Using Quarter Inch · Color and fabrics
Compare two colorways of a quilt side by side
Make a copy of a quilt, color the copy, then see the two side by side, at the same scale, in color or in grays.
The short answer
See two colorways of one quilt side by side, at the same scale. Choose Make a copy… from the quilt’s ⋯ menu and color the copy, then choose Compare colorways…, pick the other quilt and choose Compare. Value and Squint check both at once.
A colorway is the same quilt in other fabrics. In Quarter Inch each colorway is its own quilt: make a copy, color the copy, then put the two side by side. Your original never changes.
Make a second colorway
In your library, open the quilt card’s ⋯ menu and choose Make a copy….
Give the copy a name, for example “Porch Stars in Meadow”, and choose Make a copy. The copy opens in the designer.
Change its fabrics: one at a time, with Try a palette, or with Paint. See Color a quilt.
Compare them side by side
In your library, open either quilt’s ⋯ menu and choose Compare colorways….
Under Choose a saved quilt, pick the other quilt from the list and choose Compare. With many quilts, type part of its name under Find a saved quilt by name and choose Find quilts.
The two quilts show side by side, at the same scale. If they’re different sizes, the bigger one is drawn bigger.
Choose Value to see both in grays, or Squint to blur both. That shows which colorway keeps its pattern when the colors are gone.
From here, Open quilt goes back to either one, and Make a copy starts a third colorway.
On an iPad or a phone
On an iPad the steps are the same as on a computer.
Comparing is free. On the Free plan a copy is a new quilt, and you can design up to 3 at a time; Quilter has no limit.
If it doesn’t look right
- There’s no Make a copy. You can copy quilts made in Quarter Inch. A quilt opened from EQ can still be compared with any of your quilts.
- The quilt isn’t in the list. Only quilts with a drawing can be compared. Search for it by name.
- The copy wasn’t made. On the Free plan you may be at your limit: choose See your quilts and make room.
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Questions
Short answers.
Something else? A real person replies.
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Does comparing change my quilt?
No. Each colorway is its own quilt, and the compare page only shows them.
Can I compare more than two colorways?
Two at a time. Choose another saved quilt to swap the one on the right.
Why do the two quilts look different sizes?
They’re drawn at the same scale, so a quilt with a bigger finished size is drawn bigger.
Can I compare a quilt from EQ?
Yes, with any of your quilts that has a drawing. Copies can only be made of quilts made in Quarter Inch.