Thank you everyone. Do you think eq7 does a fairly accurate job at estimating yardage to purchase? I've hand 'drawn' a quilt for my DH but since I'm new to quilting (this will be quilt 7) I am kinda lost at determining how to figure out how much yardage to buy.
And, while I can 'see' this in my head... he doesn't connect all the colors and lines etc. I thot eq7 might give him that visual too.
I'm not too concerned on the learning curve with eq7 as I've used a wide variety of graphic editing and design software over the last 20+ years.
I want to get something that I can manipulate with colors shapes sizes ideas and not be restricted to using only their 'canned' blocks, patterns, etc, if you know what I mean. I am a little concerned that I may not know enough to know how to sew some of the designs and patterns together....and i'm sure that's an area I can come here for assistance on!
Thanks again for your input/advice and let me know please what you think about its calculations abilities...