I think it depends on what kind of quilter you are. If you like to plan out a quilt, audition fabric for place, and go out and just buy fabric that you need for the quilt you've designed, then maybe you could benefit by having it. On the other hand, I did buy EQ at one time. But I discovered that when I got to the fabric store, I'd fall in love with and be inspired by a particular fabric that had no relation to the quilt I had "planned" to make. Then I'd make a quilt and not even use a pattern I'd done on EQ. So, I've never used it since, never made a quilt using it, and found it boring.