Since I have the very first MQR sitting in my studio and the developer at my fingertips, we have yet to find a pattern with a problem!!

Here are some things that you can expect when you purchase our patterns:

• You can use ANY of the enclosed pattern formats you like. Because you do all your layout and design in Pro-Q Designer before you quilt, it's a piece of cake. My personal preference is to use the CMD (Compuquilter) file, but the PC Quilter files work better if you want to have pauses in your pattern file.
  
• All patterns have had point reductions made so that they will sew smoothly without "crowded" points. The patterns can be sewn out DOUBLE the supplied size without any loss of detail. We advise you check by sewing out a single repeat if you are going to sew larger than that. Remember that if you sew out a pattern much smaller you need to shorten your stitch length and sew out slower so you do not lose detail. It is a good idea to check by sewing out the pattern first in this case too.
  
  
• Some patterns have PQD files enclosed with layouts AND templates to use in the background to help you with YOUR own custom layouts.
  
• When a pattern only looks good with a certain overlap, we will give a % of the height sewn. We also do this when the pattern is a two row pattern - for example, it has an alternate row. Since you can layout, view your patterns, and create Registration jumps appropriate to the situation - there is normally not a problem with lining things up. However, knowing the overlap can help in some cases.
  
• Pro-Q can automatically generate tracing paths to help you line up your files. Please consult the soon to be available MQR manual for more info.
  

We sometimes get asked HOW someone should line up alternate rows when they are sewing them out because there is no reference to the previous row.. Most of us here use the same trick regardless of what system it is on! Try sewing a repeat out on freezer paper, marking the first sewing point, and then trimming near the outside edge of sewing. Do this for the main, and any alternate row. Then, use them as a template. It makes things so easy. Just tell the CQ that you want to start sewing at the first point of the pattern - which on a repeating pattern is X=0, Y=0.

If you have some tricks or tips you would like us to add to this page, please let me know and we will be happy to give you credit!