I knew it wouldn’t be long before I was able to offer another fabulous giveaway! This one is sponsored by my friends (really they are!) over at Electric Quilt. To celebrate the release of EQ7 for the Mac, they’ve generously decided to give away a copy to one of you – whoo hoo!
Don’t worry, this giveaway is actually open to everyone – if the winner is a PC owner, you can select the original version instead of the Mac version. No need to go buy a brand new computer just to run the software on (though that’s exactly what I did, LOL)! And if you prefer to have a downloadable version rather than a physical copy, that’s available, too!
Because I’m an existing EQ7 user, I only needed to get the migration kit to switch from a PC to a Mac. However, for those of you Mac users who have been patiently waiting for the stand-alone Mac version to be released, the time is now!
Here’s how to enter:
Just leave a comment below telling me if you’ve ever designed your own quilt before. Or if not, what you’d love to design if you could. This will be a short giveaway timerame, running through Monday, May 5th at 6PM Pacific time. I’ll email the winner and make an announcement on my blog next Tuesday, May 6th.
Good luck!
Christa Quilts 
I have designed a few quilts in VERY simple designs, but I’d love to be able to make some more intricate ones and view my fabric as well!! Thank you so much for the opportunity to win!!!
As a Mac user I would love to be able to design my own quilts and be able to see in advance what they are going to look like. This giveaway would be a dream come true for me. Thanks Christa
This is an awesome giveaway. I have been designing a few quilt blocks, only in my head so far. I wasn’t sure I wanted to go for broke on a full version. Winning would be wonderful, if just to get the designs out of my head. Thank you Christa and EQ.
Hi Christa:
Yes, I have designed my own quilt designs. I have EQ4! I tried a few times to use it but found it very frustrating. I had a small laptop at the time and had to adjust the screen resolution in order to see the entire page. Then I got a Mac, so put the software aside. Would love to have this new Mac version of EQ7. The possibilities for design with EQ7 is enormous. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Doris
The first 3 quilts I made I sort of designed myself… just simple jean quilts loosely based on basic quilt patterns. I just sketched the design on paper with the measurements. Then I cut templates for the pieces out of cardboard. How times have changed! Thanks to you and EQ for the chance to win!!! I hope I win, I hope I win!!!
I am completely unable to follow others’ patterns and have pretty much always designed my own quilts. I’ll tell ya, the first couple of pieced quilts back in the 80’s (when I was a teen, using scissors and cardboard templates) were a mess! I’ve dabbled in the last couple of years with various graphics programs to design my quilts, so it would be neat to try something specifically for designing quilts. I bet it would be much easier.
Hi Christa! First of all thanks so much for this giveaway! I have been eyeing this for a while now. I am a new quilter/appliquer. I would love to design a quilt, maybe simple blocks with some beautiful applique over it. Actually what I am looking for is to design a quilt with cabins and bears and moose and anything mountains and this would make it so much easier…
Jodi
Would love to design my own quilt. I have recently retired and can now spend time doing what I love to do in my spare time! Having this software would be phenom and love the chance to win it.
I sort have, Hubby had a idea, I found a pattern that was close.. I am proficient in Photoshop, so I took the pattern in there and tweaked it. He is THRILLED with his one of a kind HD throw for the couch!
What a chance to win this EQ. It will be wonderful to play with.
I have never designed a quilt but love to quilt. Have often looked at the quilting software though.
I have EQ5 and I love to design quilts with it! It would awesome to upgrade to EQ7. Thanks!
I have, but it was a pixel quilt and I used graph paper and colored pencils. It was painful, but the quilt turned out cool. I would really love to check out this software!
I have never designed a quilt before, but have recently been looking I to products like Electric Quilt. I would love to be able to create my own quilts and add them to my blog and to teach my sewing students quilting in a nice gradual way. I have found the more involvement my students have in a project the more excited they are are about their project and the more likely they are to go on and purchase notions to do projects at home. What are really nice contest. Thank you!
I so enjoy reading all of my sewing blogs and always seem to find something interesting to save in my scrapbook for use!
I am working on my First Design, it would be helpful with the new EQ7.
Grüße Sylvia
Very cool software. I’ll have to look into this more! I have hand drawn quilt designs. Would be very interested in considering software for the design process. Cool!!
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I have never designed a quilt but I want to do a Civil War quilt for my daughter who lives in an 1800’s house as an anniversary gift. 🙂 Thank you for the opportunity.
I have tried to design on my own but was not very successful. I would love to win the EQ7 – I am a Mac owner and this would be my starting off point. Thanks, Crista, for a chance at such a generous give away.
This giveaway is so fantastic!!! I have designed a quilt…nothing too complicated but it is fun. Thanks for the chance to win.
I am just beginning to design my own quilt. EQ7 would solve my current problem of having the final product look nothing like the plans!
What an amazing giveaway!! I designed my quilts the old-old-old fashioned way – on graph paper. Once I’ve drawn a design I like on loose graph paper, I redraw it in my fancy quad-ruled notebook. Tedious, but it works. 🙂
Would absolutely love to win this for a friend..already have my own and love it!
Such a fantastic opportunity Christa! Never having physically designed a quilt before, I’ve enjoyed mentally toying with the idea and would love to actually design quilts for each of our 6 great grandchildren.
Wow! What a great chance. I have tried but I always got frustrated when it didn’t work out. I have stained glass windows where I live and would love to try to make a quilt from that idea!
I would love this especially when I am using my scrap stash for charity quilts. I donate to the Linus project locally. It would make the design process much quicker and more productive!
What a wonderful opportunity to acquire EQ7! I am in the process of designing my first quilt with EQ5….I saved my pennies and purchased a used copy a few months ago. I am fairly computer challenged, but recently retired, and I was determined to figure out how to use this program! And guess what? I am being fairly successful! I can already see the limitations of the older version I have, but it will have to do unless I win the lottery or a great prize, like this! 😉
I am a mac owner and love the idea of being able to design my own quilts. I would definitely give this a try!
I have not designed my own quilt yet, but want to!! I have been thinking of some different ideas but don’t know exactly how to get them on paper.
I have been waiting for years for EQ to produce a program for my Mac. I have designed several quilts the old-fashioned way, using pencil and graph paper. Thanks for the opportunity.
I am new to quilting. I design on graph paper with colored pencils. I would like to win the EQ7 for my Mac.
Hello Christa, I would really love have to have one of these! I have design or maybe really I’ve edited others designs lol. Thanks for hosting the give away! Sarah
I have tried but not been too successful. It would wonderful to have EQ. Thanks for the chance to win.
I’ve been waiting patiently for the Mac version so I could try EQ. I love the idea of being able to see how something might look before cutting!
I have only designed quilts the old fashioned way with pencils and graph paper. Would love to try EQ 7.
I have a copy of EQ7 for the PC. I went out and bought a new PC to run it. I would love to have a copy to to put on my MAC. It is so much easier to use. I have used EQ7 to design some appliqué shapes and print out block templates but I have never designed a whole quilt.
Yes, I design my own paper piecing patterns all the time! Thanks for the chance to win!
Yes, I design quilts and have a notebook for ideas. I’d love to win a Mac version of EQ7! So glad to hear it is now available!
I’ve kind of designed a quilt in that I combined a 1-800 jelly roll quilt with an applique owl and then free-formed a tree trunk at the side bit that was fairly easy. I have not tried anything complex. I would love to get a copy of EQ7. ‘Thanks for the opportunity.
I have many ideas in my head. I would love to transfer them into a design that works in a quilt using the fantastic EQ7 software! Thank you!
I love to take fabic scraps and design my own patterns with them. I’ve started making quite a few modern quilts this way now. One step at a time, no planning ahead plan…sew fun.
I don’t know too much about EQ7…but would love to learn!!
I’m using idraw on the iPad and would love to have something more fabric intuitive…..
I haven’t designed my own quilt yet, though I have adapted block sizes and arrangements. Since discovering pieces backs (beginning with Craftsy), however, I’ve been designing for the backs of my quilts. I use graph paper and colored pencils. I’d love to try EQ7. Maybe I would even try the front of a quilt! 🙂
Wow, what a great giveaway…I design my own quilts…the hard way! Would love to have this software….fingers crossed!
I used to work for a quilt shop and we used EQ to design quilts all the time. I also use it to calculate fabric needs for the back of a quilt. A very handy tool. Thanks.
I would love to have EQ7. I am trying to get out of the dark ages and start using a computer to design my quilts. This would be a great help and a leap out of my comfort zone. Good Luck to every one.
I have only just begun designing my own so this would be an extremely helpful tool to win!
I have designed several quilts (usually trying to copy a floor design!) and am usually disappointed by my first result. After unsewing several times, I’m usually delighted. The process would be so much simpler with design software. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!!!!
Oh, I would love to win this! I do design my own quilts, and would really love to have a newer version of EQ to design them on. I am currently using EQ4! Thanks for the great giveaway.
I will take a smaller block and do the math to enlarge it. Would be so much easier with an EQ7!