roguequilter

i have had blockbase since it first came out in dos. when my son got me my first eq for christmas i was delighted w how smoothly the two progams integrated - after i also got the blockbase update on cd instead of floppy. over the years (i have eq6 now - want 7) eq has added more & more blocks to thier database of blocks, but blockbase, to me, is still an essential tool to use in conjunction w my eq software. also, blockbase is a block library, not a design program like eq. you can resize & print your block pattern templates, but you can't design an original block or design a quilt to use the blocks in. it is a reference tool. you don't have to do anything to integrate them so they work together. install and they "find" each other and you are good to go.

bottom line --- i would never use one w/o the other. the additional info on blockbase re: the blocks many names, approximate date of first use, origin or designer --well, being a history junkie of everything in the world, blockbase is too important to me not to have on my pc. i bought the book too, as soon as i read that it was available. ) directly from ms. brackman & it is signed. i am such a nerd...i was soooo thrilled w the fact that it was signed.