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Irishrose2 08-14-2017 07:05 AM

Thank you for asking this, Kitsie. Lots of good answers here.

M cubed 08-14-2017 11:29 AM

I have had the best luck using Power Point to do very simple drafting. It can be a little fiddly, but much better than a word program or Excel: you can do curved wording or curved shapes and put in any size grid you wish. I do not have any EQ's or any other quilting programs - when I need to use a computer, I use Power Point.

QuiltE 08-14-2017 11:34 AM


Originally Posted by nativetexan (Post 7886062)
I think I just read somewhere where Paint is going to be done away with. I use it on my photos. There are some sites online I'm sure someone will come up with that I've read about before.

There's an updated version scheduled. I think it come out this fall.
Forget what my techy told me that the new name is ...
Paint Plus? Paint Enhanced? .....something along that idea.

selm 08-14-2017 01:23 PM


Originally Posted by nativetexan (Post 7886062)
I think I just read somewhere where Paint is going to be done away with. I use it on my photos. There are some sites online I'm sure someone will come up with that I've read about before.

I recently saw that they were going to keep Paint after all.

Jane Quilter 08-14-2017 01:38 PM

too many simpler drawing packages for quilting than a cad program. Leave that to the engineers and technical drawers. Great suggestions above.

Faintly Artistic 08-14-2017 04:07 PM

I downloaded Pattern Jam for free, have only used it a little. I guess I'd rather use graph paper than learn new software:o. Guess I should look at it again as I was having a bear of a time last night figuring out how many blocks to make for an on point quilt.
Also, saw that Jinny Beyer has free quilt design on her website, might be worth checking out.
https://www.jinnybeyer.com/quilting-...sign-board.cfm

QuiltnNan 08-15-2017 05:57 AM


Originally Posted by selm (Post 7886977)
I recently saw that they were going to keep Paint after all.

i saw that too


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