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excited about this July/August edition of Computer Quilting BYTES. Find some suggestions
for making Inkjet Quilt Labels permanent with the aide of Brush Pens, find fabrics
to add to your Quilt program libraries, create vertical stripes from your horizontal
stripes, print on plastic for templates and more fun ideas. CorelDRAW users will
find an article to help them use the Clone Tool to create Quilts. For those still
researching Computer Quilting, find an article about what type of questions to
ask before signing up for a Computer Quilting Class or Demonstration. EQ and Quilt-Pro
users will find Virtual Round Robins being formed and web sources that have archives
for the hints and tips shared on the Mail Lists. And QuiltSOFT now has its own
Website. Also to let you know, we are carry the new Foundation
Piecing software programs for EQ and Quilt-Pro: Sew Precise and Carol Doak's
Designer Edition of Foundation Factory. Plus, Soft Expression will be expanding
our product line in September, so check back and see what new products we are
adding to help enhance your computer quilting fun! AND for your ordering convenience,
Soft Expressions (a.k.a. Hicks, Braun & Assoc.) has added a Toll Free Line
for orders, 1-888-545-8616; it will be answered Hicks, Braun and Assoc. Table
of ContentsAnnouncements - For your ordering convenience,
Soft Expressions (aka Hicks, Braun & Assoc.) has added a Toll Free Line for
orders, 1-888-545-8616; it will be answered Hicks, Braun and Assoc.
- Stolen
Quilts: Unfortunately I have added another quilt to this page. Gayle DeForest
mother's Red and White Drunkard Path quilt disappeared from Greenhaven Country
Place, Sacramento, CA, August, 1997. For additional information, go to the Stolen Quilts Page. If you
have a quilt that has been stolen and would like it listed let me
know.
- New Format for Software Reviews Pages and Links Pages
find quicker loading pages because they have been divided into smaller categories
by company or topic. To visit start with the Link
Index page and jump to your next category page.
- 8
New Quilts in the Virtual "Computer" Quilt Gallery. Remember,
I am always looking for more quilts and galleries to add. For instructions on
how to participate, go to the bottom of the Gallery page.
- New
listing on The World Wide Computer Quilting Page UPDATES for conferences
plus more shops and teachers, check them out! Remember anyone who retails software,
teaches, or demonstrates Computer Quilting is eligible to be add to the page,
just e-mail me.
New Software available from Soft Expressions
- New Foundation Piecing Programs
- Sew
Precise: Companion foundation piecing program from the Electric Quilt
Company. (click back to return to this newsletter)
- Carol
Doak's Foundation Factory: Companion foundation piecing program
for Quilt-Pro. It is the second Foundation Piecing program that Quilt-Pro has
released. To return to this newsletter, click the BACK button in the top menu
of your browser program.
General Topics of Interest to the
Computer QuilterCorelDRAW UsersQuilt-Pro Users - Quilt-Pro
2 has a few corrections that have been made since its release. To find out
which version 2.x you are running and how to download correction directly from
the internet, click here.
- Quilt-Pro List, join other quilters who own and use Quilt-Pro.
- Discover
the Quilt-Pro Connection with its extensive list of FAQs (frequently asked
questions) and all the new fabrics, blocks and projects to add to your Quilt-Pro
library and much more!
Electric Quilt UsersQuiltSOFT & Quilter's Design Studio Users 
CorelDRAW Users
The 3 quilts below have been created by Nancy Hastings-Trew. Nancy has
graciously written the article below to share with us one way (of many) to use
CorelDRAW to create the traditional and innovative colouilts using the Cloning
Tool! | (11k)  | Name: Nancy Hastings-Trew
From: Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Program Quilt Created in: Corel Draw 7
Name of Quilt: (I
don't name them!)
Finished Size: (well, they are virtual only, so size
doesn't matter)
Date Created: April, 1998
e-mail: mailto:nht@orc.ca |
| (21k)  | (23k)  |
About Nancy: Nancy is a graphic designer
with an expertise in CorelDraw! who has not had time to quilt the last
few years but when she came upon the Virtual
Computer Quilt Gallery on this Website, Nancy decided she could again quilt
at least in the virtual world of her computer. She whipped up these 3 quilts in
a day using CorelDraw! . We are very pleased to say that Nancy has agreed
to write an occasional article about how to use CorelDRAW for Computer Quilting
and her first article of what we hope will become an occasional on-going series
for Computer Quilting BYTES is next. Editor's Note: The article is well
written, and easy to understand. If you have not used CorelDraw! to help
you in Quilt Design here is a good launching point! Creating Quilt Designs with CorelDraw:
Using the Clone Tool to Duplicate Your Blocks
by Nancy Hastings-Trew © 1998 Editor's Note: Nancy
has written another insightful tutorial using a script she created. It is posted
on the CDUG website :
"Create a droplet from a simple mask in PhotoPAINT," a script by Nancy
Hastings-Trew. REMEMBER if you want to learn more about CorelDraw,
sign up for the CorelDraw Users Group. If you have not discovered the CDUG
list yet, go check it out. It is a professional users group, but nonprofessionals
who are lurking could learn a lot! I am amazed by how knowledgeable and sharing
this group is. There is a voluntary fee of $10 a year. Great returns for the buck
in my book!  -
- UNTIL NEXT TIME
- May all your time creating Computer Quilts
be a Joy, filled with right brain escape, and result in that much sought
after finished Fabric Quilt, if not at least a very nifty Virtual Quilt
that you send to me to display in the VIRTUAL QUILT GALLERY !!
-
Sharla Hicks
- Editor of Computer
Quilting BYTES
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