12 | Create coloring page

PreQuilt does not take any commission from the sale of any quilt patterns. Use the Call to Action button on your digital color page to direct customers to your online shop.

Digital coloring pages are a Market Plan feature. Upgrade or subscribe to the Market Plan, if you'd like to use this feature.

Exercise 12

12 | Create a coloring page link, share it and color in your partner's coloring page.

Objective | To learn how to leverage the Market plan's digital coloring page feature to offer to your customers.

Did You Know | Digital coloring pages are also great for shop owners to use for kits. Also, many designers share their digital coloring page links privately with their pattern testers.

01 | Create a Digital Coloring Page

After you've completed designing your quilt, you can now create a digital coloring page for it that you can share with others.

1. Click on the Quilt Settings tab on the left side control panel.

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2. Click on the Create a Coloring Page button.

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3. An information box will open. Click on Create Color Page to move forward.

   

   Confirm using the Create Color Page button
4. The Digital Coloring Page Editor will pop open.

   

   Coloring Page Editor
5. From this pop-up, edit:

   1. Quilt Image

      • The default is an image of the digital quilt

      • Click on Upload Image to replace the default image

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      • Select the new image from your computer and click on Save or Open (depends on browser or type of computer).

   2. Quilt Title

      • The default is the name of the quilt

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      • Type a new name, if desired

   3. Quilt Description

      • Type in the information you'd like to share about your quilt.

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   4. Call to Action Button Copy

      • Click on the arrow to activate the dropdown menu

      • Select the relevant copy for your button by clicking on the copy

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   5. URL for the Call to Action (usually your online shop link)

      • Paste the relevant URL into the box. This is the URL for where you want users to buy or find the pattern.

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   6. Change the ending for your Digital Coloring Page URL (usually the quilt title)

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   7. Toggle outlines on (if desired - it's defaulted to off)

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   8. Click Save once completed.

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02 | Manage Digital Coloring Pages on the Market Page

To help promote your pattern, you can share up to 10 digital coloring pages on our PreQuilt Market Page. To select which coloring pages you'd like to promote, you need to add them to your Market Page.

1. Click on the Quilt Settings tab on the left side control panel.

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2. Click on the Edit Coloring Page button.

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3. The Digital Coloring Page Editor will pop open. On the left side control panel, click on Market Page button (it might already be selected - if so, it'll look like this).

   

   Market Page is selected
4. Now we can manage the content on our Market Page.

   

   Coloring page is yet on the Market Page
5. Click on the Add to Market Page button on our digital coloring page tile.

   
6. This digital coloring page is now on the PreQuilt Market Page.

   
7. Click on Save to exit.

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03 | View on Market Page

Please do not forget to remove this fake or practice coloring page from the Market Page after the workshop.

1. Go to URL: https://app.prequilt.com/market

2. Scroll down till you see your profile and digital coloring page.

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3. To view the coloring page, click on Color This Pattern button on the quilt tile.

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4. This is what your coloring page will look like:

   

04 | Color a Digital Coloring Page

Now that you have a digital coloring page, you can share it with your customers so that they can find the colors they'd like to use for your quilt pattern.

1. On the quilt dashboard, find the quilt that has a digital coloring page. The quilts that have digital coloring pages will have a hyperlink button on their tile. In this example, ours is called sawtoothstar.

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2. Click the sawtoothstar hyperlink to go to the digital coloring page.

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3. The digital coloring page will now open. The URL address for this page is the direct URL for your digital coloring page. Use this URL in your pattern brochures and social media to direct your customers to it.

4. Change the quilt colors by either using the Randomize button () or manually editing the Color Tag colors.

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   • For this example, this is my new design. I love how the blues shine off the quilt.

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