intoquilting

I put one of the borders in a layout around a panel. I finished the borders the way I wanted but now I can't figure out how to get the size of those diamonds and rectangles in the first border. I thought I could print off a template for these pieces. Anyone have advice for me?

ThreadHead

Are you going to applique the diamonds on? Measure the sides of the quilt, go to EQ and bring up the same size and borders. Put diamonds and rectangles like you want in the border, then print out templates.
Are you going to piece the border, then add it to the quilt? Good Luck

dunster

If you use blocks in your border, you should be able to print them out with templates or rotary cutting information, etc. However, if you're using one of the border selections from the dropdown menu on the borders tab, I couldn't find any way to print out information about the size of the elements in the border (diamonds, triangles, whatever). You might call EQ and ask if there's a way to do it. I'd love to know too - so if you find out, could you let us know?

intoquilting

Dunster, you are correct in what I am doing. I selected the border from the drop down menu. I thought it would allow me to print the information about the size of the elements. So I am not alone in my trial here. If I figure it out, I will post here.

kristakz

If you put a block into one of the segments of the border, it lets you print templates etc for that. So, create a blank block and put it in your sketchbook (just go into "Edit block". And without drawing anything, click the button to add to sketchbook. It will ask if you want to keep blank block in the sketchbook - say Yes). Now, go back to your quilt. Put the blank block into each segement of your border. Now, select a segment (just like selecting a block) and under File, you should now have the option to print - block, template, rotary cut, etc. Voila - an exact template or rotary cut instructions for your diamonds.

Edit: Even easier. Just colour the border. As soon as I did that (in EQ6) it lets me print instructions for each "block" in the border. Note that I don't think you can print the whole border at once - you have to do each segement individually.

intoquilting

kristakz, I tried your suggestion in the edit and it worked. Thanks a lot. I had tried several different things and it didn't work for me.

ThreadHead

Go to the HELP in EQ and key in borders