The Design Wall

Most of what you see in Perfect Quilt is the Design Wall. The blocks and quilts you create are on

the Design Wall. The Toolbar, Block Library and Fabric Library float on top of the Design Wall.

The Design Wall is covered with horizontal and vertical lines, just like graph paper. These lines

help you draw blocks and quilts. You can set the grid lines closer or further apart as you wish.

You can set Perfect Quilt to “snap” patches to the grid lines. Perfect Quilt has several special

drawing grids for creating circular, eight-point, and isometric blocks. See the Assistant for more

information.

Using the Ruler

The ruler runs along the top and left side of the Design Wall. Whenever you scroll, the ruler will

show your position on the Design Wall. You can get back to the “top” of the Design Wall by

clicking on the Button in the upper left corner of the ruler.

Zooming In and Out

The concept of zooming in and out lets you “step back” from the Design Wall or “step-up” to

look at a block or quilt close up. The grid will stay the same size regardless of whether you are

zooming in or out. Practice zooming in and out to see how “close” or “far away” you can get to

the Design Wall.

At the top of the Perfect Quilt Screen, Perfect Quilt will tell you the percent of the zoom level.

For example, 100% is “actual size” and is the default zoom level. You can zoom down to 3% and

up to 1600%.

  Click on the Zoom In Tool to “magnify” a quilt and look at it close-up. Click on the Zoom

In Tool once to double the zoom level up.

Click on the Zoom Out Tool to “step- back” and look at an entire quilt. Click on the Zoom

Out Tool once to double the zoom level down.