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Quilted Diamonds Frequently Asked Questions

 

How do I use Quilted Diamonds by Linda Franz?
The Quilted Diamonds CD contains all the diamonds in the book Quilted Diamonds: Jane Austen, Jane Stickle & Friends in an EQ4 project file format. You can open these projects in EQ4 or EQ5.

1. Put the Quilted Diamonds CD in your CD drive.
2. Double-click on My Computer.
3. Double-click on the drive your CD is in (it is the one with the picture of the drive and a little CD in front of it.. Inside, you will see a group of EQ4 project files.
4. At the top, click Edit, then click Select All. Edit - Copy.
5. Now you need to paste them in a folder on your hard drive.

 

If you are using EQ4, go to: C:\EQ4\pj4 or the location of your project files folder, if you changed the installation path of EQ4.

If you are using EQ5, go to: C:\My Documents\My EQ5\pj5 or the location of your project files folder, if you changed the installation path of EQ5.

Create a new folder by clicking FILE menu, point to New and click on Folder.

Rename this new folder "Quilted Diamonds" or whatever you like.

6. Double-click to open the Quilted Diamonds folder.
7. On the EDIT menu, click Paste. The projects will appear in this new folder.
8. Double-click on your EQ (4 or 5) desktop icon to start the program.
9. Click the Open an Existing Project tab.
10. Click the little yellow folder at the bottom, marked "Open a project not listed above."
11. Browse to the:
    C:\EQ4\pj4\Quilted Diamonds or
    C:\My Documents\My EQ5\pj5\Quilted Diamonds
    folder (depending on your version of EQ).
12. Click the black down arrow next to the "Files of Type:" box and change it to EQ4 projects. (EQ4 Users skip this step.)
13. Click on the first Quilted Diamonds project listed.
14. Click Open.
15. You can then print off the patterns in the size you need or design away. If you would like the Quilted Diamonds blocks to be accessible from every project you create in EQ, see the following pages in the Design Cookbook.
    EQ4 Design Cookbook: p.56-57
    EQ5 Design Cookbook: p.134-135

 

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How do I use Quilted Diamonds with EQ6?
The Quilted Diamonds CD contains EQ projects from earlier versions of EQ. They are not libraries, and therefore can't be linked.

The easiest way to use the blocks from Quilted Diamonds projects in EQ6 is to import the blocks from the project, and save the blocks in My Library.

1. First, create a My Library space for the blocks.
   1. Follow along on page 143 in the EQ6 User Manual.
   2. Click LIBRARIES > Block Library.
   3. Click the My Library section, then the Add Library button.
   4. Type Quilted Diamonds (or some name for the library, just remember what you call it).
   5. Start with 8 styles. (You can change this at any time if you need more.)
   6. Click OK.
2. Next, you want to import Quilted Diamonds blocks into the Block Library. Be sure the Quilted Diamonds CD is in the CD drive.
   1. Follow along on page 134 in the EQ6 User Manual.
   2. The Block Library is still open, so click Import > From Project.
   3. Change the "Look in:" box at the top to look in the CD drive.
   4. Change the "Files of type:" box at the bottom to show "Previous EQ Versions."
   5. Select the first project and remember its name.
   6. Click Open. This will display all the blocks in the project in the library.
3. Now, you need to copy and paste the blocks from the import section into the library you created.
   1. Click one block to select it, then press CTRL+A on your keyboard.
   2. Click the Copy button.
   3. Click the My Library section.
   4. Click the Quilted Diamonds library and select "Style 1."
   5. Click Paste.
   6. Click Save Library, then OK.
4. Repeat steps 2b - 3f for the other projects. Put project 2 in style 2, project 3 in style 3, etc.
5. If you wish to rename the Quilted Diamonds library styles to match the projects, see page 145.