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A few months ago I asked the board if getting EQ would be worth the investment. A quilter caught my post and told me she had a copy of EQ5 that she never really got into and gave it to me for free. Awesomeness, right?
Lately I've been having these sparks of quilting inspiration so I have been trying to play around with EQ. "Trying" being the hey word here. I'll make a block and send it to the scrapbook, but when I try putting it into a quilt layout it won't let me. "Can't set drawing on base layer of quilt (use Layout Options to remove restrictions)." I can easily set the blocks already installed on the program, but a good 80% of the time I need to create my own. The whole reason why I wanted this program was to aid in my quilting design process and I can't get the thing to work! I think the only reason why I haven't sworn at it is because I remind myself it was a generous gift from somebody and I'm not going to curse at a nice gift. Still, I'm frustrated. And there's nothing in the Help section of the software that tells me what I'm doing wrong. What am I doing wrong? |
I feel for you, I'm trying to get the hang of EQ7 I got as a Christmas gift but not having much luck. Someday I'll figure it out and I'm sure you will too.
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try setting it back to the default settings. I'm taking an online class from Quilt University..and thats one of the things she suggested. I don't know if it works with EQ5 but its worth a try.. I bought EQ6 and then upgraded to EQ7 and myself got frustrated with little things..decided I needed guidance. Do you have the manual book?
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I'll take alook at my EQ5 tomorrow and see if I can figure out what's wrong. Were you on Easy Draw or Patchdraw when you created the block? Look at the bottom left of your screen - are you on layer 1?
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Did you install the help videos. I don't know if the answer is there, just a suggestion.
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Originally Posted by kittenquilts
I'll take alook at my EQ5 tomorrow and see if I can figure out what's wrong. Were you on Easy Draw or Patchdraw when you created the block? Look at the bottom left of your screen - are you on layer 1?
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Originally Posted by trirainbow
Did you install the help videos. I don't know if the answer is there, just a suggestion.
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http://doyoueq.com/phpBB3/viewforum....1f9a7e3dcdf274
EQ has a forum for asking questions specifically about EQ5. Hope you find your answer. |
I hate my eq5. I want something I can make do what I want it to do, not have to take a course each time I start it up. Very frustrating. I feel your pain.
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EQ7 is light years ahead of EQ5. However, free is free! Try setting your block on layer 2, using "shift + drag" to place it with your mouse.
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