Originally Posted by Sierra

I bought one for "art" quilts. I thought it would be an answer for me because always have to buy too much fabric because I don't know how much it will take for each area. And I wanted to be able to manipulate my designs with my own fabrics to see how they look before cutting. I asked here on the quilt board about using it that way and was told "yes" it can be used for non-blocks.

I have a MAC so my grandson put a pc side to my MAC. I called up the help people (they were really nice) and they walked me through different steps. I printed out a binder full of instructions, thinking if I could do each step by step w/o having to refer elsewhere that would help. I was told to practice using a regular drawing program to help me understand how to use EQ7. I took classes ($50 for 3, but I started at the second one and only got two) they told me I could come back for the first one when it runs again. I asked after the first one I went to if they were going to discuss non-block quilting and the instructor said "yes, next class". But never a word was mentioned... everyone else loved fiddling with blocks.

Bottom line, I'm too electronically challenged to use it. I didn't quilt for a couple of months trying to learn EQ7. Outside of my machine it is the biggest purchase I've ever made, and its useless for me.

I don't think most of the world out there is as dumb as me, but if you may be, try someone else's first before you put out a lot of money.