EQ7 Printing Lessons - The Electric Quilt Company
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1. Quilting stencil As applique pattem Showing fabrics YA Untitled 7 Quilt 56 000 x 72 000 ins Mouse H 15 02 V 4 21 Print block Quilting stencil preview a WA Untitled EQ7 Quilt 56 000 x 72 000 ins Mouse H 15 02 V 4 21 Print block As applique pattern preview 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Lesson 1 Printing Block Patterns Under Printing Style choose Outline drawing Click Preview at the bottom of the Print Block window Outline drawing is just that a black and white line drawing of the block Click Close at the top of the preview Under Printing Style choose Quilting stencil Click Preview Any block in EQ7 can be used as a quilting stencil and printed as a Quilting stencil Click Close at the top of the preview Under Printing Style choose As applique pattern Click Preview You won t notice any difference between As applique pattern and Outline drawing when it s a pieced block You ll only notice a difference when printing an appliqu that has overlapping patches Click Close EQ7 Printing Lessons Ready Quilt 56 000 x 72 000 ins Mouse H 15 02 V 4 21 Print block Showing fabrics preview Finished Block Size Width E Height 2 000 Use size from quilt Custom block size Printing Style Outline drawing Quilting stencil As applique pattem Sh2. i Height a opg I Step 8 Layout Borders Layer1 k step Step 10 Select Lesson 1 Printing Block Patterns Lesson 1 Printing Block Patterns In these lessons we re going to focus on printing and use the Quick Quilt projects as our finished projects nee the Log Cabin Traditional Quick Quilt Double click the EQ7 icon on your desktop to open the program You ll see the EQ7 splash screen 2 When the Tip of the Day appears click Close 3 In the Project Helper click the Start with a quick quilt project tab 4 Select the Log Cabin Traditional project from the list and click OK 5 The Sketchbook will appear Click the Quilts section 6 Select the first quilt in the Sketchbook and click Edit The quilt will be sent to the worktable Check out the Layout 7 Click the Layout tab at the bottom of your screen 8 Do not change any numbers Look at the Finished Block Size It is 8 000 by 8 000 9 Click the Layer 1 tab at the bottom of your screen Print Block 10 Click the Select tool at the top of the right hand toolbar 11 You must tell EQ7 which block to print by selecting it Click on a Log Cabin block in the quilt to select it 12 Click the Print button in the top toolbar and choose Block FILE gt Print gt Block works too EQ7 Printing Lessons Block Name Finished Block Size Width Hei Use size from quilt Custom block size Printing Style Step 13 Outine drawing
3. EQ7 PRINTING LESSONS Lesson 1 Printing Block Patterns e Opening the Log Cabin Traditional Quick Quilt e Checking out the Layout e Printing the Block e Printing a Foundation Pattern e Printing Templates e Printing Rotary Cutting Ag Af A The Electric Quilt Company 419 Gould Street Suite 2 Bowling Green Ohio 43402 www electricquilt com techsupport electricquilt com l EQ7 Printing Lessons ELECTRIC QUILT 7 Create a new project Open an existing project Start with a quick quilt project Click the pre designed project you want to open Use the arrow buttons to view all the quilts in a project Click OK to open the project Amish Double Nine Patch TP Applique Text TP Center Medallions TP Drunkard s Path TP Grandmother s Fan TP Irish Chain Double TP Log Cabin Contemporary TP Log Cabin Traditional TP Log Cabin Twisted TP NY Beauty Contemporary TP NY Beauty Traditional TP Sawtooth Chain TP Storm at Sea TP Streak of Lightning TP Table Runners TP r Project Sketchbook PROJECT SKETCHBOOK Step 5 Quits BLOCKS FABRICS COLORS EMBROIDERY PHOTOS Lap Quilt Traditional Log Cabin Quilt 1 of 5 quilts THREAD 0 2 HE Sot Notecard Edit Delete Step 6 Finished size of blocks C Keep width and height equal Layout N Borders Layeri width 8 000 Step 7
4. by 8 000 36 Make sure Grayscale is checked and Mirror is unchecked in the options at the right 37 Click Preview Note Your printout will most likely tile over two pages When printing an 8 inch by 8 inch pattern with a 1 4 inch seam allowance around it you are trying to print 81 inches of pattern total If your paper size is only 8 inches wide and absolutely needs printer margins of course your pattern will always tile onto multiple pages It is unavoidable Luckily EQ7 prints a dashed and dotted line at the page break When you line up the two pages and tape them together they will make the full pattern Use the dashed and dotted lines as well as the black seam lines and seam allowance lines all as guides when lining up pages together If you don t have a light box to use try taping patterns to a large window or sliding glass door during the day As long as you line up all the guides you will get the perfect pattern as if you printed it on a wide format printer or plotter 38 Pay attention to the side of the block on the left is dark gray Click Close 39 Put a check next to Mirror and click Preview again Now the gray has flipped horizontally Notes e Mirror is very important to understand Depending on your foundation piecing technique you may or may not need to have Mirror checked If you re doing a directional pattern like an alphabet R block it could mean the difference between having your block turn ou
5. ected and the grayed out numbers are the numbers from our Layout tab 8 000 by 8 000 Click the Preview button Note RULE 1 When printing a pattern from a quilt ALWAYS leave it on Use size from quilt 45 Templates will give you each unique piece of the pattern The dotted line around the patch is your seam allowance line where you would cut The black solid line is your sewing line where your seam would be 46 Click Close at the top of the preview 47 Click Close in the bottom corner of the Print Template box to return to the quilt EQ7 Printing Lessons Block Foundation Pattern Templates Rotary Cutting Step 49 Print Rotary Cutting Chart Block Name Log Cabin Finished Block Size Width 8 000 Height 8 000 Use size from quilt Step 50 Custom block size Seam Allowance Width 0 25 Print Key Block Small OL ma arge Hir Round to Nearest Copies 1 8 1 16 Number of copies 1 Chart shows only rotary cuttable patches See Help for more information Help Page Setup Fonts Close Step 50 Lesson 1 Printing Block Patterns Print Rotary Cutting 48 The block should still be selected in the quilt If it is not click it with the Select tool again 49 Click the Print button in the top toolbar and choose Rotary Cutting FILE gt Print gt Rotary Cut
6. ked now that we ve tried it out 31 Click Close at the top of the preview screen 32 Click Close in the bottom corner of the Print Block box to return to the quilt EQ7 Printing Lessons amp Print Foundation Pattern Step 35 a Block Name Finished Block Size Width 8 000 Height 8 000 Step 35 y Custom block size Use size from quilt Seam Allowance Width V Print seam allowance Step 36 Quilt 56 000 x 72 000 ins Mouse H 31 65 V 5 76 Print Foundation Pattern Mirror unchecked preview Quilt 56 000 72 000 ins Mouse H 31 65 Vi 576 Print Foundation Pattern Mirror checked preview Lesson 1 Printing Block Patterns Print Foundation Pattern 33 The block should still be selected in the quilt If it is not click it with the Select tool again 34 Click the Print button in the top toolbar and choose Foundation Pattern FILE gt Print gt Foundation Pattern works too Depending on the type of foundation pattern you will either start on the Numbering or Sections tabs There is also an Options tab 35 Click the Options tab at the top of the Print Foundation Pattern window Notice how Use size from quilt is already selected and the grayed out numbers are the numbers from our Layout tab 8 000
7. owing fabrics Hep Page Setup Forts _Preview J Pit _Ghose 7 Print block name 7 Print as many as fit E Miror Line thickness Showing Fabric Style Options J Print block outline J Print patch outline E m WA Untitled EQ7 Se Ready Quilt 56 000 x 72 000 ins _ Mouse H 15 02 V 4 21 Print block Custom block size print as many as fit Lesson 1 Printing Block Patterns 22 Under Printing Style choose Showing fabrics 23 Click Preview Showing fabrics will print out a colored picture of the block 24 Click Close Note You will usually always want to choose Use size from quiltwhen printing a block from the quilt Here s one exception 25 Print Block can be used for more than just a picture of the block as it is used in the quilt Let s see how to make gift tags Under Finished Block Size put the dot next to Custom block size 26 Double click the size for Width and type 2 27 Press your TAB key to go to Height and type 2 28 Click the Options tab near the top of the Print Block box 29 Puta check next to Print as many as fit 30 Click Preview Imagine if you had a really cute birthday or holiday block designed You could print this on card stock cut out the blocks punch holes in the corners and tie them to presents with ribbon Note You may want to click to remove the check from Print as many as fitwhile you still remember it was chec
8. t correctly or suddenly ending up with a rag quilt where your seam allowances are on the incorrect side e Foundation Piecing also has a Print as Many as Fit feature It works best for patterns that print in one unit like a Log Cabin Pineapple or Square in a Square when they are printed small 40 Click Close at the top of the preview 41 Click Close in the bottom corner of the Print Foundation Pattern box to return to the quilt EQ7 Printing Lessons il Block Foundation Pattern Templates Step 43 m Print Template Block Name Log Cabin Finished Block Size Width 8 000 Height 8 000 Use size from quilt Step 44 C Custom block size Seam Allowance Width 0 25 Z Print seam allowance Print Key Block None Small Large Line Thickness Copies vv Number of copies 1 Step 44 Help Page Setup Fonts Quilt 56 000 x 72 000 ins Mouse H 25 38 V 5 76 Print Templates preview Lesson 1 Printing Block Patterns Print Templates 42 The block should still be selected in the quilt If it is not click it with the Select tool again 43 Click the Print button in the top toolbar and choose Templates FILE gt Print gt Templates works too 44 Notice how Use size from quilt is already sel
9. te box to return to the quilt 53 Great job Those are all the options for printing out block patterns Stay tuned for how to print patterns for the quilt and images too If you would like to practice this lesson again choose the Sawtooth Chain quick quilt project in step 4 That way you can see how templates foundation patterns and rotary cutting charts differ when there are triangular patches If you need help deciphering how many patches to cut see Chapter 10 in the User Manual for Printing a Rotary Cutting Chart Click the X in the top right corner to close the program Note If you just want to print a pattern you don t need to design a whole quilt In EQ7 click VIDEOS on the top menu bar and watch video 8 What if just want a pattern
10. ting works too 50 Notice how Use size from quilt is already selected and the grayed out numbers are the numbers from our Layout tab 8 000 by 8 000 Notice also how you can round to the nearest 1 8th or 1 16th inch Click the Preview button Notes The chart updates according to how the quilt is colored If you decide to change the quilt to blue and purple all those fabric swatches would update as well Rotary Cutting is great when you use blocks in quilts at the size they were designed for This log cabin is based off a grid of 8 three logs on each side and the center counts as 2 3 2 3 8 That s why the block in the quilt on the Layout tab is 8 Seam allowance is added around each patch Then those dimensions are found on the ruler If a number is not on the ruler the number is rounded to the nearest 1 8th or 1 16th You will not have problems with rounding for this Log Cabin block at 8 inches There would however be rounding if your tried printing it at 7 inches Please see Chapter 10 in the User Manual for How to Avoid Rounding in Rotary Cutting If a complex pattern with 5 6 or many sided patches ever skips a rotary cutting patch in the chart that s because the patch would be most accurate as a template So print rotary cutting if a patch is skipped print Templates and use the template for the missing patch 51 Click Close at the top of the preview 52 Click Close in the bottom corner of the Print Templa
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