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# a | Use a Log Cabin starter quilt

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

**06a** | *Create a Starter Log Cabin quilt and reset it in preparation for an ombre.*

***Objective*** | To load a starter quilt and randomize color tags in an effort to reset them.

### <mark style="color:blue;">01 | Create a Log Cabin Starter Quilt</mark>

1. From the main dashboard, click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**QUILTS**</mark> tab.

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2. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**Create Quilt**</mark> button.

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3. Once you click on **Create Quilt**, a pop-up window will appear.

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4. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**Use a Starter Quilt**</mark> tab.

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5. Scroll down and click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**Use As Starter Quilt**</mark> button on the Log Cabin quilt tile.

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6. The quilt editor will open. It will have a ready to use Log Cabin quilt.

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