Using Quarter Inch · Cutting and printing
Take a fabric shopping list and swatches to the shop
The Shopping list is the yardage, less what’s already in your stash, to tick off at the shop. Print it on one page, or print swatches to hold against the bolts.
The short answer
The Shopping list is only what you still need to buy, with your stash taken off, to tick off at the shop. On the quilt’s Cutting page, choose Shopping list (Shop on a phone) and tick fabrics as you buy them; ticks show on every device. Print swatches makes a card of the colors to match.
Use the list at the shop
Open the quilt’s Cutting page and choose Shopping list, beside Yardage. It lists only what to buy: each fabric with how much, then the backing and the batting.
If you keep a stash in Quarter Inch, leave Take what I have off on, and fabric you already have isn’t on the list. Under From your stash, not on the list you see what the quilt will use of it. Turn the switch off to see everything new, as if you had none.
At the shop, tick each fabric as you buy it. Your ticks are saved with the quilt and show on every device, so you can tick on your phone and see it at home.
Bought it? Choose Add to my stash, and the next quilt knows what you have.
Print the list, or swatches
- Print the list opens the list on one Letter or A4 page and asks your printer for it. Amounts are rounded up to the next ⅛ yd, as on the Yardage tab. Back to the list takes you back.
- Print swatches makes a PDF of the fabrics still to buy, each a chip in its true color with what to ask for and how much, to hold against the bolts. It’s made on your device and downloads at once.
For Porch Stars, that’s 4 fabrics, 6⅜ yd in all, then backing (4¾ yd) and batting (70″ × 84″).
So is Yardage, and Print swatches. Quilter adds the cutting chart, templates, the cutting table and the quilt’s PDF.
If it doesn’t look right
- A fabric you have is still on the list. Check its amount in your stash: if you have less than the quilt needs, the rest is on the list.
- There’s no Print swatches. It shows only while there’s a fabric left to buy.
- The amounts differ from the pattern you’re used to. Every amount comes from the quilt’s own strips. How we worked it out.
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Questions
Short answers.
Something else? A real person replies.
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Is the Shopping list free?
Yes, on every plan, like Yardage. Print swatches is free too.
Do my ticks show on my phone?
Yes. They’re saved with the quilt, so a fabric ticked on one device is ticked on all of them.
Are the swatch colors exact?
They’re each fabric’s color as Quarter Inch has it. Printers and screens vary, so treat them as a guide and check against the bolt.