If you followed my Blocks2Quilt series, you already know that the adventure began with my deep desire to master the EQ8 software from The Electric Quilt Company. My goal was simple: immerse myself in this program and design a fresh quilt block to share with you every week for an entire year. It was quite a challenge, but it was so rewarding! So much so that today, I can’t imagine designing my quilts any other way. That’s why I’m thrilled to share some exciting news.
Over the past few months, I’ve been collaborating closely with the amazing folks at The Electric Quilt Company to bring you something truly special. This project has been an absolute delight to work on, and keeping it under wraps has been a struggle. However, the time has come, and I can finally share our exciting news.
Introducing the Four Seasons EQ8 Add-on: A Feature You Won’t Want to Miss
As the name implies, this extraordinary Four Seasons EQ8 add-on library is a treasure trove of seasonal charm, featuring my whimsical blocks. What’s more, there are even a few brand-new blocks sprinkled in the mix! Let’s dive into the details and take a sneak peek at some of the blocks included.
Four Seasons Add-On Features:
In this EQ8 block library, I share an array of 40 seasonal pieced blocks, thoughtfully curated for your quilting pleasures. Also included are 24 unique quilt layouts that are sure to get your creative juices flowing. The beauty of this collection is in its mix-and-match versatility, enabling you to infuse your unique style into any quilt projects you dream up.
Let’s take a minute to see all of the blocks that are included.
And here is a quick video showcasing the projects.
Thanks to the magic of EQ8’s software, even though each block in this library was been designed with piecing construction, you can effortlessly generate rotary-cutting charts, templates, or even paper-piecing patterns in a matter of seconds. For those seeking more detailed instructions, you’ll find them readily available in my shop right here.
For anyone not already using the EQ8 software or if you are using an older version, don’t worry: diving in has never been easier and I have an exclusive offer for you. Use coupon code “FOURSEASONS” at checkout and enjoy a 20% discount on your purchase.
*Note that this special discount code is only available through my special link below for a limited time. Discount offer ends 10/3/2023.
EQ8 Quilt Products
You can create stunning quilts, personalized blocks and so much more with EQ8 software. Shop the products here.
Since the EQ8 software is available for both PC and Mac based computers, it is perfect for every quilter. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, getting started is a breeze. With this incredible offer, getting started is even more affordable. Once installed, you’ll see just how intuitive the program is and how easily you can bring your quilty dreams to life. Plus, all of the resources, tutorials, and supportive community, I’m sure you’ll be creating stunning quilts in a flash. So, whether you’re a newbie or a longtime quilter, EQ8 is about to level up your design process.
The Four Seasons EQ8 add-on block library will be available for download on Tuesday, October 3rd. Don’t forget to use my link and special discount code “FOURSEASONS” at checkout!
Giveaway!
I’m a big believer that party favors are fun so, we have a great giveaway to share! One lucky reader will win a free download copy of the Four Seasons EQ8 Add-On from The Electric Quilt Company PLUS, I’ll send you patterns for FIVE of your favorite blocks! This way, you can start stitching your favorite designs right away!
Rules for entry:
- Browse the blocks in the add-on. You can see them all here.
- Leave a comment below telling me your favorite blocks and what you’ll make with them.
- You may also leave a comment on The Electric Quilt Company’s post for an additional entry!
Two entries per person(one on this block post, another on The Electric Quilt Company’s post). The giveaway closes October 2, 2023, at 11:59pm ET. One winner will be randomly selected from all entries and announced here on October 3rd. The lucky winner will be contacted via email. Wishing everyone the best of luck!
PS- For another chance to win, look for our giveaway on Instagram, @thesewingloft, @theelectricquiltcompany, or Facebook, @ElectricQuilt.
Comments & Reviews
Love the apple block. Perfect for this time of the year!
exciting!! Can’t wait for it!
Love so many of them, but I would want to do Rudolph to start with for a Christmas quilt. I’m also a cat lover so would have to make one of those as well…. oh wait…. the dragonfly… that would be great too. So many ideas… not years left to do everything I want to do!
I love the Pretty Bird block, although the Pumpkins are a close second!
I love them all! Last year i started making seasonal pillows for my siblings for Christmas gifts. This add-on will be the perfect addition to my EQ8!! Thank you for all the lovely patterns included in this.
Busy you have been! Your Fall quilt with acorn and leaf Looks like something I would make fast and quick. I could make it my own using EQ8 for my own layout. and colors.
I live in Holland MI where we celebrate tulips with the Tulip Time Festival in May! I can’t wait to make a quilt with the tulips and maybe enter it in the Tulip Time Quilt Show! I love the bunny and carrot as well! My imagination is running wild with ideas!
I really like the pumpkin block – so bright and cheerful but then I saw the snowman, the popsicles, turkey and oh my the pineapple. The se would be perfect for table top quilt displays.
What a fun collection! I love dragonflies so that is a top choice for me. The bird is cute as are so many others. Any could be used for a fun wall hanging.
I would make a table runner featuring my favorite block, the black cat. I’m sure the grandkids would love it!
This set is so beautiful and versatile. It’s a must have for me!!
I love the Halloween block.
I do like all the blocks.
I love the bat, cat and ghost. I will make a Halloween quilt. I am working on one right now with AccuQuilt.
How fabulous is this! I love your two pumpkin block! Fall is my favorite season!
My favorites are the dragonfly, pumpkins and the pretty bird. Thanks.
Love the seasonal blocks
Will make table runners and wall hangings for each season
Picking my favorites were hard.
The turkey wins hands down, followed by the ice pops, then the bat, the zinnia, the ornament and the pencil.
Next time don’t make it so tough for us! lol
I could see these used in so many way. The colors could be changed up to make the turkey into a swan. The zinnia colors could be changed to turn it into so many different flowers too.
I’d love to put these into totes to show the world the adorable blocks you’ve created!
Pumpkins, they’ll look great on a Welcome Door Hanging.
Love the bird block and that would be perfect for a Spring quilt. I change my quilts out seasonally so that would be a great new quilt in soft pastels. Congrats to you
So cute!
I love the flower blocks and would use them in wheelchair quilts.
The bird and the bunnies! I picked two. Is that ok?
My favorite block is the Christmas tree! Christmas is my favorite holiday! I would make a quilt for my bed with it.
My favorite block is the Pretty Bird, followed closely by all the flowers.
Congratulations on all of your new patterns! My favorite block would be the Turkey Trot as autumn is one of my favorite times of the year. I would make the block into a cute little table topper that we could keep out for the festive season.
I think it is a cross between the Summer Ice Pop and Rudolph. The Ice Pop reminds me of my childhood and how we get a popcicle on those hot summer days after playing hard outside using our imagination to save the world. Rudoph is just cute and reminds me of Christmas pasts when Rudolph was one of the first Christmas movies that came on the tv to watch.
So many cute patterns I am having a hard time deciding my favorite. I like the dragonfly because my daughter likes dragonflies and I love my daughter. I would either make a block and frame it or make her a throw.
I love the dragonfly! My favorite insect. I also like the idea of the mixed seasons patterns. Thank you for designing these blocks. ❤️
LOVE the dragonfly and the bird – would make an adorable tablerunner!
The blocks are so fun and happy! My favorite, if I had to choose, would be the dragonfly as it is so unique. I love them all though.
My favorite blocks are Pretty Bird and the Reindeer blocks. I would combine Pretty Birds with a flower block to make a lap size quilt.
I love all the blocks! My favorites are the bluebird and the fall leaf. I need to make a twin size quilt for a spare bedroom in our home. I think a four season quilt would be perfect! And I probably already have enough scraps to make the top!
They are all very pretty.
These are so cute and hard to choose. I love the bird but might start with the snowman for my quilt stand for the month of January.
I love all the nature patterns. The leaf, the birds, the pumpkins, etc..
I like the firefly block. I probably would make a mug rug to start. I have had such a difficult time navigating on this blog post due to enormous amounts of ads. Hopefully you can let go of all this advertising to make it easier to read & watch a video without being covered up by unwanted ads. Congratulations on your EQ book.
I WOULD LOVE TO DO THE PRETTY BIRD IN BLUE, RED, AND BROWN
I especially like Pretty Bird and Pretty Pumpkins. I would like to use the seasonal blocks to make table runners to change out with the seasons.
I love your purple sneaker!
Thank you. I can not take credit for that mini. It was a gift from a sweet friend and I’ve had it hanging in my studio for ages.
The bird and birdhouse are my faves! They would make a great spring wall hanging or table runner! Thanks for the giveaway.
I love the Pumpkin and Dragonfly. Thanks for designing all these cuties.
Pretty Pumpkins – A fall wall hanging for my “studio”.
Love the bird!
Cannot get enough of those!
Best block turkey but they are all great . I like to make seasonal hangings.
Need all the help available to master this program!
I like the pumpkins! I have a 12″ wire frame & stand where i display seasonal quilts. This block would be perfect for Fall!
I’m loving the cute robin and birdhouse in the home wall hanging! What better for a entry quilt to greet guests! I love lots of your blocks, including the popsicles! Great use of some gradients fabrics and Color!!
I have several of your patterns. I love them! I can’t wait to get your Add-On for my EQ8!
I’m wanting to design a spring quilt with your Bumblebee and Honeybee Hive blocks. It will be so convenient to make your blocks any size. I’m currently working on 4” filler blocks for my pumpkin fall quilt. It’s perfection!
I have to admit, I am a sucker for snow men. I can see the snow man as the center of a table runner, maybe with placemats to match. Or as the center of a Christmasy/winter wall hanging. It certainly would be a fun addition to my EQ8 and oh the fun I could have designing around it!
My favorite block is the dragonfly. My husband and I collect dragonfly so I will make a quilt for our bed.
The dragon fly block would make a nice colorful quilt. Setting them at an angle with plenty of blank space for texture would be fun.
I think many of the blocks would be great for a calendar quilt – one that you can swap out the block for that given month.
The cactus and the mummy were the two that really stuck with me .. i’m a plant person and love a cute cacti, but that mummy block was just adorably scary. I can see these being made into pillows to adorn my couch throughout the year 🙂
I believe silhouette moon is my favorite, but they are all adorable. I have always liked the log cabin block, so the turkey is coming in a close second. I can see making many seasonal quilted items (placemats; towels; lap quilts etc).
I really like the pumpkins. I would use them in a Fall Tablerunner.
I’d love to make a leprechaun wall hanging for St Patrick’s Day!
I love the summer ice pops! Super cute!! I have an old window frame that has no glass in it. I stapled chicken wire to it and put a piece of string across it to hang mini quilt blocks from it. I want to do all the months and have only made one pumpkin block. These blocks would be perfect to finish out one for each month!!
Love the HOME project and how to combine patterns. Great fun way to help teach my granddaughter how to use EQ8 and how to sew
Love the HOME project.
I love the spring tulips and the zinnia flower blocks. I would make a wall hanging and/or a table runner.
I couldn’t get the video to come up but any quilt with any of your blocks would be so dang cute!
I’d like to make a gnome wall hanging for my mother!
The blocks are so cute! My favourite are the bird, birdhouse, sunflower, maple leaf and apple. To start I’d use them for some new seasonal placemats, table runner or wall hanging and possibly some quilts for my twin Granddaughters. Thanks for sharing your talents and the chance to win!
Rudolph is my favorite today. Probably will change as the seasons change. Wonderful group. Thank you.
Love the blocks , Christmas tree, autumn leaves, summer ice pop and rainy day umbrella. These would look great made into a wall hanging . Nice job.
I like the popsicle block the best. I would use it to make summery hand towels.
These are super cute!
Love the cat and pumpkins. They would make a unique fall table runner. The designs are sew cute!
These are great! I would use the cat block to make a Halloween quilt for my sister.
I really like the Pumpkin block, but like the Pretty Bird also. Fun blocks
I really reacted right away to the birdhouse and would love to make a wallhanging with a number of houses in it! I’ve really gotten into birds since COVID .
Lots of great blocks! I’ll have to study them more to pick a favorite.
I really like the bird block and the flower blocks, especially the Zinnia. I would combine them in spring/summer wall quilt.
Super cute. My first thought is to make 12 inch blocks for my table stand. The pumpkins stood out as fall is my favorite season, the leaves change, the weather cools and the bugs disappear! Thanks!
How exciting! It will be great to have this set!! It’s hard to choose a fav, so many are so cute. I do like the popsicle and the bird one. I think together they would make a very cute table topper for the summer.
I love the new patterns 2 of my favorite are the Bumble Bee and the Hearts and Kisses
I love the dragonfly block and would use it in a placemat for a good friend – her favorite symbol of a passed on loved one.
So many to choose from!! Ice Pops, Christmas Tree and Umbrella. I would make something with those in a heartbeat.
So many cute blocks! I love pretty bird and could imagine making some wall hangings with the reindeer. The dragonfly has special meaning to me, so I’d have to do something with that too.
The popsicle is by far my favorite, but I would definitely find all of them challenging to be center of focus for projects! I envision popsicle center of a wall hanging showing different flavors and settings where one would enjoy such a treat! By the way, congratulations for pairing up with EQ. I work with EQ7, but EQ8 will be in my future if I win your collection!
I like them all but the bird and turkey trot are ones I will use
I am so happy for these add-ons. My birthday is St. Patty’s Day. The leprechaun makes me gitty. Now the blue bird brings me such comfort. I have 4 blue bird families in my back yard. I love them. I could add them to quilts forever. Thank you for making my heart so happy today.
Something about the Daffodil block! I love it ❤️
However, just looking through these and wondering about using the bunny hop block and the candy cane pattern to give the bunny one floppy ear! Think that’d be super cute!!
My goal for next year is to make a wall hanging and/or table runner for the holidays and seasons so would definitely love to be able to use these block patterns!
Loved all the blocks but most of all the pumpkin and turkey and Christmas tree
My favorite block is the pumpkins which I would use to make a charity quilt.
My favorite block is the fall leaves. I would make a table runner or table topper with them!
My favs are the flag, dragonfly, pumpkin & popsicle.
I woul duse for table runners and “coasters” for my home & guest room. How fun to make!
I really like the mug block and the turkey block and the Christmas tree block and the….wait; I like them all!
I’d love to make a throw with the Christmas tree block though, it looks like a lot of fun, plus I love Christmas.
Pumpkin block is my favorite; it would be great featured in an autumn quilt!