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**EQ8 Lessons for Beginners**
	EQ8 Lessons for Beginners Step-by-Step Exercises for Learning EQ8 Software This step-by-step lesson book is the best starter book for learning EQ8 software. The lessons are easy to follow and cover the basics of each of the three main worktables of EQ8. You will design quilts, draw blocks, import fabric scans, print patterns and calculate yardage estimates. Even if you've owned earlier versions of EQ, this book will introduce new features, while refreshing and energizing your approach to quilt design. This 128 page fully illustrated colour book has a convenient spiral binding that allows pages to rotate 360 degrees and lay flat
Step-by-Step Exercises for Learning EQ8 Software Filled with illustrations, you'll have no trouble following the steps of this lesson book. Pages: 128 Size: 8½" x 11" Soft cover, spiral binding, full-color content PRICE: £24.95 inc. UK Postage

Chapter 1

Chapter 1 gives an in-depth look at each worktable.

Learn how to name projects and see the contents of your Project Sketchbook.

Learn to use the Home screen and how to find help

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On the Quilt Worktable

Select quilt layouts

Make changes to a layout

Add, remove and resize borders

Set blocks and fabrics into the layout

Use the quilt tools and speed keys

Print quilts, yardage, foundations and templates

On the Block Worktable

Learn the rules of EasyDraw for drawing pieced blocks

Draw new Easy Draw blocks

Create an applique motif

Use the Posie Maker tool

Create a custom library of blocks

Edit blocks from the library or sketchbook

On the Image Worktable

Import photos and fabric scans

Straighten and crop fabric scans

Apply the correct scale to fabric

Fussy cut fabric into position within a patch

Build a custom fabric library

Chapters 2 - 4
16 short and easy lessons that are just what you need to take you beyond the basics.
In this information packed section you'll find topics like:

Understanding layers in EQ

Creating a custom quilt from a block drawing

Using pre designed quick quilts

Creating blocks with Serendipity

Drawing blocks with the eight point star grid

Searching for blocks by category

Searching for fabrics by colour

Insight on rotary cutting charts in EQ