Quilting program please

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Anyone have any ideas where I might find freeware quilting program/s? Help
or advice appreciated. Thanks
 
TA said:
Anyone have any ideas where I might find freeware quilting program/s? Help
or advice appreciated. Thanks
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I don't know of any quilting programs - graph paper apps (useful for
making patterns) are listed here:

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_BUSINESS-HOME.php#5.10GraphPaperPrinter

Susan
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Hi Mike,
QuiltMaker
<http://www.quiltmakersoftware.com/>
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It's Registerware (doesn't appear very useful to me). Your post got me
thinking more about this - one thing led to another - and below is a
*long* list of Freeware and categories of Freeware that I think would be
useful in making pattchwork quilts. There are many other kinds of quilts
but I think this is enough for openers. . . ;)

ISTM Quilting Freeware would make a nice page in the wiki - I'm not
familiar enough with graphic apps to pick the *best* ones for quilters -
would like to hear from the experts. I've arranged the info below more
or less in the order I think it will be used - have included a couple of
how-to links to show the tasks that are involved.

If we can come up with a list of *especially* useful apps ISTM a
"quilting CD" would make a nice present for the quilters in your family.

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Webware for quilt blocks (uses Javascript)

http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/geometry/shape/quilts/quilts_1.html

http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/geometry/shape/quilts/quilts_4.php3

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Images of Quilt blocks (free clip art)

http://dlstewart.com/clipart.htm
Dawn's Quilting Clip Art

http://www.patswebgraphics.com/country/quilt.html
Pat's Quilt Graphics

http://freemo.com/free/qgraphics.html
Quilt Graphics (This particular page is currently being updated and will
be back online soon.)

Courtesy of The Wayback Machine:

http://web.archive.org/web/20040111002534/http://freemo.com/free/qgraphics.html
Quilt Graphics - Below you will find quilt graphics I have made in
pastel baby colors. These are 200 by 200 in size and would be good for a
friendship quilt. On the next page I have some sized 100 by 100 and a
quilt put together using a html table.

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Designing quilt blocks

http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/markov/kids/tangram.html

TANGRAM written by Mark Overmars - Tangram is a well known Chinees
puzzle. The goal is to form various shapes from 7 pieces. This program
chalenges you to solve a large number of these puzzles. Puzzles range
from very simple ones for small children to difficult ones for adults.
Also an editor is provided that lets you create your own collections of
puzzles. You can even use different sets of pieces.

Tangram version 1.0 (875K)
http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/markov/kids/tangram/tangram.zip

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Tesselation

http://www.geometrygames.org/Kali/index.html

Kali lets you draw symmetrical patterns based on any of the 17 tiling
groups.

download Kali 5.0 for Windows (111 KB)
http://www.geometrygames.org/priv/weeks/Kali/Kali.exe

download Kali 4.1 for Macintosh (191 KB)
http://www.geometrygames.org/priv/weeks/Kali/Kali-4-1.sit.bin

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Diagram And Chart Drawing Tools might be useful too

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_GRAPHICS.php#1.40DiagramAndChartDrawingTool

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Capturing quilt block designs (screen capture)

Irfanview or one of these apps:

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_DESKTOP.php#3.00Clipboard:ScreenCapture


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Editing the quilt block design - adding/changing colors or colored patterns

Paint programs (photo editors)

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_GRAPHICS.php#1.20Editor:Photo-Paint

tools:

http://www.geocities.com/peter_bone_uk/software.html
Colour Editor can change a particular colour in a bitmap to another
colour when there are a lot of seperated regions of the colour. . .

http://www.rupertmillard.net/mirror/peterbone/ColorEditor.zip (246KB)

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http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_GRAPHICS.php#6.00Tools:ColorMixer;Ruler;MagnifierEtc.

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_GRAPHICS.php#6.03ColorMixer

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_GRAPHICS.php#6.03ColorPicker

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_GRAPHICS.php#6.03ColorTool

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Combining quilt blocks

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_GRAPHICS.php#6.19Stitch-Panoramas

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_WEBDESIGN.php#2.01Convert:TextToHTMLTable

Program: List² (ListSquared)
Author: Monkeyware Software
Install: (n.i.)
Ware: (Freeware)
http://www.bitride.com/freeware.php

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Drafting Quilt Blocks and templates - by hand

http://www.handquilter.com/html/august97tip.html
There were only three shapes necessary to make these templates : a
diamond, a square and a triangle.

Graph paper

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_BUSINESS-HOME.php#5.10GraphPaperPrinter

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http://softexpressions.com/help/newsletters/apr99autocad.html

Quiltmaking and AutoCAD LT Drafting Software
By Jos H. Hindriks, Dutchman Designs

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2D CAD programs

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_GRAPHICS.php#1.30Editor:Vector-Draw

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Organizing Quilting information

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_ORGANIZERS.php#2.10Organizer:Notes-Graphics

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_ORGANIZERS.php#2.10Organizer:Notes-RichText

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_ORGANIZERS.php#2.10Organizer:Notes-Text

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_GRAPHICS.php#2.02Organizer;ImageGallery

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Mike said:
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Hello Susan, I came across this in my travels, don't know if you have
seen this, which I thought was [kind-of] interesting:

Fractal Art Quilts
<http://www.roserushbrooke.com/>

Making use of freeware fractal generation programs to produce quilt
designs.
<http://www.roserushbrooke.com/fractal-sites.html>
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Darn it Mike - I'm trying to get something done here. :) :) :)

Seduced into playing again. . . this mornings toy was Colour Editor. I
*had* put it away - then you came along with your fractals. . .

Suggest you try it too - this page:

http://www.roserushbrooke.com/fractal-art-quilts-article.html

has a fractal image and an image of the quilt made from it. Download those:

http://www.roserushbrooke.com/images/pizza-original.gif
http://www.roserushbrooke.com/images/fractal-quilts/pizzasm.jpg

Convert the pizza-original.gif into a JPG or bitmap image - then download:

Program: Colour Editor
Author: Peter Bone
Install: (n.i.)
Ware: Freeware
http://www.geocities.com/peter_bone_uk/

http://www.rupertmillard.net/mirror/peterbone/ColorEditor.zip
(276 KB)

then see if you can convert the original colors into the colors used in
the quilt.

Hint (there's no help file): "It can also change colours that are not
exactly the same by adjusting the tollerance" - the slider bar just
above the image is used to do that.

IMO this is a very nice app.

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Thanks for all your wonderful help Susan.

Susan Bugher said:
I don't know of any quilting programs - graph paper apps (useful for
making patterns) are listed here:

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_BUSINESS-HOME.php#5.10GraphPaperPrinter

Susan
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Mike said:
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Well, I've gone and wrecked my afternoon, toying about with fractals,
then I got sidetracked with the "ZoomQuilt"
<http://www.media.ebaumsworld.com/supercoolpic.swf>

It's Flash (and probably not much to do with quilting) :-)
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It seems I can't view that till I update my Flash player - which is
probably just as well. :)

One of these days I'll add some info about quilting freeware to the
wiki. IMO web pages with info and screen shots would be great - I seem
to be the main enthusiast in ACF and the notion is tempting me - would
need to get a site. . . my to-do list keeps growing. ;)

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It seems I can't view that till I update my Flash player - which
is probably just as well. :)
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Ah it's harmless and is art, nothing too taxing. A kind of Dali-esque
walk thru of some surreal landscapes in a painterly fashion. Quite well
done, worth the 30 secs viewing I suppose, if you like surrealism that
is.
One of these days I'll add some info about quilting freeware to
the wiki. IMO web pages with info and screen shots would be great
- I seem to be the main enthusiast in ACF and the notion is
tempting me - would need to get a site. . . my to-do list keeps
growing. ;)
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Indeed, screen grabs are always a bonus.
 
Mike said:
Ah it's harmless and is art, nothing too taxing. A kind of Dali-esque
walk thru of some surreal landscapes in a painterly fashion. Quite well
done, worth the 30 secs viewing I suppose, if you like surrealism that
is.
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Oops - bad choice of words on my part - ISTM if I had been able to view
it I would have been tempted into viewing additional things and spent
hours and hours and hours. . . so probably just as well I couldn't take
that first fatal step. . . ;)
Indeed, screen grabs are always a bonus.
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also images showing a selection of quilt blocks and the ways they can be
combined to make different patterns etc. etc. I'm playing with some
apps - looking for the ones that are easiest to use (KISS) - it's an
interesting exercise. . .

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