I’ll tell you folks. I have purchased just about every version of Electric Quilt Software that has been put up for sale. The latest release is EQ7. It is touted as a great design product and The Quilter magazine even has a step by step tutorial in the July 2010 issue that is just out. The verdict is not in as to whether I will buy it. You see, I have never taken the time to pass the learning curve stage of all of the other EQ software packages, and I am not optimistic that this time, I’d do anything different. That said, the directions seem clear cut, in the magazine. I was trying to talk a teacher in my local area into giving a class. If so, I’d buy the product in a minute.
I can see how it would totally come in handy. What I do is kind of like cave-man style today… with the graph paper, or compass, and prismacolor pencils for coloring designs. Now, that seems pretty primitive, doesn’t it. I understand that with EQ7, one can drop swatches of the latest fabrics into place, using a Fabric Library. How cool is that?
Maybe someday, I’ll make it to the 21st century of quilting, but don’t count on it. I’m still pretty happy with hand quilting, even if it takes me a very long time to finish a quilt. For me, the joy lies in the process, not in how fast I get something done. So, I suppose my resistance to some of this new technology is somewhat based on my dislike of machine interventions (I chuckle as I am using software to share this message!)
Have a good week!
Patricia Cummings
