04 | Manage fabric links
Fabric Link: A Fabric Link (formerly called Color Tag) is used to connect a particular fabric swatch to a particular quilt block piece.
ALERT: When the fabric being used by a fabric link is changed (either from a solid to another solid - or from a solid to a printed fabric swatch), all quilt components that is using that Fabric Link will also change.
Exercise 04
04 | Create 2+ new fabric links.
Objective | To understand how to manage solid color options using Fabric Links in PreQuilt. You will also learn how to add additional fabric links and change fabric links.
Did You Know | Each quilt has three default fabric links (A, B, and C). If your quilt requires more than 3 different fabrics or colors, you can easily add more. Also, the solid color cards for most major fabric manufacturers are preloaded in PreQuilt.
01 | Adding a Color Tag
Click on the Create Color Tag button.
A fourth Fabric Link is added, Fabric Link D, with a default color of Kona Baby Pink.
02 | Changing a Fabric Link's Fabric
Manufacturer Color Cards: PreQuilt comes pre-loaded with the solid fabric color cards of most fabric manufactures, like Robert Kaufman's Kona, Andover's Century Solids, etc.
Since each new Fabric Link's fabric swatch will have the default color of Kona Baby Pink, you will most likely want to change this new Fabric Link
The Color Tag panel (also called Fabric Library Panel) will slide in. Using the dropdown menu, click on your preferred solid fabric manufacturer.
In this example, I'll select my favorite, Paintbrush Studio.
Click on the swatch for Color Tag D's new color.
In this example, I'll select Bright Aqua.
After clicking on the swatch, the panel will close and you will now see the new solid color swatch for Fabric Link D.
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