Design on the quilt

Show a fabric print at its real size

A fabric photo can stretch to fill a piece, or repeat across it at the size the print really is. Print scale says how many inches of fabric the photo shows, so the quilt looks the way it will sew up.

Where to find it

Select pieces in a fabric photo → bar under the design wall → More actions → Repeat print or Stretch to fit; Position & angle → Print scale.

Open the designer
In the designer, a strip filled with a stretched photo of a maple-leaf print is selected; More actions → Repeat print repeats the photo in proportion, and Position & angle → Print scale set to 14 inches shrinks the leaves to their real size

How to do it

  1. Select the pieces that use a fabric photo.
  2. Open More actions on the bar under the design wall.
  3. Press Repeat print to repeat the photo across the piece, or Stretch to fit to stretch it over the whole piece.
  4. For a true-size print, open Position & angle and type the Print scale: how many inches of fabric the photo shows across. Larger numbers make the print smaller.

Good to know

  • Give a fabric its print width when you add it to your stash, and it lands at its real size every time.
  • A Print scale of 0 repeats the photo once in every space of the grid.
Who can use it
Free; typing a Print scale is part of a subscription, or comes with a quilt you’ve unlocked
Where it works
Web studio

This guide answers

  • Why does my fabric look stretched?
  • How do I make the fabric print smaller?
  • How do I show the print at its true size?
  • How do I repeat a fabric photo across a piece?
  • My fabric print is too big on the quilt