c | Manage color tags

Color Tag: A color tag is used to tag or link a block piece to a specific fabric.

ALERT: When the fabric linked to a color tag is changed (either from a solid to another solid - or from a solid to a printed fabric swatch), all block pieces that are linked to or uses that Color Tag will also change.

Exercise 03c

03c | Recolor your Four Patch block so that it uses 4 different color tags and transitions to an Autumn Tints block.

Objective | To understand how to manage solid color options using Color Tags in PreQuilt. You will also learn how to add additional color tags and change fabrics linked to color tags.

01 | Adding a Color Tag

1. Click on the COLOR TAG tab on the left side control panel.

   
2. Click on the Create Color Tag button.

   
3. A fourth color tag is added, Color Tag D, with a default color of Kona Baby Pink.

   

02 | Changing a Color Tag's Color

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 color tag's color will have the default color of Kona Baby Pink, you will most likely want to change this new color tag's color.

1. Click on the Edit button () for Color Tag D.

   
2. 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 your preferred manufacturer to switch color cards
3. Click on the swatch for Color Tag D's new color.

   • In this example, I'll select Bright Aqua.

   

   Click on a color swatch to select it
4. After clicking on the swatch, the panel will close and you will now see the new color for Color Tag D.

   

   Updated Color Tag D

03 | Linking Color Tags to Block Pieces

We're going to want to change our simple Four Patch block into an Autumn Tints block. The difference between these 2 blocks are fabric used and fabric placement.

1. First, let's clone the Four Patch quilt block. Click on the three dots () next to the Four Patch block and select Clone from the dropdown menu.

   
2. Click on the Edit Block button () next to our duplicated Four Patch block - called Four Patch (2).

   
3. The Block Editor window will open. First, we can rename our block by overwriting the name and changing it to Autumn Tints.

   
4. Next, we're going to start linking different color tags to pieces of the block. Click on the large square block piece in the top left corner to select it.

5. Click on the Link button next to Color Tag D.

   

   

   Large square is linked to Color Tag A

   

   Large square is now linked to Color Tag D
6. Repeat steps 03d.4-5 for the other large square in the bottom right corner. We now are using 3 different Color Tags on this block.

   

   Bottom right large square still linked to Color Tag A

   

   Bottom right large square now linked to Color Tag D
7. Repeat steps 03d.4-5 for the 2 small black squares in the center of the block and link them to Color Tag C. We now are using 4 diferent Color Tags and have created an Autumn Tints block.

   

   All small diagonal blocks linked to Color Tag B

   

   Two center diagonal blocks now linked to Color Tag C
8. Save your block to the quilt.

04 | Edit Color Tags

Color randomize or edit the color tags until you come up with a color palette you'd like your block to have. Here are a few options I liked: