If you set it for 8" it will all be on one sheet. I set the quilt block size for 12" so the program spreads the stencil over 4 sheets Now you will see the stencil and can print it and/or save it In this window you need to choose the size of quilt block you want to use this forĪnd you need to choose stencil or applique or Lines will disappear if they are not connected right. This means when you turn it into a stencil the same thing will happen. Or the color won't go where you want it to. If you use any free draw you need to make sure your lines connect to dots and lines or they will disappear when you click on color. Next you have to click on Color to make sure all of your lines are connecting. Click on the first dot and drag the heart to the last dot I circled.
Here you can see where I started the heart and where I ended the heart. In the geometric shapes you can use the shapes and repeat the same geometric shape to create a stencil to quilt. You can go back to week 8 and look at the bezier tool and use it to move your lines and create any picture you want to.
It is only so you can see how to shape them and place them where you want them. You don't have to do the one I am showing you. You can use the heart or any other shape and place them in any design you like. When you look at the whole design it looks complicated but as in making any quilt if you take it one bite at a time just as you do when you sew one block to another it isn't as hard as it looks.Įach heart is made the same way and I made them the same size except for the ones in the corners which I made a little bit bigger to cover the space. Repeat this on all 4 hearts and then I added a heart in between on all 4 corners. I clicked on the dot where the center heart stopped and drug the next heart down to the fourth dot from where I started the heart. All you have to do is set it in the pattern.Īfter the center four hearts are set then I just repeated the same pattern.
This is not hard because the software provides the shape. Continue to do this for the third and fourth heart. I clicked on the center dot and drug the heart out to the fourth dot. Refer to Week 8 if you need to see how to do that again.Ĭlick on that center dot and hold the mouse down as you drag the heart out to about the fourth dot. You will need to open the shape menu to get the heart. Here is a quilt design I created so we can look at how to use this feature to make quilt stencilsįirst go to your Block worktable and find the shapes tools In EQ6/ EQ7 your shapes tools are on the left In EQ5 your shapes tools are on the right Refer to Week 8 if you need to see how to do this Go down to the bottom of your worktable block and click on applique
Here we are going to create a stencil which can be used for a quilt design or embroidery design or an applique design if you prefer.ģ.Click on New Block and slide over to Patch Draw
This week we are going to use what you learned last week and expand on it.