and Voila! My kids have helped me out more than once and when the quilt is for them it is especially nice that they can "approve" it during the design stage. (I trust their design sense more than my own.) EQ7 doesn't have this feature directly that I know of but I take a screen print of the quilt from EQ7 and paste it into a program such as Paint, do the cropping, etc. When I want a second opinion of my design, I can send attachments of the EQ7 quilt to my out-of-state children via email and get their comments.
I also find planning borders is great using EQ7 how many borders, what colors, and what width on each look best to my eye. E.g.: If I have 12" square blocks and want a throw for a couch, how many blocks in a row and how many rows and what size borders should I have to come up to a size that works (I want it plenty long to cover tootsies and shoulders of a tall person) and I want the overall scale of the quilt to be pleasing to my eye. I use it to make design decisions quickly. I find that the fabric library plus the extra fabrics I've imported give me enough selection so that I can reasonably depict the fabrics I plan on using from my stash. I used to scan my fabrics but don't do that very often anymore. Like Dunster said, most quilts I make are planned out using EQ7.
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