In this tutorial we will be continuing our exploration of
QuiltCAD. This week is about the Criss
Cross Triangle. For this tutorial, I
have set up a quilt that has 4 blocks across and 4 blocks down.
Click on the Tools tab, which is between Layout and
Size. They tap on the Triangle Blocks
tab.
You will see three options.
Diagonal from the bottom left to the top right, which I will refer to as
right because it leans towards the right.
Diagonal from the bottom right to the top left, which I will refer to as
left. And Criss Cross. For this tutorial we will be using the Criss
Cross option.
This is similar to the diagonal options that we discussed
last week. If you uncheck any part of
the criss cross block, that part will not be effected by your design. At this time you cannot put a different
design in those parts. You can use this
feature in many ways, but for now I want to show you how you can use the
triangle blocks that came installed with your system and make them into
blocks. Some of them are really cool and
others, let’s just say they will probably never be quilted.
On the top of QuiltCAD tap on Select | Select All.
The tap on the Criss Cross option under Tools | Triangle
Blocks. For now leave all four
quadrants checked. Now go back to Select
and tap Unselect All. Then tap on the
top left block so that only that block is selected. On the right tap on Layout and Select
Pattern.
We will be putting the first 16 blocks into our quilt so
that we can see what happens to them when we use them with the Criss Cross Triangle. So tap on 1.gpf and then tap open. Then tap on Place Pattern.
See how different it looks.
And you can see you would get secondary designs if you placed another
one next to it. Click on the block so it
is deselected and then click the second block on that row. Go back to Select pattern, select 10.gpf, tap
OK and then Place Pattern.
Continue doing this until you have placed the first 16
patterns onto your Quilt.
This gives you an idea of how the patterns would look
quilted out. Some of them I will
probably never use, but there are several that I know will make it into quilts
in the near future. So, as you are
looking for patterns to place in blocks, don’t just look at block patterns. Look at your triangles too.
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