Playing with EQ7

I spent this morning blasting the lone star quilt with steam and starch, as my corner sections were a bit (ahem!) on the full side.  I think I managed to tame them into place!

I met Jim for lunch in town, then we dropped the car off to have new tires put on, and have it aligned.  With all those trips to New Orleans this year, the tires were shot!

Then I decided to play with EQ7!  I’ve been wanting to make crib quilts and sell them, but just haven’t found time to design any yet.  I have some fabrics in my stash I’d really like to get rid of, and I’m hoping I can use some of them in the crib quilts.

These colors won’t appeal to everyone, but I think they’ll make a cute quilt for a little boy.

The quilt will be mostly in the blue, green and white, with a touch of brown, and the striped fabric is for the border.

I didn’t go “looking” for new features in EQ7 yet, I just opened it up and played around as usual until I came up with a design I liked for these fabrics.  On the surface, it seems nearly the same. You will certainly find yourself right at home coming from EQ6.  I can’t wait to explore the new features, I just haven’t got there yet!

Here is the pattern I came up with for my first crib quilt. It’s 40 x 56 inches, which I think should make a nice size crib quilt?  Those of you with little ones in your life, what’s a nice size?  A lot of the baby quilt patterns I see are awfully small.

I may possibly do some embroidery or applique in the white centers, they measure eight inches across.  I’ll be playing with this a bit more, feedback is always welcome!

Off to pick up hubby and the car!