Quilt Block Wizard Examples

Surround an Embroidery in a Quilt Block with an Echo Fill

In the Create tab, click Quilt Block .

The Select Quilt Block Style page appears.

Select Filled Quilt Block; Inner Embroidery .
This will create a filled quilt block with an embroidery in the center.
Click Next. The Select Size page appears.
Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Shape list. There are nine shapes to select from.
All of these quilt block shapes can be tessellated — they will fill an area if tiled individually or combined with another shape, with no overlaps or gaps.
In the Shape drop-down list select Shape 6, a hexagon.
In Enter Size, click the arrow on the drop-down menu. For a hexagon you can select from Point to Point, Side, or Side to Side.
Ensure that Point to Point is selected in Enter Size.
Set measurement A to 150mm.
Ensure that "Include a cut line around my Quilt Block" is selected.

Click Next and the Load Embroidery page of the wizard will appear.
Click the Open Embroidery icon and the Open dialog box appears.
In the Open dialog box, browse to the folder \mySewnet\Samples\Embroidery\Stitch.
If required, scroll down to see more embroideries until you see the embroidery 'Iris Single'.

Click the 'Iris Single’ embroidery to select it, then click Open and the embroidery will be loaded onto the preview area.

After choosing an embroidery you can select a different embroidery, but only the most recently chosen embroidery will be shown on the preview area. The dimensions, number of stitches, and thread colors used in the embroidery are shown below the preview pane.

Click Next. The Adjust Embroidery page will appear. The embroidery is placed in the center of the quilt block shape, with a clear margin and blue fill area surrounding it.
Click Rotate 45 twice. The embroidery rotates clockwise by 90 degrees in the preview pane.
You can use Angle and Rotate 45 to rotate the shape by 45 degrees, or an angle that you choose, in a clockwise direction.
Set the Angle numbers box to zero to return the embroidery to its original position.
Click Mirror Vertically to reverse the embroidery.

Use Mirror Horizontally to mirror the embroidery from top to bottom, or Mirror Vertically to mirror the embroidery from left to right.

Click Mirror Vertically again to set the embroidery back to the previous position.
Click the up arrow next to Margin to increase the margin by 2mm. The margin around the flower embroidery grows larger.
Click and drag the embroidery so that the margin lies outside the edge of the quilt block. The blue fill disappears, and the line showing the edge of the margin becomes red.
You could drag it back to its original position, but it is just as easy to reload the embroidery.
Click Back. In the Load Embroidery page, click Open Embroidery to open the Open dialog box and load Iris Single again.
Click Next. In the Adjust Embroidery page the embroidery has returned to its original position and settings.
If you had clicked Next without loading the embroidery again, your changes would have been retained.

Click Next. The Select Fill Pattern page will appear.

The embroidery is surrounded by an unstitched margin, and the default fill, a Stipple Fill. The Options button is available to change the Stipple Fill settings.
Click Echo . The fill around the embroidery changes to an Echo Fill.
The outer lines in the echo fill follow the outline of the quilt block, while the inner lines follow the outline of the embroidery.
Click the Options button for Echo Fill. The Echo Fill properties dialog box opens.
Set the Gap to 4.0mm, and ensure the Stitch length is 2mm.

The Style is set to style 1, rounded corners. You can also use square (Style 2) or diagonal (Style 3) corners.
These styles have more significant effects when using the Inner Shape quilt block options.

Click OK to view the effect of the changes.
The gap between the embroidery and the echo lines is greater than the gap between the lines themselves. Click Back to return to the Adjust Embroidery page.
Set the Margin to 4mm, then click Next to return to the Select Fill Pattern page.
The first line in the echo fill now starts at the same distance from the embroidery as the other lines are from each other.
There are several small ’islands’ around the flower.
Under Echo, click Options and in the Echo Fill dialog box set the Gap to 4.2mm. Click OK.

This increases the distance slightly between the lines of stitching, and removes the small islands, but is still similar to the margin.

Adjust the Gap and Style, and the position of the embroidery to achieve your preferred results.

Click Finish to place the finished quilt block in the work area, as shown.

Two rows of stitching around the quilt block show the lines at the edge of the block where the fabric should be cut and folded.
Note the orange handles for the group created from the embroidery, the echo lines and the cut line.
In the Color Worksheet, select the colors for the echo lines and the cut line and change them to the dark purple used in the Iris petals in the embroidery.
The color of the stitching in the fill now matches the main color in the embroidery.

Show an Echo Around an Embroidery

Clear the screen, then in the Quick Access toolbar, click Insert Embroidery . The Open dialog box appears.
In the Open dialog box, browse to the folder \mySewnet\Samples\Embroidery\Stitch.
Click the Blanket Stitch Flower embroidery to select it, then click Open. The flower design appears in the work area.
With the flower embroidery still selected, in the Home tab click Copy . The flower appears in the Clipboard.
In the Create tab, click Quilt Block .
The Select Quilt Block Style page appears.
Select Filled Quilt Block; Inner Embroidery .
This will create a filled quilt block with an embroidery in the center.
Click Next. The Select Size page appears.
Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Shape list. There are nine shapes to select from.

All of these quilt block shapes can be tessellated — they will fill an area if tiled individually or combined with another shape, with no overlaps or gaps.

In the Shape drop-down list select Shape 6, a hexagon.
Ensure that Point to Point is selected in Enter Size, and that "Include a cut line around my Quilt Block" is selected.
Set measurement A to 200mm.
Click Next and the Load Embroidery page of the wizard will appear. The Blanket Stitch Flower can be seen in the Clipboard Block in the dialog.
Click Paste . The blanket stitch flower is placed in the preview pane.

Use Copy and Paste to use embroideries that you have created or loaded in mySewnet™ Embroidery in the Quilt Block Wizard.

The dimensions, number of stitches, and thread colors used in the embroidery are shown below the preview pane.

Click Next. The Adjust Embroidery page will appear. The embroidery is placed in the center of the quilt block shape, with a clear margin and blue fill area surrounding it.

Click Next. The Select Fill Pattern page will appear.
The embroidery is surrounded by an unstitched margin, and the default fill, a Stipple Fill. The Options button is available to change the Stipple Fill settings.
Click Echo . The fill around the embroidery changes to an Echo Fill, emphasizing the blanket flower.

The outer lines in the echo fill follow the outline of the quilt block, while the inner lines follow the outline of the embroidery.

Click Finish to place the finished quilt block in the work area.

Create a Quilt Block with a Central Filled Shape

In the Create tab, click Quilt Block

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The Select Quilt Block Style page appears.
Select Outline Quilt Block; Filled Inner Shape

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This will create a block with a filled shape in the center.
Click Next. The Select Size page appears.
Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Shape list. There are nine shapes to select from.

All of these quilt block shapes can be tessellated — they will fill an area if tiled individually or combined with another shape, with no overlaps or gaps.
In the Shape drop-down list select Shape 2, a rectangle.
In the preview area two sides of the rectangle are shown with a dotted line, sides A (the top) and B (the side).
In Enter Size, click the up and down arrows in boxes A and B. The rectangle changes shape.
This enables you to set the rectangle shape and size.
In the Shape drop-down list select Shape 1, a square.
Only one side, A, now has a dotted line as all sides are the same size. The box B is now unavailable (grayed out).
In Enter Size, click the drop-down arrow to the right of the box. You can select from Side and Diagonal, so you can enter the measurements according to the quilt pattern you are piecing.
If you select Diagonal the dotted line 'A' will run diagonally across the center of the square.
Ensure that Side is selected in Enter Size.
Set side A to 150mm.
Position the arrow pointer over box A in Enter Size without clicking. A tooltip will show the measurement in inches, and the minimum and maximum size.
Positioning the arrow pointer over a measurement box will show the alternative measurement. You may also enter the alternative measurement with units of mm or " and it will be automatically converted.
Set A to 200mm. The square is now 200mm wide and high.
Ensure that "Include a cut line around my Quilt Block" is selected.

Click Next. The Select Shape page will appear.
Use this page to select the internal shape for the quilt block.
Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Shape list. There are 120 shapes to select from.
Scroll down the list and select Shape 71, a heart. In the preview pane the internal shape becomes a heart.
To resize the shape, use the handles on the corners of the box. The Width and Height boxes will show the new dimensions.
To change the shape, deselect the Proportional checkbox, then move a corner handle or one of the dotted lines.
To move the shape, click and drag within the box, and position the shape as desired.

No adjustment of the shape is required, so click Next. The Select Fill Pattern page will appear. The heart shape is filled with the default stipple stitch.
Click Motif

. The fill pattern changes to stars, and the Options button in the motif area becomes available.
Click the Options button for motifs. The Motif Fill Properties dialog box opens at the Motif 1 tab.
In Motif 1, set the Group to Universal and the Category to General Motifs 1.
Click the drop-down arrow for Pattern, scroll down the list and select Pattern 6, a heart.
Ensure that the motif Height is set to the default value of 8mm.

Click the Spacing tab.
In Gap, set Horizontal to 10% and set Vertical to 25%.
This will create more space between the hearts in the fill.
In Offset, set Horizontal to 50%.
This will alternate the positioning of the hearts.

Click OK to return to the Select Fill Pattern page.
Use the preview on the Select Fill Pattern page to check your adjustments.
Click the Options button for motifs again.
Click the Options tab.
Change the Stitch type to Triple.