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Phone: 419-352-1134
Quilt by Amy Friend.
Reference Articles For Electric Quilt 8
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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 convert HEIC and WEBP files to JPG
- 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
- Phone Photography Tips for Taking Pictures of Fabrics
- 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
- 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
Coloring
Designing Quilts
- 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
- Blocks in Border
- Border Styles
- Borderless Quilts
- Coloring Quilts and Blocks
- Create Quilt from Block
- 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 the Borders Palette in EQ8
- Using the Custom Set Grid
- Using the Paintbrush Drag-Paint Tools
- Using the Quilt Rulers
- 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
Drawing Blocks
- About Open and Closed Curves
- About the Background Patch
- Adding a Block to the Sketchbook
- Adjusting the Stacking Order
- Applique Blocks
- Applique Tools
- Applique Worktable Grid
- Bezier Curve Tool
- Block Worktable Grid Options
- Block Worktable Options
- Brush Stroke Tool
- Choosing the Right Tools for You
- Clone and Rotate Method
- Converting a Motif into a Block
- Converting Lines to Curves
- Creating and Saving a Motif
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Convert an EQ8 PDF into an SVG File
- Create SVG Files from EQ8 PDFs
- Export a Metafile of a Block
- Export Image
- Export Options
- Export Selection
- Import an EQ8 PDF Directly into Silhouette Studio
- Optimize EQ8 Template PDFs for Conversion to SVG
- Scanning an EQ8 PDF Directly into a Brother ScanNCut
- Share a Quilt to Facebook
Libraries
- Adding a New Block 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
Library Basics
Searching Libraries
Importing
Creating My Favorites
Linking Libraries
Miscellaneous
Printing
- Adjusting Font Style and Size on Printouts
- Block Worktable Print Options
- Complex Foundation Patterns
- Creating PDF Files of Patterns
- Deleting, Moving and Rotating in Foundation Print Preview
- Deleting, Moving, and Rotating Templates Print Preview
- How Electric Quilt 8 Calculates Fabric Yardage Estimates
- 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 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
- Printing Applique Text
- Printing Clipped Blocks from a Quilt
- Printing Large Templates
- Printing with Photo Layout
- Quilt Worktable Print Options
- Seam Allowance – Does EQ Work in Finished or Unfinished Sizes
- Sectioning, Numbering, and Saving Foundations
- Special Grayscale Coloring
- Text and numbers not previewing or printing
- Understanding On-Point Block Sizes
- Understanding Rotary Cutting Charts in EQ
- Unexpected Results in Fabric Yardage Estimate
- Zooming in Print Preview
Printing Quilts and Yardage
Print Block
Printing Template Patterns
Printing Foundation Patterns
Printing Rotary Cutting Charts
Printing Photos and Embroidery
Printing with Photo Layout
Program Preferences
Worktable Preferences
Sketchbook
- Adding a Quilt to the Sketchbook
- Changing the Display in the Sketchbook, Libraries and Palettes
- Deleting from the Sketchbook
- Naming a Quilt
- Opening an Existing Quilt
- Palette and Sketchbook Context Menu
- Sketchbook and Palettes: How Are They Related?
- Sorting in the Sketchbook
- Understanding How to Save in EQ8
- Viewing and Editing Notecards
- What is the Project Sketchbook?
