does anyone know how to use excel for quilting?
#13
Originally Posted by ghostrider
Originally Posted by thequilteddove
Do you also use it to calculate yardage & the # of cuts for you?
#14
Originally Posted by thimblebug6000
Squares I understand, but how do you do curved lines or triangles in an excel spreadsheet?
#15
This is a quilt my students did. They each made a block and I had to figure out how in the heck to lay them all out. I took pictures of all the blocks hanging on the wall. I made a few colored squares in Excel, and then cut the blocks out from the pictures I took, and put them in Excel. And this way, I was able to easily move them around to get an arrangement I like. The blank spaces were for AWOL quilt blocks, which did eventually show up
#17
I've used Excel and PowerPoint both.
The problems with excel are two-fold. For HST and other triangles, it is hard to color just half of a cell, and if you are printing, the results are not always exactly what you are seeing on the screen. The second problem I got around by embedding the spreadsheet into PowerPoint.
Powerpoint is great, and depending on how precise you are with your mouse, you can draw some great applique designs. By using the "group" function, you can create one block from autoshapes, then copy it through many iterations to see what a whole quilt would look like.
The problems with excel are two-fold. For HST and other triangles, it is hard to color just half of a cell, and if you are printing, the results are not always exactly what you are seeing on the screen. The second problem I got around by embedding the spreadsheet into PowerPoint.
Powerpoint is great, and depending on how precise you are with your mouse, you can draw some great applique designs. By using the "group" function, you can create one block from autoshapes, then copy it through many iterations to see what a whole quilt would look like.
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Originally Posted by LucyInTheSky
This is a quilt my students did. They each made a block and I had to figure out how in the heck to lay them all out. I took pictures of all the blocks hanging on the wall. I made a few colored squares in Excel, and then cut the blocks out from the pictures I took, and put them in Excel. And this way, I was able to easily move them around to get an arrangement I like. The blank spaces were for AWOL quilt blocks, which did eventually show up
I use Excel, but have not tried to design a quilt with it. That would be the ultimate and this idea and the others will help me.
I look forward to seeing more posts on this topic.
#19
I use Excel to keep track of prices on thread, batting, etc. Never even thought of using it to design quilts other than to print out a grid like someone previously suggested.
I use Quilt Pro to design all my quilts. It's very simple to use and was quite a bit cheaper than Electric Quilt back when I bought it. Quilt Pro also makes a very simple program called 1-2-3 Quilt that you might want to download the demo for. http://www.quiltpro.com
Also, I got a notice today that EQ7 will be released in June so you may be able to get a deal on EQ6.
Beverly
I use Quilt Pro to design all my quilts. It's very simple to use and was quite a bit cheaper than Electric Quilt back when I bought it. Quilt Pro also makes a very simple program called 1-2-3 Quilt that you might want to download the demo for. http://www.quiltpro.com
Also, I got a notice today that EQ7 will be released in June so you may be able to get a deal on EQ6.
Beverly
#20
I've scanned my fabrics and "inserted" a picture in a cell, resizing it for the cell size. I would think this only works with squares or rectangles (no triangles or curves). I haven't taken the time to figure out a formula for calculating fabric requirements but I bet it could be done! :D
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