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Toni, thank you! That's a great idea! I will have to try the quilting magazine thing. I am so excited about this program. I saw that one of the quilts in the Iron Quilter was designed on it. It was just beautiful. I can't wait until my break so I can really "tinker" in earnest! I work at a school so we will be off for the holidays soon! :icon_happy:
oh Good luck! Have really been wanting it, but there are enough free designs out there to keep me busy till I'm 90?? lmbo My best success comes from playing around with new programs, and finding web groups that use it. Would love to hear how you like it? It may be on my Christmas list for next year!
:-Debbie :icon_wave:
I have EQ7. I rarely use it. It was fun at first, but then I found it a lot of trouble. It isn't hard to use. I think they have some tutorials in it. Actually, now that I think about it, I used it from my Storm and Sea quilt where I mapped out what I wanted it to look like, and it did help. Go figure!
From what I've read and tinkered with so far I think I am going to love it Debbie. The fact that you can scan your stash and see what your quilt will look like with your fabrics is very exciting to me. No hopping, guessing, or wishing you had chosen something else.
Keep us posted with your progress. I've been thinking about getting it too.
Right now I used Adobe Illustrator to design my quilts, but I would love to get my hands on this program and see how it works! I especially am interested in importing your fabrics part! That sounds really cool. You will have to let us know how you like it and if you would recommend buying it or not! :)
I use EQ all the time. Love it! It's fun to just play around. I know I'll never make all the quilts I've designed by I think it's really helped me to be better at color choices and placement in the design. Here's one I designed the other night. It's basically a D9P. By fiddling with the symmetry I came up with this design and now I really want to make it.
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I use Illustrator also. I have EQ5 and have no trouble drawing in it since I'm usually trying to change a quilt to QAYG. Some parts are rather strange - maybe the later versions fixed them. In 5, you work on the quilt or the block and you have to stick everything in the scrapbook. If you can handle bezier curves, you are set for most software. I also have the Silhouette die cutter and bought the Pro Studio software. No trouble operating that because of Illustrator. Same with Masterworks digitizing.Quote:
Originally Posted by LindseyW
I love your design. I am sure that I will be much like you. I will never be able to make all of the quilts that I design, but I am sure it will help me on color choices and placement. Are there any of you willing to share a quilt that you've made using the software to design it. Would love to see pictures of the design or the actual quilt!
LaNiece, have you used EQ yet? Did it go well?
