Originally Posted by
Msnappy
I started with Dear Jane and have to say I found it very labor intensive to learn and use. If you do decide to go with Dear Jane, You really can not design new blocks, you can change colors and add borders.
Some people have told me I should have started with EQ, but was a large expense.
I know the two are entirely different software. Dear Jane is just meant to help you design and make a specific quilt with specific blocks; while EQ7 is meant for designing whatever you want. I was just thinking that if I decided EQ7 wasn't worthwhile for me, Dear Jane would be an excellent alternative because I really intrigued by that quilt. Although I suspect it could take me years to finish the quilt since I would be making the blocks along side other projects. I don't think I have the attention span to make that thing all at once!