EQ6 Applique Drawing

Learn to draw applique from a pro! Angie Padilla, creator of the My Dream House add-on for EQ5 and EQ6, teaches you from the beginning how to draw and edit applique patches to create spectacular blocks. Color photographs 

New 5/1/08

EQ6 Appliqué Drawing Book

Learn to draw appliqué from a pro! Angie Padilla, creator of the My Dream House add-on for EQ5 and EQ6, teaches you from the beginning how to draw and edit appliqué patches to create spectacular blocks.

Chapter 1: Back to the Basics - in this chapter you'll learn how to: • select and delete patches • copy, paste and move patches around • clone patches • flip patches • resize patches many different ways • rotate patches many different ways • mix patches from different blocks

Chapter 2: Drawing Simple Lines and Curves - in this chapter you'll begin to customize your workspace and learn how to: • Draw and edit lines • Work with snapping options • Draw straight lines • Use guides • Draw curves • Draw curves and lines without changing tools • Use building blocks as guides to develop a more realistic drawing • Draw freehand and trace for the first time

Chapter 3: Drawing Two Lines at Once - start using the new EQ6 Brush Stroke tool and learn how to: • Change the brush stroke style, ends, taper, and thickness • Draw vines and leaves with the Brush Stroke tool • Use symmetry to create folk-art designs • How to use the Precision Bar for brush strokes • Import blocks from other projects

Chapter 4: Drawing with Pre-Defined Shapes - in this chapter you'll learn how to: • Use pre-defined shapes to make quick patches • Use the Precision Bar to do things faster • Use the Precision Bar to round rectangles and split circles into wedges • Make a wreath

Chapter 5: Putting it All Together - use everything you've learned so far to make more complex blocks. You learn how to: • Import photos to trace • Trace photos • How to draw thread lines • Make complex wreaths, folk-art crossing designs, and Hawaiian appliqué • Flip and rotate open patches and snap them together to make a complex symmetrical closed patch • Edit a focus block and create setting triangles, borders, sash blocks, and cornerstones to match

Chapter 6: Tips and Tricks - follow these quick lessons that show you how to: • Change from square to rectangular blocks • Turn blocks with a background into motifs that can float on layer 2 • Make overlaid blocks • Use the wreath feature to make feathered quilting stencils • Draw complex threadwork designs