What people ask most
- How do I start a new quilt?
- How much fabric do I need for my quilt?
- How do I make my quilt queen size?
- How do I add a border?
- How do I add my own fabric?
- How do I cut a square into triangles?
- What size square do I cut for half-square triangles?
- How do I save my quilt?
- How do I print my quilt pattern?
- How do I contact support?
Start a quilt 9
Setup, starts from a jelly roll, a photo or the community, and blank quilts.
Design on the quilt 24
Placing pieces, selecting, snapping, mirroring, cutting and zooming on the design wall.
- Select pieces on your quilt
- Place pieces on your quilt
- Remove pieces from your quilt
- Zoom in and move around the quilt
- Select every piece of one fabric or shape
- Turn or flip a piece
- Move a piece or change its size
- Copy and paste pieces
- Swap pieces for a different fabric or shape
- Fill a row, a column or the whole quilt with one piece
- Give pieces a triangle, curve or other shape
- Choose where pieces snap
- Mirror pieces as you place them
- Cut pieces with the rotary cutter
- Draw your own shape on the quilt
- Layer and line up pieces
- Join pieces into one
- Make a block from pieces on your quilt
- Show a fabric print at its real size
- Save a group of pieces to select again
- Jump back several steps with History
- Undo and redo a change
- Find pieces stacked on top of each other
- Turn off the designer’s animations
Size, grid & borders 17
Quilt size, resizing, grids, sashing, borders, tracing photos and quilting stitches.
- Set the size of your quilt
- Measure in centimeters instead of inches
- Make a quilt bigger or smaller
- Split your quilt into equal blocks
- Trim the quilt to fit your pieces
- Design on a hexagon, triangle or diamond grid
- Set your blocks on point
- Stagger rows with a half-drop layout
- Add sashing and cornerstones
- Add borders to your quilt
- Show grid lines, center lines and outlines
- Measure pieces with the ruler and size labels
- Try ideas on a spare design wall
- Change the background color of your quilt
- Trace a photo or sketch under your quilt
- Color a quilt from a photo
- Preview how your quilt looks quilted
Color & fabric 12
Colors, fabric photos, your stash, suggestions and designing with a shop's fabric.
- Use any color, and save it to My colors
- Find colors that go with your quilt
- Add photos of your fabric to your stash
- Drag a color or fabric onto the quilt
- Design with photos of your own fabric
- Add a fabric from a website link
- Arrange your fabrics: scrappy, ombré or light and dark
- Recolor your quilt pastel, jewel, autumn and more
- Design with only the colors and fabrics you pick
- Design with one shop’s fabric
- Organize your fabric stash into catalogs
- Save colors and group them into a palette
Blocks & shapes 15
The block builder, blocks from blocks, and drawing your own shapes.
- Design your own quilt block
- Set a block's size and drafting grid
- Build a block from other blocks
- Put a block on your quilt
- Name the fabrics in your block
- Find the fabric and cut sizes for one block
- Send a block to another quilter
- Share a block with the community
- Draw your own shape in the Shape Designer
- Curve the edges of a shape
- Split a shape with the blade
- Combine shapes into one
- Trace a photo to make a shape
- Name, save and share a shape
- Save a drawing as separate shapes
Paper piecing 11
Foundation paper piecing: drawing seams, sections, symmetry and shapes.
- Start a foundation paper piecing pattern
- Turn a photo into a paper piecing pattern
- Draw seams on a paper piecing panel
- Draw paper piecing seams with symmetry
- Add a star, sun or polygon to paper piecing
- Color the patches in paper piecing
- Choose where a paper piecing pattern splits into sections
- Set the sewing order in paper piecing
- Fix a patch that can't be paper pieced
- Repeat a paper pieced block across a quilt
- Trace a photo under your paper piecing
Yardage & patterns 12
How much fabric to buy, cutting instructions, and the printable pattern.
- See how much fabric your quilt needs
- Work out one fabric on a wider bolt
- Change the seam allowance, fabric width and waste
- Make a printable pattern of your quilt
- Choose your pattern's color, skill level and paper
- Get the cutting instructions for your quilt
- Choose how each block is sewn
- Arrange the section charts for a quilt of squares
- Change the wording in your pattern
- Add, remove and reorder your pattern's pages
- Read and print a pattern you bought
- Get one quilt's pattern without subscribing
Your library 12
Quilts, blocks, shapes, fabrics, colours, bundles and projects you keep.
- Find everything you've saved
- Find a quilt you saved
- Sort your quilts into folders
- See a saved quilt's size and details
- Delete a quilt
- Accept a quilt or block someone sent you
- Add a classic block to your library
- Copy, archive and file your shapes
- Make a bundle for one quilt
- Make a shortlist of blocks, fabrics or shapes
- Plan a quilt as a project
- Check your stash has enough fabric for a quilt
Community 9
Shared quilts and blocks, copying them, profiles, competitions and the spotlight.
- Browse quilts and blocks other quilters share
- Copy a community quilt and make it yours
- Save blocks, shapes, fabrics and colors from the community
- Share a shape, block, fabric or bundle with everyone
- Set up your public profile
- Make a portfolio of your best work
- Look through other quilters' portfolios
- Enter a design competition
- Vote in a design competition
Buying patterns & fabric 10
Browsing the market, recolouring before you buy, checkout and your orders.
- Find a quilt pattern in the market
- Check what a pattern includes before you buy
- Try a pattern in your own colors before you buy
- Buy a pattern, fabric or a kit
- Find a pattern you bought, or track an order
- Message a shop or a pattern designer
- Save a fabric shop’s prints to your stash
- See every pattern a designer sells
- Report a pattern you think is stolen
- Find fabric companies that don’t use AI
Calculators 25
Free calculators for binding, backing, triangles, borders, strips and more.
- Use the free quilting calculators
- Work out how much binding you need
- Work out bias binding for curved edges
- Work out how much backing to buy
- Piece a backing with one diagonal seam
- Find the batting size for your quilt
- Make a hanging sleeve for a quilt show
- Estimate the thread for your quilting
- Make half-square triangles in the size you want
- Make hourglass blocks from quarter-square triangles
- Make flying geese in the size you want
- Cut setting triangles for an on-point quilt
- Cut the pieces for a square in a square
- Cut snowball blocks and their corners
- Cut the squares for a nine patch
- Size hexagons for English paper piecing
- Cut border strips and find their yardage
- Plan sashing strips and cornerstones
- Plan your quilt's size for a bed or a set of blocks
- Count the strips in your yardage
- See how many pieces you can cut from your fabric
- Find how many precut packs to buy
- See how many pieces a fat quarter gives
- Convert yards, inches and centimeters
- Add up what a quilt will cost to make
The studio & your account 19
Finding your way, installing the studio, getting help, and your account.
- Find your way around the studio
- Install the studio and design with no connection
- See your notifications and get browser alerts
- Take the designer tour
- Ask a real person for help
- Show inches, centimeters or both
- Find a video tutorial for a block or quilt
- Hide the side panels for a bigger design wall
- See every keyboard shortcut
- Look up a word in the glossary
- Find a quilt show near you
- See what’s new in Quiltler
- Change or cancel your subscription
- Redeem a promo code
- Change your name, photo or password
- Delete your account
- Choose your privacy settings for analytics and ads
- Show the designer walkthrough again
- Choose which emails you get
iPhone & iPad 10
The companion app: designing, your Studio shelf, calculators and support.
- Find your way around the iPhone and iPad app
- Sort your quilts into folders on iPhone and iPad
- Use the designer tools on iPhone and iPad
- Move around and zoom the quilt on iPhone and iPad
- Save a picture or PDF of your quilt on iPhone and iPad
- Show a reference photo over your quilt on iPhone and iPad
- Color in a block photo to make a fabric on iPhone and iPad
- Save fabrics, shapes and color bundles from the community on iPhone
- Message Chris for help from the iPhone app
- Turn on auto-save and change the app's language