Welcome to QuiltSandwich |
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Choose from five ways to start a new quilt project
1 Add a new quilt
2 Copy a quilt
3 Download a free PATTERN from quiltingapps.com
Want to study the pattern before downloading? To review on-line or download a PDF — tap the FREE PATTERNS link.
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4 Add a layout from the QUILTSIZE app
5 Share image from Color Hints Mosaic app to get a pixel quilt pattern
Add pieces by starting with piece size... or fabric!
NOTES ABOUT ADDING PIECES:
- Add a fabric with either a snap of the camera or take a screenshot of an internet fabric.
- If you are working with cut sizes, instead of finished piece sizes, go ahead and enter the piece cut size AND set the seam allowance to zero. This is explained further in the blog entry, "What if you only have cut sizes to work with?"
- When fabric price per yard is entered, QuiltSandwich will calculate the cost for the total amount of fabric yardage used. When the same fabric used for multiple pieces, the cost for the total purchased yardage or FatQ is shown in Fabric Stash.
Choose fabrics with confidence
Review & adjust cutting diagram... before cutting!
Play with the allowances until you can see exactly how to get every piece you need
Consider your construction methods as you review the strips, pieces, and cut size. Adjust piece size in the Yardage Calculator to cut oversized pieces. Adjust allowances in the Fabric Stash to squeeze more pieces out of a piece of fabric.
NOTES ABOUT THE CALCULATIONS:
- Yardage Calculations are rounded up to the nearest 1/8 yard.
- The yardage for each piece is calculated independently. So, if the cutting diagrams show 'good size scraps', review them carefully to look for opportunities to adjust allowances and buy less fabric overall.
- When Least Fabric is selected, calculations are run twice in the background, first orienting pieces in one direction and then the other. The layout that uses the least fabric is shown.
- Because piece finished sizes are expected by the Yardage Calculator take piece sizes right off your design — the QuiltSandwich app adds the seam allowance for you as it figures yardage.
- When a piece is assigned a different fabric, fabric amount available is updated for BOTH the original fabric (it is added back to the stash) and for the new fabric choice (it is subtracted from the stash.)
- If you are working with cut sizes enter the piece cut size AND set the seam allowance to zero. This is explained further in the blog entry, "What if you only have cut sizes to work with?"
Use the Journal to save project images & notes
The QuiltSandwich tools can be used within Quilts and on their own —
Tools short cut —
NOTES ABOUT THE CALCULATIONS:
- Yardage Calculations are rounded up to the nearest 1/8 yard.
- The yardage for each piece is calculated independently. So, if the cutting diagrams show 'good size scraps', review them carefully to look for opportunities to buy less fabric overall.
- When Least Fabric is selected, calculations are run twice in the background, first orienting pieces in one direction and then the other. The layout that uses the least fabric is shown.
- Because piece finished sizes are expected by the Yardage Calculator take piece sizes right off your design — the QuiltSandwich app adds the seam allowance for you as it figures yardage.
- If you are working with cut sizes enter the piece cut size AND set the seam allowance to zero. This is explained further in the blog entry, "What if you only have cut sizes to work with?"
- When fabric price per yard is entered, QuiltSandwich will calculate the cost for the total amount of fabric yardage used. When the same fabric used for multiple pieces, the cost for the total purchased yardage or FatQuarters is shown in Fabric Stash.
NOTES ABOUT THE FABRICS:
- The yardage for each piece is calculated independently. So, if the cutting diagrams show 'good size scraps', review them carefully to look for opportunities to adjust allowances and buy less fabric overall.
- The cost shown is for the amount of fabric used by that piece, the total cost of the available yardage or FatQuarters is shown in Fabric Stash.
NOTE: The QUILTSANDWICH app is not a quilt designer and it does not provide block designs.
There are marvelous resources available to quilters to design quilts and blocks — from fancy programs to graph paper to books to treasured antique quilts. Our tools make the quilt math simple and quick so you can spend your quilting time doing what love — creating and sewing. |