Using Quarter Inch · Changes and versions
Make a copy of a quilt
A copy keeps the blocks, fabrics and finishing of the original. Change the copy freely: the original doesn’t change.
The short answer
A copy lets you try other fabrics, a new size or a different border while the original stays exactly as it is. In your library, open the quilt’s ⋯ menu, choose Make a copy…, name the copy and choose Make a copy. It opens in the designer.
A copy is a new quilt in your library, with the same blocks, fabrics and finishing choices as the original. Change it as much as you like: the original stays as it is. It’s the way to try another colorway, a bigger size, or a different border without losing what you have.
Make a copy
In your library, open the quilt card’s ⋯ menu and choose Make a copy….
Under Name for the copy, keep the name it suggests (the quilt’s name with “copy” after it) or type your own.
Choose Make a copy. The copy opens in the designer, ready to change. To go back without one, choose Keep just the original.
To see the two side by side, choose Compare colorways… from either quilt’s menu. Compare colorways.
On an iPad or a phone
On an iPad the steps are the same as on a computer.
On the Free plan you can design up to 3 quilts at a time, and a copy is one of them. Quilter has no limit.
If it doesn’t look right
- There’s no Make a copy in the menu. Copies can be made of quilts made in Quarter Inch. A quilt opened from EQ keeps its file as it is; change it with Change this quilt, and Earlier versions keep how it came from EQ.
- The copy couldn’t be made. On the Free plan you may be at your limit. Choose See your quilts and make room.
- It asks for a name. A copy needs a name: type one under Name for the copy.
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Questions
Short answers.
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Does the copy change the original?
No. The copy is its own quilt. The original stays in your library exactly as it was.
Are my cutting ticks copied?
No. The copy starts with every box empty, so you can cut it fresh.
Does a copy count toward the Free plan?
Yes. The Free plan designs up to 3 quilts at a time, and a copy is one of them.
Can I copy a quilt from EQ8?
Not yet. Copies can be made of quilts made in Quarter Inch.