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I have EQ 6 then upgraded to EQ 7, I love it. There is a learning curve but I did find it easy to use. I teach patchwork and find it invaluable for working out quilts etc for my students. I love to design my own creations. I have just bought the EQ Stitch a plug into EQ 7 for digitizing your drawings and saving in your embroidery format.........so excited about this as I would like to combine both my loves into a quilt.
There is a EQ newsletter full of information. The tech staff at EQ are just wonderful in helping with a problem. Then it all depends what your friend wants to do with EQ 7.
4770I don't think the EQ programs are any harder to learn than anything else. You just need the time to work with it. I have the EQ5 and never upgraded the program as I don't have time to quilt much anymore. I'm happy with my older version without spending money for the upgrade. This is a little quilt that I was playing with several months ago and have never made it, but I love that you can bring your embroidery designs into the program like I did. Don't recall where I got them from, but they are the Paris designs.
Buy it, have fun with it, I'm more than pleased with how the program works.
Mary Ann
by jerrib
20 Feb 2013
Hi Mary Ann: This isn't for me, its for a friend of mine. I just said I would ask here to see what I could find out for her. I will give her your info. Thank you. Hugs Jerri
17488I bought one of the ealier versions. The learning curve was high for me. But the reason I stopped using it was because I found that when I had the fabric in hand, how I was going to use it changed tremendously. A little crazy, but the fabric inspires me as to what it needs to be, and it was never what I had designed on EQ.
6788I have EQ7 and I have designed some very nice quilts with it but there is so much that I haven't done because of the learning curve. I agree, that if you don't use it often, you have to spend a bit of time relearning each time you use it. I would recommend the program but I would also recommend getting some instruction videos that you can use to fully appreciate what the program has to offer.
452Jeri, I have EQ5. It is incredible all that it is capable of doing,but if I don't use once a week I forget how to use it and it is very frustrating. Thank goodness it came with a couple excellent instructional books. I haven't used the program enough to justify what I paid for it, simply because I keep forgetting how to use it. Hope this helps your friend. I don't mean to discourage just consider how often you are going to use this program is the big thing. Hugs, Susan
by jerrib
18 Feb 2013
Hi Susan, thank you so much for your reply. I will pass this on to her. Hugs Jerri
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