tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217778911642814493.post8555801800545077526..comments2024-03-28T07:23:29.563-04:00Comments on Podunk Pretties Quilting: WARNING! EQ LIES!Podunk Prettieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703561153249594430noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217778911642814493.post-18116432355708761912014-07-29T15:16:19.542-04:002014-07-29T15:16:19.542-04:00I'm sure this is too late for this quilt, but ...I'm sure this is too late for this quilt, but maybe this will help you for future designs. I've just been playing around with EQ, planning a class, and I think I've stumbled onto the feature that makes sure border blocks stay square. For border style choose "tile squares". You need to know about how many blocks of the size you want will fit (border length divided by block size, round up to a whole number). EQ will keep the blocks square and will add a strip between the pieced border and the previous border if necessary to make the lengths work out. To avoid having to piece that extra sliver into the quilt, you can now go back and add that extra width (border width minus block size) to the previous border. <br /><br />That's ptretty much what you figured out independently of EQ, but this is how you'd get EQ to do it for you. Is it clear as mud?canuckquilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804830507722535614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217778911642814493.post-36473423253063199242014-06-08T12:09:21.495-04:002014-06-08T12:09:21.495-04:00You do have to be careful when you are planning to...You do have to be careful when you are planning to add pieced borders when working with EQ. Unfortunately the border function is set up to only take into account the width of the border and not the size of the blocks you plan to use in the border. The program asks you how many pieced blocks go into the border, not the size of the blocks. If you look closely at the blocks in your 12" border, you can see that the corner blocks are wider than the blocks in the center, a clear sign that your previous border isn't wide enough to get you to the proper size (checking the ruler along the top is a real good way to catch that). The program just doesn't have the capability to estimate the size of borders needed to fit a given block. It's not so much a program error as it is a limitation of how the software works. Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02876375845688651131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217778911642814493.post-64508753818201404972014-06-08T05:20:40.247-04:002014-06-08T05:20:40.247-04:00Lee Anne - I had the same issue recently when desi...Lee Anne - I had the same issue recently when designing a 20" log cabin block, where I inserted a window and door. (I was using my leftover fabric to design a back). Being new to EQ7, I thought it was the "fool behind the tool" but it was an EQ7 error. I agree with you to double check EQ7 math - measure twice, cut once!Luz2Quilthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13469102200438380602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217778911642814493.post-41074643512895293382014-06-08T01:28:27.703-04:002014-06-08T01:28:27.703-04:00just as well you had your wits about you, for so...just as well you had your wits about you, for someone quite new to quilting this could have been a disaster, have been thinking about EQ7 but somehow have not managed to justify the cost yet. Also not sure I would understand it if I got it.margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14225676137708827434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217778911642814493.post-52979240325577472142014-06-07T14:11:38.631-04:002014-06-07T14:11:38.631-04:00I have had a similar experience with EQ I like the...I have had a similar experience with EQ I like the tool but can't blindly rely on it and at times it frustrates me .Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02483677375589857938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217778911642814493.post-65276852453629288542014-06-07T13:31:54.054-04:002014-06-07T13:31:54.054-04:00Well, I've never been able to afford the EQ pr...Well, I've never been able to afford the EQ program so I have to use graph paper. At this point, I can't imagine taking the time to figure out how to use a new program and then have it give me incorrect results! It would be nice to have the features it offers if I just had the time. I know I would spend an inordinate amount playing. In the 80's, I did a bunch of blocks on graph paper, just messing around. You know, back then, we didn't have even a lot of quilt books to reference.Heck, when I started subscribing to Quilter's Newsletter, it was 4 or 5 sheets of copy paper, mimeographed! Anyway, I've been making those blocks up and I can't find the name for lots of them. I'm sure that I didn't "create" new blocks but I don't know their names. I think that I could probably use EQ to find the names. So happy piecing my high-tech buddy! I'll struggle along with graph paper....XOBevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11067702704778201176noreply@blogger.com