I got EQ7 this past summer and have spent some time learning how to use it. Time well spent I might add. I now know how much fabric of each color to buy before I get it and can scan my stash to see if I have enough of that color before heading to the LQS. One of the quilts I made before I relied on the sales clerk to know how much fabric I needed. I ended up making two more trips and then still didn't have enough for the fancy border so ended up making a plain border. By that time I cut out all of the fabric the border fabric I needed was no longer available.