While EQ6 is the newest and most advanced version of the best-selling Electric Quilt software, it's also the most user-friendly.

Top Ten Reasons Why You Need EQ6...

Use EQ6 to design quilts, draw blocks, scan in fabrics or select from over 20,000 blocks, fabrics, colors, embroidery, photos, threads, quilt layouts and borders included in EQ6. Use EQ6 simply to try out colors, or print patterns in any size. Or use EQ6 to forge a quilting career, producing professional, high-resolution block and quilt images print-ready for books or magazines. This is software you'll never outgrow!

1. Patterns
EQ6 has over 4300 blocks which can be printed in any size.
* Pieced blocks                                       
* Appliqué blocks
* Paper Piecing (Foundation) blocks         
* Quilting Stencils
* Over 1200 NEW blocks since EQ5
NEW - Find blocks by category in the Block library.

2. Quilts
The number of quilts you can create in EQ6 is endless. You can start new blank quilts in any of our automatic styles, get quilts from the layout library by size or style, create your own quilt layout from a block, or even use a quick quilt already made for you!

Automatic Styles
Quickly make Samplers, On-Point Quilts, Medallions, or Baby Blocks using any of the 8 automatic styles.

Layout Library Quilts
Need to make a queen sized quilt, but feeling particularly un-creative? Or, do you want to start a medallion quilt and don't know where to begin? Open up the Layout library and use a ready-made quilt layout as a starting point for the quilt of your dreams.
* By Size * By Style
NEW Create a Quilt from a Block     NEW Quick Quilts

3. Borders
We've added new tools, new blocks, and new border styles!

4. Fabrics
EQ6 has over 5000 newly scanned fabrics... Search for fabrics by category,
fabrics by colour and fabrics by manufacturer.

5. Print
* Templates - NEW Rotate templates on print preview.
* Foundation Patterns .
* Rotary Cutting Charts.
* Blocks.
* Quilts.
* IMPROVED Fabric Yardage Estimates - Calculate yardage in inches or centimeters and print yardage charts.
You can also draw and print your own original patterns.

6. Libraries
We've streamlined the libraries to be easier to use. NEW Now you can import directly from other projects and files, and copy and paste right into your library.
* NEW Importing Features - Now you can import from other EQ software projects or shopping bags right through the library.  Or, you can import image files through the photo or fabric library. You can also import your own embroidery designs (.EXP format only) to try out on your latest quilt, then save in your own embroidery library
* Embroidery Library -
* NEW Photo Library -  Import your own pictures of family, events, or scenery to build up your own collection of photos to use in quilts. Photos can be in the JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, or TIFF format.
* NEW Thread Library -

7. Drawing tools
We've completely reworked the drawing side of EQ. You can draw blocks from scratch and even make new blocks without drawing!
* Draw pieced, appliqué or combination blocks.
* NEW Draw with the Freehand tool to make realistic patches.
* NEW Vines, scrolls, and stems have never been easier than with the new Brush Stroke tool.
* NEW Draw pieced blocks in PatchDraw using “click and snap” grids for stars, kaleidoscopes, and compasses.
* Use the WreathMaker to turn shapes into wreaths or quick quilting stencils.
* Draw sash or border blocks with ease on a rectangular drawing board.
* Draw just about anything from a 4-Patch to a Giant Dahlia or Lone Star.
* NEW Import images to trace and turn your favorite picture or drawing into a block.

8. Help, Help, and more Help
Learning has never been easier or more fun.
* The EQ6 User Manual is the best book we’ve ever written! We've split the 304 pages up into lessons and documentation. There are 6 fun and easy lessons for learning how to set up quilts, print, use layers, draw in EasyDraw and draw in PatchDraw. We took nothing for granted and made the lessons work for people who have never used a computer before. You’ll also get step-by-step instructions on working with every tool and feature.
* Watch any of the 60+ Help Videos.
* Try out the EQ6 Help Files.
* If that isn't enough, we've even added ToolHelp - Turn on the Dynamic ToolHelp and a window will appear at the side of your worktable. Hover over any button in any toolbar and learn what it does.

9. For the Advanced Designer
EQ6 is a teacher and pattern-maker’s dream:
* NEW Fabrics - import fabrics in JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, or TIFF formats and it automatically rescales perfectly on the quilt or block.
* Letters - write on your quilts with the NEW Set Applique Text tool. You can add a verse or add sewing directions right on top of the quilt. It's up to you.
* Export Metafiles -  Directions are included in the EQ6 User Manual for how to pull apart and label metafiles to make a piecing diagram in Microsoft® Word.
* NEW Export Images - you need a high resolution image? What size? What format? EQ6 can do it and the fabric is scaled perfectly. Magazine editors and book publishers will love you!

10. For the Beginning Designer
Just because EQ6 can do so much, doesn't mean that it still can't be easy to use. We've kept our beginning quilters and beginning computer users in mind throughout the entire software design and documentation process.
* NEW Draw without drawing - Need a new block? Use the Serendipity tools to frame, merge, and tilt blocks without drawing a thing.
* NEW Add borders full of blocks in 3-4 clicks - Use the Set Auto Borders tool to make your quilt look stunning.
* NEW Use Quick Quilt Projects - try any of these quilt favorites to color, resize, print, and sew.
* NEW Make quilt labels - Use the new text tool to write out your labels and make the back of your quilt as interesting as the front.
* NEW Find blocks within your sewing capabilities - all the library blocks have been marked according to difficulty. So if you're a beginning quilter, why not try beginning block with rectangles only? Or how about a beginning block with rectangles and triangles only?
* NEW Learn the software like you have a teacher beside you - We've made the videos and EQ6 User Manual lessons as user-friendly as possible with you in mind.

Includes:
EQ6 comes with the EQ6 User Manual and a CD to install. But, of course you always have us to call or email whenever you need help.

Requires Windows XP or newer and an internet connection. Please check the complete system requirements before buying this program.

$306.00 per CD and manual