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# a | Use a Log Cabin starter quilt
## Exercise 06a
**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.
### 01 | Create a Log Cabin Starter Quilt
1. From the main dashboard, click on the **QUILTS** tab.
PreQuilt Dashboard -- Menu options
2. Click on the **Create Quilt** button.
3. Once you click on **Create Quilt**, a pop-up window will appear.
Grid pop-up window
4. Click on the **Use a Starter Quilt** tab.
5. Scroll down and click on the **Use As Starter Quilt** button on the Log Cabin quilt tile.
6. The quilt editor will open. It will have a ready to use Log Cabin quilt.
Quilt editor window with ready to use Log Cabin quilt.