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Speaking of EQ5
By the way, for Mac users, EQ6 works perfectly using Fusion, Parallels
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Speaking of EQ5
Actually, that was how I used v 4, when I used it, and despite my frustrations, liked that it enabled me to audition fabrics/colours without cutting strips/blocks and hanging them on the wall.I designed a couple of qulolts using it, and the quilts turned out fine. I just couldn't stand how long it took to do anything and how much back tracking there was. And, I really MEANT V 6, not 5, in my original question. Silly me! Thanks for all your input. LIT On Jul 13, 1:50*pm, "heidi (was rabbit2b)" wrote: Oops. Forgot to mention that my single biggest use for it is trying color combinations and placements. It's worth it for that alone. (And that I've been doing for a long time--I think my first EQ fabric tryout is still in my 2004 webshots album! --Heidi http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b On Jul 12, 7:24*pm, lynne in toronto wrote: Who has it? *How is it? (apart from fabric calculations) I bought it, and Block Base, a few versions back and found it not intuitive and hard to use. In fact I really didn't like it at all. Has it improved? Trying to figure out if it's worth buying again. Thanks, Lynne in Toronto Queen of the Cowboys- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Speaking of EQ5
Like everyone else, I did not find EQ3-5 very intuitive, but would keep
plugging away. I still don't have the ability to do all I see others do with it, but for playing with colors, layouts and blocks, it's terrific. I would bring my computer with me on trips, or places that I could not bring real fabric, and found it was great fun to play around with when I had the "spare" time. That was how I eventually got it to work for me, without taking hours to get a project together. Nancy "Michelle C." wrote in message ... lynne in toronto wrote: Who has it? How is it? (apart from fabric calculations) I bought it, and Block Base, a few versions back and found it not intuitive and hard to use. In fact I really didn't like it at all. Has it improved? Trying to figure out if it's worth buying again. Thanks, Lynne in Toronto Queen of the Cowboys Hi Lynne, I understand your comment about EQ (version 5 in my case) not being intuitive to use. However, through scrupulous reading of the book and asking for help here on RTCQ, I've used it to design several quilts, which are all in various stages of progress. Really helps me to "visualize" my ideas. So I guess, it's usefulness depends on how much effort you want to put into learning the program and whether it fulfills some quilting need that you can't do any other way. Best regards, Michelle in Nevada, USA |
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Speaking of EQ5
Hi
I have EQ5 and Blockbase. What I like it for is planning. I check overall color combinations ahead of cutting and check to see how different blocks will work together. I also like that the program does the work for making various sized blocks. I don't play with it all that much, however what I do with it saves me a lot of time and headache. -***Debbie*** lynne in toronto wrote in news:bd5e8465-ccf5-45f5- : Who has it? How is it? (apart from fabric calculations) I bought it, and Block Base, a few versions back and found it not intuitive and hard to use. In fact I really didn't like it at all. Has it improved? Trying to figure out if it's worth buying again. Thanks, Lynne in Toronto Queen of the Cowboys |
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Speaking of EQ5
On Jul 12, 7:24*pm, lynne in toronto wrote:
Who has it? *How is it? (apart from fabric calculations) I first bought EQ3; and continued to upgrade. The first version I really used was EQ5, mainly because of the tracing capability. I'm using it (and now EQ6) fairly regularly. In addition to tracing, I use it to test color combinations for the few rare "pieced" quilts I make. It's also good to test out a composition to see if it really will work. It eliminates drafting, because you can design the block or motif on an arbitrary "size", but always print it use the "size from quilt" and get nice applique patterns. Susan K see my quilts: members.cox.net/kratersge |
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