The WreathMaker Use the Pick tool to select one or more patches for the Wreath. Right-click on the worktable and choose WreathMaker… Specify the number of clusters for the Wreath, from 3 to 20. Enter a value from 0% to 100% for the spacing of the clusters. Wreaths are automatically centered. A value of 0% represents no spacing. This means the lower center point of the select box rotates around the center point of the design. A value of 100% pushes the clusters as far to the outside edge of the design as possible. This may require the cluster to be made smaller. Enter a value for resizing the cluster. Note that the maximum value for resize changes based on the size of the original selection. If the original selection is small, the maximum resize is 300%. If the original selection is large, the maximum value will vary. On
Quick Tip Tuesday
Tool Tip Tuesday! – The WreathMaker
Posted 05-19-2015 by Heidi | Posted in: Quick Tip Tuesday Tool Tip Tuesday
Tool Tip Tuesday! – The Swath Tool
Posted 04-28-2015 by Heidi | Posted in: Quick Tip Tuesday Tool Tip Tuesday
The Swath Tool The Swath Tool draws a pre-defined, stylized stroke surrounding a segment. This segment or “spine” of the stroke can be edited and shaped like any curve or line segment. The stroke or “hull” surrounding the spine can have varying widths and end styles. 1. Click Worktable > Work on Block. 2. Click Block > New Block > PatchDraw Motif. You may not see the the Swath tool on your screen. If not, here is how to get it: Click the Customize Toolbar tool on the left side of your screen. Click Add/Remove Buttons… Choose Swath tool from the list. 3. Click the Swath Tool 4. Position your mouse cursor on the worktable where you want the line to begin. 5. Click, hold and drag to draw your stroke. The “spine” of your patch will draw in blue. 6. Release the mouse to finish your line. Two lines appear
Tool Tip Tuesday – Add to Sketchbook and View Sketchbook
Posted 04-21-2015 by Heidi | Posted in: Quick Tip Tuesday Tool Tip Tuesday
Add to Sketchbook and View Sketchbook What is the Sketchbook? The Sketchbook holds all of the designs for your project in one location for easy access later. Each time you click Add to Sketchbook the current worktable design of your block, quilt, or image will get copied to the Sketchbook. You may always go back to edit anything in your Sketchbook. Add to Sketchbook Use this tool to add the design from the worktable to the Project Sketchbook. 1. Click Add to Sketchbook each time you want to save a new design in the Sketchbook. It can be an image, block or quilt. View Sketchbook Use this tool to display the Project Sketchbook. Designs are added to your sketchbook by collecting them from the Libraries, and by clicking Add to Sketchbook while working on the Quilt, Block or Image worktables. You can use the Sketchbook to mange your designs. You
Tool Tip Tuesday – The Paintbrush Tool
Posted 04-14-2015 by Heidi | Posted in: Quick Tip Tuesday Tool Tip Tuesday
The Paintbrush Tool The Paintbrush tool has five different styles available. Use any of these to color your quilt with fabrics or colors. To see all tool styles, click and hold down the mouse button directly on the Paintbrush tool. A flyout menu will display. OR, you can use them on the Precision Bar, as well. One Dot Brush 1. Click directly on the fabric in the palette to select it. 2. Click on a patch in the quilt. OR, click, hold and drag the fabric from the palette to the quilt. Release the mouse to drop the fabric on the patch. CTRL+click colors the same patch of that color in all the matching blocks. (Layer 1 or 2). ALT+click colors the same patch of that color in alternate matching blocks (Layer 1 only). Other Brush Styles 1. Click directly on the fabric in the palette to select it. 2.
Tool Tip Tuesday! The PatchDraw Pieced Block Grids
Posted 04-07-2015 by Heidi | Posted in: Quick Tip Tuesday Tool Tip Tuesday
To use the PatchDraw Pieced Grids 1. Click Block > New Block > PatchDraw Block 2. Choose your grid from the drop down menu While you can access the grids through the Drawing Board Setup, it’s much easier if you have your Precision Bar turned on. To display the Precision Bar, click on the View menu at the top of the screen, and choose Precision Bar. The PatchDraw Pieced Grids are only available on the Pieced layer of the PatchDraw Block worktable. A Rectangle grid style is turned on by default, however EQ7 has 5 other grids for you to use to create pieced blocks. Keep in mind, the Pieced layer of PatchDraw is to design pieced blocks, therefore do not overlap patches. The Pieced layer of PatchDraw has automatic snapping based on the grid you are working on. The PolyDraw tools are your only sources for drawing blocks on
Tool Tip Tuesday! The Applique Text Tool
Posted 03-24-2015 by Heidi | Posted in: Quick Tip Tuesday Tool Tip Tuesday
Set Applique Text Tool Use this tool to add applique text to your quilt. You may not see the Set Applique Text Tool on your screen. If not, here is how to get it: 1. Click the Customize Toolbar tool in the bottom, right hand corner of your screen. 2. Click Add/Remove Buttons… 3. Choose Set Applique Text from the list. How to use the Set Applique Text Tool 1. Click the Layer 2 tab at the bottom of your screen. 2. Click the Set Applique Text Tool. 3. Position your mouse cursor over the quilt. 4. Hold down the keyboard SHIFT key. 5. Click hold and drag diagonally to form a small box on the quilt. 6. Release the mouse. The box will re-size to a small box with a flashing cursor. 7. Type your word or phrase. Use ENTER key on your keyboard to put text on the next
Tool Tip Tuesday! The Random Recolor Tool
Posted 03-17-2015 by Heidi | Posted in: Quick Tip Tuesday Tool Tip Tuesday
Random Recolor Tool Use this tool to try out different color schemes on your quilt. You may not see the Random Recolor tool on your screen. If not, here is how to get it: 1. Click the Customize Toolbar tool in the bottom, right hand corner of your screen. 2. Click Add/Remove Buttons… 3. Choose Random Recolor from the list. How to use the Random Recolor Tool 1. Design and color your quilt with fabrics or solids. 2. Click Add to Sketchbook to save this version. You may want to go back to it later. 3. Click the Random Recolor tool. 4. Choose an option in the dialog. Shift Hue – hue is what makes something red, green, or blue. Saturation – could be described as purity of color. High saturation would be very rich colors, whereas low saturation would look washed out. The saturation is changed by adding