callousalicefromcorvallis

I need help with EQ7. I have an image (photograph) that I would like to turn into a quilt top, but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to lay a grid over the image. Is anyone here able to help me? Thanks!

Boston1954

Does the program have a help section? It might explain some steps for you.

eparys

I looked through my EQ7 and did not see an obvious answer to your problem. While I use EQ all the time, I use it primarily for paper piecing. There is a forum on the EQ site that might be worth posting that question on.

http://doyoueq.com/forum/viewforum.p...e65c99dbdc798c

coffeecozy

i have only played with this but hope it helps until someone with more experience can answer.
you can work on your grid on the quilt layout tab.
i worked on my image
saved image to sketchbook
opened quilt worktable
opened sketchbook/iphotos
from the edit button i selected quilt worktable
in the layouts tab i adjusted the grid

ManiacQuilter2

Welcome to the board. I have use this feature once to draw the dimensions of a block. You do realize that the is technical help available. Penny, who I met at quilt market in 1995, is one of the original programmers and she could walk you thru the steps.
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But something is telling me you have to be working on a block and not a quilt.

Jennifer23

Hi, and welcome!

I just tried this out, and I found it easiest to add a grid and trace as a block.

I started a new project. In the "Work on Block" screen, I switched to the "Tracing Image" tab (lower left).

Click the "Import Image" button in the upper left, just below the main toolbar. It looks like a picture of a desert, with a green arrow pointing up. Choose your picture at the dialog. You can crop it by dragging the handles on the preview picture.

It will take you to the main screen again, with a cursor that says "Click = inside fit, Shift+click = outside fit, OR drag to place image". I don't know what this means, so I just moved to the upper left and clicked. Your picture should now be visible.

At the bottom of the screen, switch to the EasyDraw tab.

Now you can adjust the block size and graph paper cells, just above the picture. I set the block size to the size I want the quilt to be. Play with the graph paper cells and snaps to get a grid you like.

You can then trace the picture using the pencil tools on the left - one does straight lines, the other does curves.

When you're done tracing, switch to the Color tab at the bottom and color it in. Then add it to your sketchbook and finish it off!

I hope this helps... if not, I can add a couple pictures this evening.