Setting the Safe Area
QM Basics - How To Use QM
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Educational
What is the safe area and how do you set it? This tutorial answers both of the questions. When QM is opened, before selecting any pattern, the safe area must be set. Following these techniques, your safe area will be set perfectly every time.
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Create A Basting Line
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Importing Patterns
QM will import a number of different types of file extensions. Using batch import, several patterns can be selected at the same time. This tutorial walks you through the steps to import patterns and move them from the batch folder to a different folder ready to use.
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Opening Purchased .gpf Files
When purchasing patterns, the file is usually a zip file with many pattern extensions. More and more you will find .gpf files ready to use in QM. This tutorial will show you how to open these directly and save for future use.
