Old 04-19-2009, 07:12 PM
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GailG
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Originally Posted by Tippy
I have EQ5, but to be honest I don't really like it.. probably because I never really learned to use it, and I've been quilting long enough that I just got used to drafting by hand.. I don't even use graph paper. I have a BIG sketch pad, and a variety of rulers, a compass, protractor, mechanical pencils and some string. I just mark a square the size I want my finished block and go from there...haven't had any problems to this point.
Tippy, you're my kind of Gal. I don't know your age, but I came up the old way. You can't beat a pencil and paper. I like "doodling" on graph paper to see what I can come up with.

Only teasing you gals who use the computers so easily. More power to you. As my mom would say, "To each his own."
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