Quilting Blocks with Select and Sew

Quilting Blocks with Select and Sew

Select and Sew is used to place and edit blocks of all shapes. Learn about placement and fill methods, editing features, and must know features, such as Marking Tool to place and stitch perfect block patterns.

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Quilting Blocks with Select and Sew
  • Point to Point Technique - Gold Feature

    With Multi-placement in the Gold subscription selected, multiple repeats of a pattern can be placed quickly and stitched as one pattern saving time and offering greater customization options.

  • Blocks - Hexagon One Block Wonder - Tips and Techniques

    Learn techniques and tips for editing a hexagon in PatternCAD to create a half block, as well as methods for sizing, placing and stitch hexagon and half hexagon blocks.

  • Blocks - Triangle Techniques and tips

    This tutorial offers tips for working with triangle blocks in all orientations. Although recorded using Version 4 QM, the tips also apply to Version 5. Placement buttons will be at the bottom of the page, but principles still apply.

  • Blocks - On-Point

    In the 2017 Version 4 update QM got a new feature, on-point block placement. Using the rotation feature (in pattern sizer in this video), it is easy to rotate and place as an on-point block. Version 5 (2020) now offers the rotation feature on the same page as the placement buttons for even easi...

  • Blocks - Odd Shaped Block Spaces Part 1

    Some block patterns like double wedding ring and hexagon are challenging to place. Using an original 1930's double wedding ring quilt, tips and techniques are illustrated using standard functions in Quiltmagine for beautiful results. Part 1 covers the in-curved square and the curved "rings," pl...

  • Blocks - Odd Shaped Block Spaces Part 2

    Placing patterns in odd shaped blocks can be a challenge. Quiltmagine has several standard features that make placing these patterns easier. Part 2 in this series covers placing the center oblong pattern, the 3- and 4-patch blocks, and also includes information on how to prepare an antique quil...