One of the ways to learn a whole lot more about EQ is to join in the DoYouEQ Challenge each month. There are no fees, only a challenge for you to create a themed quilt according to the current month's guidelines. The first payback is that you really get to explore EQ and learn more about it, often with suggestions from Barb Vlack. The second awesome payback is that sometime in the next month, everyone who submitted an entry gets an email to download an EQ copy of all the quilts for the month you submitted one. I have learned so much from the experienced designers who share their wonderful designs with the EQ community. My designing skills are improving every month and, yes, I participate every month. My designs are often very simple when compared to the experienced EQ users, but I don't let that stop me from uploading a quilt. It really is a great way to learn a lot about EQ.
http://doyoueq.com/clubeq/