EQ8 Deep Dive: Fabrics, Panels, and Photos

Complete Guide to Importing and Editing Images in EQ8 Software

This Deep Dive booklet contains everything you need to know to get started and then master importing your own fabrics and photos into EQ8 software. Learn to scan fabrics from your stash, photograph fabrics using a phone or camera, and download fabric images from a manufacturer’s website. Then understand editing options for your images so that the quilt on your screen accurately represents how your quilt will look when it is sewn together. BONUS: Exclusive access to supplemental videos for extra help!

Whether you want to create a t-shirt quilt, a panel quilt, or any quilt that uses your choice of fabrics, this booklet is for you!

Pages: 40
Size: 8.375 x 11 x 0.125″
Saddle-stitched binding and full-color content

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An easy-to-follow “choose your own adventure” format lets you select your preferred method for acquiring fabric images—by either scanning, photographing, or downloading from the internet—and then helps you import and edit those images so that the quilt on your screen accurately represents how your quilt will look when it is sewn together.

Step 1: Creating the Image by…

• Scanning the fabric
• Taking a picture of the fabric
• Downloading from a manufacturer’s website

Step 2: Importing…

• Multiple images at a time
• One image at a time for editing

Step 3: Filling Out the Notecards

• Add notes to each fabric or collection for organization
• Anything added to the notecard can be searched in the Fabric Library

Step 4: Creating a Favorites Library

• Save your images to EQ8 so you can access them anytime you’re designing

Using Images for Panel and T-Shirt Quilts

• Learn to design t-shirt quilts and quilts featuring panels

Summary of Image-Editing Steps

• Easy-to-use reference for refreshing your skills