Do you download all fabrics for EQ7?
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Do you download all fabrics for EQ7?
I just installed EQ7. I am wondering if I should download all the fabrics available (for free) on the Do You EQ site or not. How many of you find it useful? I have downloaded the fabrics for Jan 2015. I would love your opinions! Thank you.
#2
I have only the fabrics on the initial disc. Most times I can find something close enough to the fabrics I have (many of which are either batiks or somewhat vintage) to work for design purposes. Eventually I intend to scan in specific fabrics if I can't find anything close in the fabric library.
#3
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Location: Wichita Falls, TX
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I, too, have only the fabrics on the initial disc. I look for something similar and call it good. I don't use it a lot, so you may be in a different situation. I mostly use EQ7 to determine fabric yardage and block construction.
#4
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
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I have downloaded it for EQ5 but haven't asked technical support what I am doing wrong since it seems to keep going to EQ5 instead of EQ7. The more fabric I have the happier I am with my quilt designs. Be sure to go thru the manufacturer fabric on EQ7 since you will find a lot of neat fabrics.
#5
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Location: East Oklahoma - pining for Massachusetts
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The fabrics that came with my EQ5 were blah, so I have taken to importing them. I find something I think is pretty, or some I have actually bought and load that in. It's neat to see what my quilt will look like before I start cutting.
#6
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I have downloaded it for EQ5 but haven't asked technical support what I am doing wrong since it seems to keep going to EQ5 instead of EQ7. The more fabric I have the happier I am with my quilt designs. Be sure to go thru the manufacturer fabric on EQ7 since you will find a lot of neat fabrics.
#7
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
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As the manual says, downloading all the fabrics will make EQ run slower. I download the ones I want/need as I need them, but most of the time, I simply take a picture of the fabric I want to use in my design, then download it into EQ. That gives me a better idea of what I'm doing.
#9
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: The Deep South near Cajun Country, USA
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I have downloaded all of them and love having the choices. They download in 6 month sections, so it is not as many files as you think it is. I am on a cable modem, so it takes about 10 to 15 seconds to download one of the files. I would absolutely hate to be without them.
#10
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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A couple of years ago I started downloading the free fabrics when available from EQ7, Moda, etc. When I started designing my brother's QOV I realized how huge those fabric files were, how much a waste it was when I didn't have those exact fabrics, and it made no sense for me to design using something I probably would never have on hand. I deleted all the fabric files and started scanning all my own fabrics into jpg files, and I imported those into my designs in EQ7. Works slick, and now I only have files of exactly what I can find in my own stash.
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