I have had EQ5, EQ6 and now EQ7. I just really started to learn it after buying the EQ with Me: Pieced Drawing and EQ with Me: Quilt Design Books, at the 2013 International Quilt Festival in Houston. I am slow at retaining new pc programs so it is taking me longer than it might take others. For me, it will never take the place of a well written pattern. EQ gives you templates, cutting sizes and yardages, but NO directions on how to put the blocks together. You have to know the basics about sewing the blocks together. Having said that, I would really hate to give it up because I really enjoy designing a quilt and seeing the outcome. I have several I have posted to the QB in different posts. I haven't made any of them yet, but I'm getting to the point where I like what I am seeing.