The Block Editor

The Block Editor

The Block Editor is the separate panel that is used for creating custom quilt blocks or editing quilt blocks. Within the editor, you can control the block dimensions, grid lines to help you design your block, piece blocks together using common block shapes, and colorize your quilt blocks.

The three main components of the Block Editor is the Left Side Control Panel, the central Toolbar, and the Block Editor Canvas.

It's important to note that the Left Side Control Panel and Toolbar on the Block Editor are different from the ones that are on the Quilt Editor. These control panels are specific to editing and designing quilt blocks.

a | Block Editor's Left Side Control Panel -- Block Info Tab

The Block Info tab on the Block Editor's left side control panel is where you can edit the general information for the quilt block:

• Block name

• Finished block dimensions (width & height)

• Number of grid lines on the Block Editor Canvas (horizontal & vertical lines)

• Visibility for grid lines

• Tracer feature

b | Block Editor's Left Side Control Panel -- Layers Tab

The Layers tab on the Block Editor's left side control panel is where you can control the layering of the quilt block pieces. Drag different quilt block pieces up or down to control the layering placement (and visibility) of them on the Block Editor Canvas. The piece at the top of the list will also be the top layer on the Block Editor Canvas.

c | Block Editor's Left Side Control Panel -- Selected Tab

The Selected tab on the Block Editor's left side control panel is visible once a piece on the block editor canvas has been selected (by clicking on it). The Selected tab is where you can edit and design of the individual quilt block pieces using the dropdown tabs:

1. Solids/Prints Tab

   • Control the color swatch or printed fabric swatch linked to a specific quilt block piece
   • Create or edit color tags
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2. Size Tab

   • Control the dimensions of the quilt block piece (width and height)

   • Scale a quilt block piece to a specific percentage of a quilt block size

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3. Position Tab

   • Control the exact position of the selected quilt block piece on the block editor canvas

   • Positions are relative to the top, left corner of the block editor canvas

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4. Rotate/Mirror Tab

   • Rotate or mirror the selected quilt block piece

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d | Block Editor's Toolbar

The Toolbar on the Block Editor is a collection of quickly accessible buttons for commonly used actions that are specific to editing and designing your quilt block.

These quick action buttons include:

1. Snap to Position ()

   • Feature will snap block piece to closest grid lines

   • Turn this feature on or off by clicking on this button

2. Snap to Scale ()

   • Feature will snap the size of a block piece to closest grid lines when resizing

   • Turn this feature on or off by clicking on this button

3. Undo ()

   • Undoes one action for each time clicked (will stop when no more actions can be undone)

4. Redo ()

   • Redoes that last action that was undone

5. Align ()

   • Choose aligning options when clicking on this button

   • Left / Center / Right

   • Top / Center / Bottom

6. Rotate ()

   • Quickly rotates any selected block pieces by 45 degrees

   • Click repeatedly to rotate in increments of 45 degrees

7. Clone ()

   • Copy selected block pieces by cloning them onto your block editor canvas
8. Scale ()

   • Scale the size of the selected blocks by 20%

9. Scale to Fit ()

   • Scale the selected block piece to the full width and height of the block editor canvas

10. Delete Shape ()

    • Delete selected block pieces from the block editor canvas