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If you can draw it on graph paper, you can draw it in EQ. But I can't create a lone star block with a different block merged into each corner. So I made a "fractal" quilt - ever increasing (or decreasing, depending on your view) 8-pointed stars. But you can only merge 1 thing into a block - you can't merge into a merged block (but you can merge that one into another, if that makes sense). It's great for putting a block in the center of another. Merging blocks works, but again has some limitations I don't like (or I just haven't figured it out completely).
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But you can edit any block in the library. I dearly wish I could import a block (picture), rather than drawing from scratch. I size a border, made of for example 15 spaced blocks, to exactly fit my quilt and it always looks like the last block is cut off. If there are too many blocks in your border, it's almost like the accuracy is off in the picture. I try "tiled" borders, and it nicely adds sashing strips to make your tiles fit - but *it* picks the number of tiles, and always seems to go one more than I want to have. I found that I can't always get the exact measurements I want for some reason. I think the border features are a bit limiting. I'm not sure you can have different size blocks in each row/column, however.īut do like the program, and use it quite often - even drafting some quilts I've already designed, just for the fabric calculations. Since you can add any number of borders you want, and design them with blocks or other features, that would work.
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The other, I would do a a single block, plus a series of borders. And you can make each row any width you want. The Seuss one is a row quilt, which is a quilt type in EQ6.
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I have EQ6, not sure what additional features EQ7 offers although I don't think there were many changes. I'm techy too (an engineer), so here's my take. You say you're kinda tech-y, so I would vote that you will LOVE it! And I think you can get it for $135 at Quilt in a Day, too. you'll be over the moon! It's given me wayyyyyy more than $160 worth of fun. When you add in the fact that it computes fabric yardages necessary and creates templates, paper-piecing foundations, rotary cutting charts, prints quilts, exports jpgs of your designs. The ability to instantly change any given fabric, to scan in your own fabrics, to instantly change block or border sizes, to layer applique and/or quilting designs over the piecing - it's just SOOOOOOO much fun! If you like playing with programs like Photoshop or Publisher or Print Artist, you will pick up EQ7 pretty quickly - although there is a learning curve.īut, you will probably also find that you enjoy making virtual quilts as much as you like making fabric quilts - no kidding - designing quilts is a hobby in itself. Just the help files are terrific on EQ7 and there are a lot of tutorials on the site and on user sites, as well.
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There is a forum on the EQ site and there's also a mailing list discussion and a yahoo group for asking how to do specific things with EQ - the people on those lists are extremely knowledgeable and helpful. I don't think I will EVER use all its capabilities. People design bargello and 60º log cabins and applique in EQ7 - really complicated stuff. You might not even need the custom layouts for those. I think that quilts like the ones you linked to are a piece of cake, once you learn to operate the layouts. I know that there are ways to design asymmetrical custom quilt tops on EQ7, but I've never done it myself. I don't want to invest the money if it is not going to meet my needs 100% as I will keep to my pen and paper/photoshop method for much cheaper.Įdit to add: I guess what I am looking for is the ability to merge blocks together and then resizing each individual row or column (much like excel) I have had the opportunity to try out EQ5 and found it extremely limiting, I could not find a way to design quilts that are not rows of blocks, for example would I be able to do something like these? I am a somewhat techy person so decided to look to see what quilt programs were out there.
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I find myself spending a lot of time in photoshop piecing together what my proposed design will look like and then have to calculate if I even have enough fabric to do it. I also like to have an overall visual of what I am doing before I start to be sure it looks the way I want it to when I don't follow a pattern outright. I find myself constantly adjusting patterns to meet my fabric needs.