#WHAT IS ELECTRIC QUILT 8 USED FOR PDF#

The ScanNCut will ask if you want to overwrite the file.Select where you want to save the cleaned up file. When you are done cleaning up the scan click OK to return to the previous screen. Highlight the extra lines and dots by clicking on them and then press the trash can. If you do not have any extra lines or marks, skip to step 24 below. If you have them, delete any extra lines or small dots.This button lets us make edits to the scan. Select the button in the upper left of the display screen that has a red highlighted square, a black circle and a black triangle.If you saved to a USB, navigate to the file location on the USB and select it. On our machine it was the last file in the list. Scroll through the list of saved files until you find the scan and select it.We saved to the machine so selected that option. Select the location where you saved your pattern in step 11, either to the machine or to a USB.It does not delete the pattern from your machine or USB.

This just clears the pattern that you were working on so that you can start a new project.

The ScanNCut will ask “Okay to delete all patterns?” Click OK.

Go back to the home screen by clicking the Home button next to the screen.

The ScanNCut gave the file a default name and number.

Select either to machine memory (button on the left) or to USB (button on the right).

Select Outline on the display screen to have the machine recognize only the outside edges of the patches as cut lines.

When the scan is complete, unload the mat by pressing the grid button next to the screen.

Press the Start/Stop button next to the screen to begin the scan.

Load the cutting mat into the machine by pressing the grid button next to the screen.

Press the Home Button on the top of the machine if it does not already open to the Home Page. Here we did some extra trimming so that we could fit the template from the second page onto the mat alongside the templates from the first page. Then place your templates on the Scan and Cut mat.

Trim your printouts to remove the tiling lines and the footer.

We have printed the templates to make this block at a custom size of 12×12 inches. You can find this block in the EQ8 Block Library under 02 Contemporary Pieced > Frames.

Follow these instructions to select the block that you want to make and create a printout that is optimized for conversion to SVG >įor this lesson, we are using the block Aunt Lee’s Frame, which is one of the 6,000+ blocks that come preloaded in EQ8.

Steps may differ if you have a newer model. Note: We are using the Brother ScanNCut CM100 for this tutorial.

#WHAT IS ELECTRIC QUILT 8 USED FOR PDF#

If you want to create SVG files from EQ8 PDFs that you can use with Brother CanvasWorks software, follow these instructions instead > Scanning and editing an EQ8 PDF in Brother ScanNCut Below are instructions for scanning templates printed from EQ8 into the Brother ScanNCut and then cutting the fabric for your quilt. Let’s get to know the basics of using Electric Quilt 8 (EQ8) template printouts with Brother ScanNCut machines.īrother ScanNCut machines have the ability to scan printouts to create digital cut files.

Want to create SVG files from EQ8 printouts? Start here!

What is electric quilt 8 used for