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The Electric Quilt Company proudly announces Electric Quilt 7! EQ7 is the most user-friendly quilting software yet! No more searching for answers! It's all right at your fingertips. Includes a complete Reference Manual PLUS 25 quick and easy lessons and 10 videos that will teach you everything! Digital cameras will become a quilter's best friend. EQ7 has dozens of ways to turn everyday photos into quilt art images or crop and edit scanned fabrics right in EQ7 in minutes...and that's just the start. Manual and a CD to install. Requires Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 AND an internet connection. Requires Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7, and an internet connection. Will run on Macs through Virtual PC or Parallels (XP, Vista, or Windows 7 version).
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66 of 66 people found the following review helpful
I had been given some warnings about EQ7 having a "learning curve" (and read some, in various reviews and forums online), but since the Hoopsisters Embroidablock quilting class I'm taking has the quilt design in EQ7 format and I wanted to go wild with fabrics/color changes,... I took the plunge. I have found this software only took me a few hours over about 3 days, to get the hang of it. I DID use the users manual, and watched some of the tutorial videos that come with the software. At that point, I was opening the Sketchbook in EQ7 for the quilt we were making, had imported my own fabric photos into the fabric stash in the project, and was happily clicking away on the quilt layout to put my own fabrics where I wanted them in the design.
But I have to put in a disclaimer, lol. I have a Bachelors in Computer Science, have worked as a Quality Assurance Software Tester for ages, and have taken college courses in using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. I have to say that many of the mechanisms for working on the quilt, or it's blocks, or setting up special "palettes" of threads and fabrics in EQ7 operates with an approach that's very similar to Illustrator.
I think anyone willing to study the information Electric Quilt supplies, no matter how non-computer-savvy they are, can learn to use this with patience. And it's pretty darn slick once you get the hang of it!!!
But I have to put in a disclaimer, lol. I have a Bachelors in Computer Science, have worked as a Quality Assurance Software Tester for ages, and have taken college courses in using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. I have to say that many of the mechanisms for working on the quilt, or it's blocks, or setting up special "palettes" of threads and fabrics in EQ7 operates with an approach that's very similar to Illustrator.
I think anyone willing to study the information Electric Quilt supplies, no matter how non-computer-savvy they are, can learn to use this with patience. And it's pretty darn slick once you get the hang of it!!!
53 of 54 people found the following review helpful
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EQ7 is a mature and powerful quilt design program. Although it may not be intuitive right out of the box, once you view the training tutorials it is easy to use. I really like that it is very forgiving, allowing one to try various design ideas and change things if desired. It has a large library of built-in block designs so you can design quilts forever without having to make your own blocks. However, if you want to design your own blocks from scratch, the block worktable accomodates this task quite nicely. It also has a large library of fabrics to use, or you can take photos of your own fabrics and enter them into your library. These libraries are great tools, as they allow you to "paint" your quilt blocks with actual fabrics rather than just color them in.
There are a number of helpful tools to modify your quilt design, such as tools to rotate or flip blocks, auto fill the entire quilt with a block, fill alternate blocks with a single design, etc. I particularly like the symmetry tool which allows you to rotate all the blocks in a quilt in a symmetrical fashion. There are 16 different iterations before you return to the original layout. The patterns produced by this tool on a quilt of log cabin blocks is amazing. The program lets you keep variations of every quilt design simply by adding them to the sketchbook. Everything you add is available to bring up later.
The license for this product allows you to have it activated on two computers at a time. As long as you have internet access you can easily deactivate one computer and activate another, so you can have the software installed on every computer in your house but only activated on any 2 computers at a time. It isn't quite as flexible as a dongle, but it is fairly painless since both deactivation and activate are quick and simple processes.
I highly recommend this program for anyone interested in designing their own quilts. I have tried other programs which were primitive by comparison.
There are a number of helpful tools to modify your quilt design, such as tools to rotate or flip blocks, auto fill the entire quilt with a block, fill alternate blocks with a single design, etc. I particularly like the symmetry tool which allows you to rotate all the blocks in a quilt in a symmetrical fashion. There are 16 different iterations before you return to the original layout. The patterns produced by this tool on a quilt of log cabin blocks is amazing. The program lets you keep variations of every quilt design simply by adding them to the sketchbook. Everything you add is available to bring up later.
The license for this product allows you to have it activated on two computers at a time. As long as you have internet access you can easily deactivate one computer and activate another, so you can have the software installed on every computer in your house but only activated on any 2 computers at a time. It isn't quite as flexible as a dongle, but it is fairly painless since both deactivation and activate are quick and simple processes.
I highly recommend this program for anyone interested in designing their own quilts. I have tried other programs which were primitive by comparison.
77 of 84 people found the following review helpful
By Sharon
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I have been quilting for over 20 years and use EQ7 for all of my designs. I would consider myself a medium to high level of experience. I like hand applique and paper piecing for my favorite forms of quilting. I recently purchased EQ7 for my two home computers. I have been an EQ5 user for many years. The new EQ7 is steps above the EQ5, lots of upgrades, lots of changes for the good. I would highly recommend EQ7 for the novice or expert quilt maker or designer. Wonderful program!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic software
I waited a while to review this software so that I had time to use it fully. I can honestly say I was pleasantly surprised at how flexible it is. Read more
Published 12 days ago by CB
5.0 out of 5 stars
An asset for a quilter
Excellent program that allows you to personalize a work in progress. You can take a photo and make it into a quilt.
Published 23 days ago by Eleanor Winsor
5.0 out of 5 stars
EQ7
Great way to see what quilt looks like before you cut the fabric. It is a fabric saver for sure.
Published 24 days ago by Rotary Queen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great product!
Enough said. As an avid quilter I find easy to use, training video is great, design capacity is limited however.
Published 1 month ago by Ray Gille
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent software
It's been a long time since I purchased a full-blown version of software and I couldn't be happier with this product. Read more
Published 1 month ago by bungee
5.0 out of 5 stars
EQ7
Wow, I am going to have to sew even quicker to catch up with all the designs I am coming up with. This program is very user friendly and someone with little computer knowledge can... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Aardvark Marketing
5.0 out of 5 stars
Even better than expected
This program is excellent for quilt design. It has many more features than I expected, and I was especially impressed with the included documentation. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Paula J. Slaughter
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great software with so many capabilities
My wife is a fabulous quilter and is loving the software. It is her first venture into CAD and it is very exciting!
Published 2 months ago by James L. Wargula
5.0 out of 5 stars
having so much fun with this version.
I had EQ5 but lost in a move, and new computer, figured I would get new version. Glad I did. This one is so much easier than last I had. Read more
Published 3 months ago by leslie of maryland
2.0 out of 5 stars
EQ 7 Design tool
I was excited to find this as it promised to be easy to use and would let me design my own blocks for quilts. Read more
Published 4 months ago by RobertaM Williams
