I design the block and then I explode the design out so you can see the individual blocks I used. It makes it easy to see how to put the quilt block together. I don't know alot about the functions in EQ for teaching a quilt block. I know there is a function that will show the quilt block seperated but it only does it in black and white in EQ5. I haven't done anything with it in EQ6 to see if it is the same or improved.