Three practical walkthroughs
- Plan your first quilt: blocks, colours and a saved project
- Photograph and import your own fabric
- Print or save a making book and check its scale
Illustrated with actual development-build captures and synthetic projects. Try the free calculator and sample making book before deciding whether to buy the Mac app.
FREE BROWSER TOOL
Count blocks. Check the finished size.
Include internal sashing and a simple border, in inches or centimetres. No signup.
START HEREPlan a first small quilt.
One block, two fabrics and a saved project you can reopen.
FOR YOUR MACChoose an installed quilt designer.
Apple Silicon and Intel, actual compatibility notes and a sample making book.
BEFORE A RETREATKnow what works offline.
Pack your projects, license and printable plans before leaving Wi-Fi behind.
Design and fabric
- Design your own quilt, one decision at a time
- Draw a custom quilt block and think through its construction
- Photograph, crop and scale fabric for a useful preview
At the printer and cutting table
- Print quilt templates at actual size
- Use the making book, project files and backups
- Inspect a real sample making book (PDF)
Choosing software
We make Cloth & Colour, so these are product-maker guides—not independent rankings. Compare the workflow and inspect real output before buying.