An Interactive Reference

Hello Quilter

Your fun quilt design book.

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Block Images

Patch Blocks

Chapter I

The foundation — grids of equal squares in two fabrics. The only thing that changes between them is how many squares. Tap a block to explore its quilts.

Pieced Blocks

Chapter II

Strips, triangles, and shaped picture blocks. Here rotation becomes a design tool: the same block, turned different ways across the quilt, produces wildly different results. The half-square triangle is the keystone — most star blocks are built from it.

Still to come: the rest of the pieced blocks (strip, economy, snowball, plus the four-color QST — a spinner cousin of the hourglass), then the Star family, then the Log Cabin family — each working just like this.

Quilt Playground

Design Your Quilt

Choose your project dimensions.
All sizes in this section are finished sizes. Choose a standard quilt size as a starting point or type your own width and height, then add the block size. Press Apply Quilt Size. The grid will automatically adjust to match your quilt size and block size. Hit Go to Grid to start designing.

Quilt Size
Finished Block Size
Sashing
Border
Binding
Blocks In Quilt
Block Fit Helper
Choose your project dimensions, then hit Go to Grid. The fabric can wait its turn.

Block Design

Inside The Block

Design one block at a time.
This is where a 12 inch block can be divided into smaller pieces, then colored before it gets placed into the quilt layout later.

Block Setup
Build a block grid, then click the little pieces to color them.
Block Colors
Block size: 12 inches | Pieces: 4 x 4
Block Piece Type

Designer Grid

Sketch It Out

Use this as a blank pattern sketch grid.
Choose the number of squares, then click colors into the grid exactly as you see the quilt pattern.

Grid Setup
Build a blank grid, then color it row by row.
Sketch Colors
Designer grid: 12 x 12

Disappearing Nine Patch Example

Completed 20x20

A completed 20×20 disappearing nine-patch quilt example built from the partial color-code rows and filled into a finished repeating layout.

Completed 20 by 20 disappearing nine-patch quilt using purple, lavender, white, yellow, pink, blue, green, and red