# 06 | Create colorways

## <mark style="color:blue;">Exercise 06</mark>

**06** | *Update fabric links & download quilt map, 1+ colorway and/or color palette.*

***Objective*** | To manage different colorways and download color palettes.

***Did You Know*** | Downloading the image of your quilt makes an excellent quilt map for when you construct your quilt. And downloading the color palette helps when you go shopping.

*\*Always double check your real fabric, digital swatches look different depending on your monitor settings.*

### <mark style="color:blue;">01 | Downloading & Saving Current Colorway</mark>

1. On the central [*<mark style="color:blue;">Toolbar</mark>*](https://app.gitbook.com/s/6bPmBgJH7XZ5gcieNGS3/pq-glossary/ts#toolbar), click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**Download Image**</mark> button (<img src="https://2632437258-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZIxhpDEaPtVb8DXlSENh%2Fuploads%2F55cwqXw5ou2Uq4Qeimq0%2F01a%20download.png?alt=media&#x26;token=ae2af979-5fe2-44a9-9ab1-2c7869b77c97" alt="" data-size="line">).
   * ![](https://2632437258-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZIxhpDEaPtVb8DXlSENh%2Fuploads%2FzaDRmTAZB9mL5poFkQsz%2F01b%20download.png?alt=media\&token=15a3ee93-546a-4b20-a28b-b0d64d7a60a9)
2. A pop-up window will open with the quilt map on the left hand side and the colorway on the right hand side.

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3. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**Download the Design**</mark> button (on the left side) to download only the quilt map.

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4. Click on <mark style="color:blue;">**Download the Colors + Blocks**</mark> button (on the right side) to download the color swatches and block information.

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### <mark style="color:blue;">02 | Creating New Colorway</mark>

1. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**FABRIC LINK**</mark> tab on the left side control panel.
   * ![](https://2632437258-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZIxhpDEaPtVb8DXlSENh%2Fuploads%2FnzmhDUCUK3cyp2qcx3NS%2F01%20Fabric%20Link%20tab.png?alt=media\&token=e4456601-ac90-4385-9d5e-f1158155b27a)
2. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**down**</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">**arrow**</mark> next to Original Colorway to activate the dropdown menu.
   * ![](https://2632437258-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZIxhpDEaPtVb8DXlSENh%2Fuploads%2FvOvPQ9WM4mO6u85R2wWA%2FScreen%20Shot%202023-11-10%20at%2011.17.05%20AM.png?alt=media\&token=8ae48dc4-1b6c-4a96-b2f7-384dcea534a5)
3. Click on <mark style="color:blue;">**Clone Existing Colorway**</mark>.
   * ![](https://2632437258-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZIxhpDEaPtVb8DXlSENh%2Fuploads%2FD7OVh7UafvhtEZzWYtBt%2FScreen%20Shot%202023-11-10%20at%2011.17.45%20AM.png?alt=media\&token=3c2f15ec-ff76-4566-b757-740fcc8e8959)
4. <mark style="color:blue;">**Name**</mark> your colorway and click on <mark style="color:blue;">**Save**</mark>.
   * ![](https://2632437258-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZIxhpDEaPtVb8DXlSENh%2Fuploads%2Fd7r8FfuwQZs8oYbFGsgD%2F04%20name.png?alt=media\&token=3292dee2-23c5-445e-85dd-8018fdd5d989)
5. Change the colors for your quilt design. In this example, I changed the colors associated with the Fabric Links to these colors.

   * **ATTN:** The last color palette standing will automatically be saved as this new colorway. To save it, click on clone it by repeating ***Steps 02.2-4***.

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6. Repeat ***Steps 02.2-5*** as many times as you'd like colorways for.

   * <mark style="color:red;">**ATTN:**</mark> When creating a new colorway, don't forget to Clone Existing Colorway <mark style="color:red;">**BEFORE**</mark> you change the colors.
   * In this example, I have 3 different colorways.

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7. To toggle back and forth between your colorways, click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**down arrow**</mark> next to the name of the colorway you're currently viewing.
   * ![](https://2632437258-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZIxhpDEaPtVb8DXlSENh%2Fuploads%2F5telieFA2LhQK4MmbnNP%2F07%20down.png?alt=media\&token=93af9c6c-7856-42b7-88c8-c77057c6d1be)
8. Click on the name of the colorway you'd like to view. In this example, I'll click on <mark style="color:blue;">**Second**</mark>. Now I'll see the second colorway again.
   * ![](https://2632437258-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZIxhpDEaPtVb8DXlSENh%2Fuploads%2FLgcCQUXpG9aYnOvlqjTV%2F08%20colorways.png?alt=media\&token=d30eac5e-8882-4ead-915b-5bff38c7ff47)
9. To download the quilt map, block information and color swatches for each colorway, repeat [***Steps 01.1-4***](#01-or-downloading-and-saving-current-colorway).

   <figure><img src="https://2632437258-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZIxhpDEaPtVb8DXlSENh%2Fuploads%2Fny6sagoRBBIuGwSl7M8G%2F09%20second.png?alt=media&#x26;token=aee7617c-a07e-4e9c-9ede-5cf4c47419a0" alt=""><figcaption><p><em>Quilt map, block info &#x26; color swatches for 'Second' Colorway</em></p></figcaption></figure>

   <figure><img src="https://2632437258-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZIxhpDEaPtVb8DXlSENh%2Fuploads%2FYdzTOihOsJzUWqDGJC41%2F09%20third.png?alt=media&#x26;token=f1d14a9a-0543-41b5-8f2e-6d39530ee265" alt=""><figcaption><p><em>Quilt map, block info &#x26; color swatches for 'Third' Colorway</em></p></figcaption></figure>