pittsburgpam

I've used EQ4 so I'm not totally unfamiliar with it but I still think it navigates a little strange, in my opinion. I've been thinking of doing a patriotic quilt and I ordered the material for it yesterday. This is just a quick design and it's not what I envision because I don't know how to put in inside borders and other stuff I have in mind.

I guess I will have to buckle down and really learn the program. I just don't find it intuitive. Why can't I go to the Borders tab and add an inside border? Let me insert one and drag and size it to a grid!

This is Born In The USA. :D

Ducky

Pam, you designed that? Wow. That's really impressive! I would be very interested in getting the EQ software, but it's a little pricey, isn't it? I'll have to do some more research. Great work!

shaverg

Pam when you call up the borders menu, there is a tab that says, insert border.

Also besides the book the tutorial is a video. which is great. At the top of your screen you should see video. Also the book is actually pretty comprehensive.

Good luck.

shaverg

Pam, I forgot. when designing the layout. On the layout menu at the bottom you can insert sashing, some people also think of this as inside borders.

pittsburgpam

I know I'll have to spend more time with it. I did a couple of layouts, including sashing, but it's not sashing that I want. One of the fabrics is a linear pattern that I want to use for some border probably around the bear and there is one with squares in the pattern that, depending on what size they actually are, I want to insert with the borders.

shaverg

There is also a custom quilt layout. I have not tried. That may be the one you will have to work with.

I will say it sometimes gives me a headache trying to figure it out. But all in all it really good. I have emailed tech support occasionallyand get a response really quickly. They also have a good forum online.

Hope this helps.

reneebobby

Oh my that is so pretty.

pittsburgpam

I tried the custom one too. I could not figure out how to size the blocks easily. I would select one and then you have to shift+drag to size to insert it. Ok, that's fine... but how about some help in sizing it to 12"? I had to really, really zoom in, select the block, and pull it to 12" square by using the rulers along the edge.

I know it is probably a great program and I'm just complaining because I don't know it. It just seems to be way more complicated than it needs to be to figure out how to do something. Why can't I right click on a block, or something as simple as that, and tell it the block is 12" square, or otherwise select the dimensions?

Grrrrrrr....

Harmony

Very nice design! I've been using EQ6 for awhile, and I know I haven't even begun to use all its capabilities. I keep saying I'm going to sit down for a couple of hours every night for a week and get it all figure out, but I never do it. So I use it mostly to audition colors and figure out yardage. But you'll have to admit, it is fun to play with!

quiltsRfun

Just imagine what you'll be able to do when you're more familiar with the program. Great work!