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Linking Farmers Wife to EQ7

Table of Contents [Hide/Show]    Opening Farmer's Wife as a project in EQ7    Saving Farmer's Wife as an EQ7 project    Linking Farmer's Wife's fabrics and blocks to EQ7

Farmer's Wife can be linked to EQ7 to allow of the use of blocks and fabrics inside of EQ7 projects as well as allowing the Farmer's Wife quilt project to be edited in EQ7.

Opening Farmer's Wife as a project in EQ7¶

1. Put the Farmer's Wife Sample Quilt Companion CD for EQ6 into your CD ROM drive.
2. Get into EQ7
3. Close the Tip of the Day
4. Click the Open Existing Project tab.
5. Click the "Click here to open a project not listed above" file folder at the left corner.
6. In the "Look in:" window at top, click the down arrow and navigate to your CD ROM drive.
7. You will see two folders: My EQ5 and My EQ6. Double-click the My EQ6 folder to open it.
8. Double-click the PJ6 folder to open it.
9. At the bottom of the box, click the arrow beside the "File of type" window and click "Previous EQ versions." (The project is from a previous EQ version, EQ6.)
10. You will now see the project name. Click it and click Open to open it.
11. Close the Sketchbook.
    

Saving Farmer's Wife as an EQ7 project¶

Once you have opened Farmer's Wife as a project in EQ7, you can save the EQ6 Farmer's Wife project as an EQ7 project.

1. Close the Sketchbook.
2. Click FILE > Save as.
3. In the "Save in:" box (at top) click the down arrow and then click My Documents.
4. In the center window click My EQ7> then click PJ7.
5. Type the project name: Farmer's Wife
6. Click Save.
   

Linking Farmer's Wife's fabrics and blocks to EQ7¶

1. With the Farmer's Wife Sample Quilt Companion CD for EQ6 still in your CD ROM drive, click START > (My) Computer.
2. Right-click your CD/DVD drive.
3. Click Open. You will see the My EQ5 and My EQ6 folders.
4. Double-click the My EQ6 folder to open it.
5. Double-click the User folder to open it. You will see 2 files.
6. Holding down your keyboard SHIFT key, click on one file, and then the other. They should both now be highlighted.
7. Choose to copy the files by doing one of the following:
   • Holding down your CTRL key and pressing your C key
   • By clicking EDIT > Copy
   • By clicking ORGANIZE > Copy
8. Navigate to: My Documents (or Documents) > My EQ7 > USER.
9. Open the USER folder.
10. Paste the Farmer's Wife libraries by doing one of the following:
    • Click CTRL+V.
    • Click EDIT > Paste
    • Click ORGANIZE > Paste.
      

You will now find the blocks in LIBRARIES > Block Library > My Library.

You will now find the fabrics in LIBRARIES > Fabric Library > My Library.