I am a newbie to EQ7 and haven't used it enough to become really familiar with it. I'm working on a sampler quilt and got the software about half way through the project -- primarily because I could scan MY fabrics into the fabric library and audition different colorings for blocks, sashings, borders etc. Even if the exact block I was working on was not in the EQ library, I could find one close enough so I could see what different fabric combinations looked like. I worked through the designing tutorials included with the software and did fine but it won't "click" until I work on my own stuff. I doubt that I'll ever make use of all of EQ7's features and it's easy to get buried in it.... but it's really amazing software.