Ask Questions About Earlier Lessons?
- Can I Still See My Lessons After the Class is Over?
- Classic Applique Block Releases
- Copyright
- Copyright Statement
- Discontinued Products
- Do I Have to Log in When Class Starts?
- EQ7 for Mac – How it Differs from EQ7 (PC)
- EQ8 Documentation
- Inkjet Fabric Sheet Care Instructions
- Inkjet Fabric Sheet Printing Instructions
- Inkjet Fabric Sheets – Tips for Using
- Inkjet Fabric Shows Black Bleeding Red
- Judy Martin Star Power – Finding the Piecing Diagrams
- Linking BlockBase+ with EQ8 Software
- Opening and Using the Dear Jane Project in EQ
- Photo on Inkjet Fabric Printout Looks Fuzzy
- Understanding How to Save in EQ8
- Using the Dear Jane Progress Chart
- Warning About Color Bleeding onto Fabric Sheets
- What is a Hall Pass?
- What’s Installed with the Dear Jane Add-on?
- Why Are My Lessons Not Available?
- Will Classes Work for EQ7 for Mac?
Printing
- Adjusting Font Style and Size on Printouts
- Block Worktable Print Options
- BlockBase+ Print Block Dialog
- BlockBase+ Print Foundation Pattern Dialog
- BlockBase+ Print Templates Dialog
- Can I Print Rotary Cutting for the Whole Quilt?
- Can’t Choose Block or Pattern on Print Menu
- Can’t Print from EQ7
- Complex Foundation Patterns
- Copy, Paste and Delete Foundation Sections
- Copy, Paste and Delete Templates
- Creating a Pantograph with EQ7
- Creating PDF Files of Patterns
- Deleting Templates on the Print Preview
- Deleting, Moving and Rotating in Foundation Print Preview
- Deleting, Moving, and Rotating Templates Print Preview
- Getting Seam Allowance Between Tiled Images
- How Electric Quilt 8 Calculates Fabric Yardage Estimates
- Mirroring and the Key Block
- Move and Delete Do Not Work on Print Preview
- Move and Rotate Foundation Sections
- Move and Rotate Templates
- Notecard Information – How to Print
- Only Page 1 of My EQ7 PDF Lesson Prints
- Optimize EQ8 Template PDFs for Conversion to SVG
- Page Setup
- Photo Layout Menu Options
- Photo Layout Toolbar
- Preparing Images for Printing on Fabric
- Print Block
- Print BlockBase+ Favorites
- Print Embroidery from Quilt Worktable
- Print Fabric Yardage Estimates
- Print Foundation Piecing Pattern
- Print Photo from Quilt Worktable
- Print Quilt
- Print Rotary Cutting Chart
- Print Templates
- Printed Block Size Not Accurate Vertically
- Printing Applique Text
- Printing Clipped Blocks from a Quilt
- Printing English Paper Piecing Templates
- Printing Large Templates
- Printing or Not Printing Text on the Bottom of Printouts
- Printing Quilt Labels
- Printing Quilting Stencils
- Printing the Border Triangles and Kites from the Dear Jane Quilt
- Printing the Center Blocks from the Dear Jane Quilt
- Printing the Scallop Borders in Dear Jane
- Printing with Photo Layout
- Printout Does not Match Screen
- Quilt Worktable Print Options
- Sample Printouts and Uses
- Saving the Foundation Piecing Numbering
- Scale Square is Not 1 Inch
- Seam Allowance – Does EQ Work in Finished or Unfinished Sizes
- Special Grayscale Coloring
- Text and numbers not previewing or printing
- Tips for Printing on EQ Printable Fabric
- Understanding On-Point Block Sizes
- Understanding Rotary Cutting Charts in EQ
- Understanding Rounding and Rotary Cutting
- Unexpected Results in Fabric Yardage Estimate
- Using Centimeters for Block Sizes – Dear Jane
- Zooming in Print Preview
Print Basics
- A Special Note about the Block Patterns
- Adjusting Font Style and Size on Printouts
- Adjusting for Inches or Centimeters
- Adjusting Paper Size, Orientation and Margins
- Print BlockBase+ Favorites
- Print Preview Toolbar
- Printing Large Patterns
- Saving PDF Files of Patterns
- Scale Square is Not 1 Inch
- Setting Up Your Printer
- Zooming in Print Preview
General Block Printing
- Block Dimensions on Non-Square Blocks
- Print Uncolored Block and Print White Block Look Similar in BlockBase
- Printing a Block
- Printing Clipped Blocks
- Printing the Border Triangles and Kites from the Dear Jane Quilt
- Printing the Center Blocks from the Dear Jane Quilt
- Printing the Scallop Borders in Dear Jane
Printing Quilts and Yardage
- How Electric Quilt 8 Calculates Fabric Yardage Estimates
- Print Fabric Yardage Estimates
- Print Quilt
- Printing a Quilt
- Printing Fabric Yardage Estimates
- Quilt Pushed to Side of Page on Printout
- Quilt Yardage Displays “Mystery” Fabrics
- Unexpected Results in Fabric Yardage Estimate
- Yardage Estimation for Quilt Backing in EQ7
Print Block
Printing Template Patterns
- Adjusting Fonts for Templates Printouts
- BlockBase – Printing One Hexagon Template
- BlockBase “Commercial Templates”
- BlockBase+ Print Templates Dialog
- Copy, Paste and Delete Templates
- Deleting Templates on the Print Preview
- Deleting, Moving, and Rotating Templates Print Preview
- Move and Rotate Templates
- Move, Rotate and Delete Templates in Print Preview
- My PDF pattern does not print in the correct size.
- Print Templates
- Printing a Template Pattern
- Printing Applique Text
- Printing Large Patterns
- Printing Large Patterns
- Printing Large Templates
- Printing Large Templates
Printing Foundation Patterns
- Adjusting Fonts for Foundation Patterns
- BlockBase+ Print Foundation Pattern Dialog
- Complex Foundation Patterns
- Complex Foundation Patterns
- Copy, Paste and Delete Foundation Sections
- Deleting, Moving and Rotating in Foundation Print Preview
- Mirroring and the Key Block
- Move and Delete Foundations in Print Preview
- Move and Rotate Foundation Sections
- My PDF pattern does not print in the correct size.
- Not All Foundations Print
- Print Foundation Piecing Pattern
- Printing a Foundation Pattern
- Printing Large Patterns
- Printing Large Patterns
- Printing Multiple Small Foundations on the Same Page
- Saving the Foundation Piecing Numbering
- Saving the Paper Piecing Numbering
- Special Grayscale Coloring
Printing Rotary Cutting Charts
- Adjusting Fonts for Rotary Cutting Charts
- BlockBase+ Print Rotary Cutting Chart
- Print Rotary Cutting Chart
- Printing a Rotary Cutting Chart
- Rotary Cutting Chart – Accuracy Depends on Block Structure and Size
- Rotary Cutting Chart is Missing Patches
- Understanding Rotary Cutting
- Understanding Rotary Cutting Charts in EQ
- Understanding Rounding and Rotary Cutting
Printing Photos and Embroidery
Printing with Photo Layout
Print Settings
Program Preferences
Worktable Preferences
Sketchbook
- Adding a Quilt to the Sketchbook
- Adding to the Sketchbook
- Changing the Display in the Sketchbook and Palettes
- Changing the Display in the Sketchbook, Libraries and Palettes
- Deleting from the Sketchbook
- Deleting from the Sketchbook
- Deleting Items from the Sketchbook
- Deleting Sketchbook Items Simultaneously
- Getting a Quilt from the Sketchbook
- Naming a Quilt
- Naming Quilts in the Sketchbook
- Opening an Existing Quilt
- Palette and Sketchbook Context Menu
- Sketchbook and Palettes: How Are They Related?
- Sketchbook and Palettes: How Are They Related?
- Sorting in the Sketchbook
- Sorting in the Sketchbook
- Understanding How to Save in EQ8
- Viewing and Editing Notecards
- Viewing Notecards
- What is the Project Sketchbook?
- What is the Project Sketchbook?
