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Quick & Easy Quilt Block Tool app for iPhone and iPad


4.9 ( 2239 ratings )
Reference Education
Developer: C&T Publishing, Inc.
1.99 USD
Current version: 1.5, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 31 Oct 2009
App size: 18.71 Mb

102 Rotary-Cut Quilt Blocks in 5 Sizes
Simple Cutting Charts
Helpful Reference Tables

New Version 1.5 fixes problems with crashing.

C&T Publishing unveils a new era in quiltmaking with the Quick & Easy Quilt Block Tool, an innovative application for planning quilt blocks!

This application features rotary-cutting directions for over 500 options for making traditional quilt blocks, plus bonus reference tables every quilter needs.

The Quick & Easy Quilt Block Tool is so useful, versatile, and portable, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it!

• 102 most-popular pieced blocks in 5 sizes each, with design details and construction diagrams

• Find cutting instructions at your fingertips with our quick and easy rotary-cutting charts and indexes in the Guide Section!

• Helpful reference tables, such as yardage requirements, diagonal measurements, and more

• User-friendly instructions and a complete block index and grid index

• It’s the ultimate no-math reference guide for quilters!

• Create your own index of favorites

• Zoom in on piecing diagrams for crystal clear viewing

Based on the best-selling Quick & Easy Block Tool.

Check out www.patternspot.com for quilt and sewing patterns from leading designers you can download right now.

Reviews for the original Quick & Easy Block Tool:

Craft & Needlework Age Magazine
...an innovative concept in planning quilt blocks!...

Patti Ives, The Appliqué Society Newsletter
...has a lot of information...This would make a wonderful gift for the beginner quilter...

New Zealand Quilter
This handy new pocket sized Quick and Easy Block Tool...is designed for quilters who want to make a block a different size. Cutting instructions in five different sizes for 102 blocks...Additional useful information includes sizes for setting triangles and corner alignment for piecing shapes making this an ideal reference for beside your sewing machine..

Quilts With Style
The Block Tool is a useful deck of "cards" that picture a quilt block along with rotary cutting measurements to make it in different sizes… Introduce quilting to children while you design quilts together using these cards. Fun for all ages.

Quilters Newsletter Magazine
What a lot of information packed into one little package!

Pros and cons of Quick & Easy Quilt Block Tool app for iPhone and iPad

Quick & Easy Quilt Block Tool app good for

I love this app. I can browse blocks and dream about the kinds of quilts I want to make this winter. There are piecing instructions and yardage and cutting info included. Definitely worth it. I own the original block tool and it is $17, so this is a bargain.
I dreamed of a quilting app for my iPhone that I could use for block inspiration, instruction and calculation and this app is it! .  blocks at your fingertips. Knowing how to cut the pieces and how many will be left eliminates waste because I can now plan for a second project in tandem. Get this app, youll be so happy you did
I LOVE it! The color is fantastic. Its well organized - both alphabetical and by grid type. There are 102 blocks in 5 sizes each. Easy to scroll through. The Favorites Star lets you bookmark your favs to easily come back to them. Make a quilt with any block in any size!
What a cool app! Not only do you get 102 inspirational block designs, but each is already figured out in 5 different sizes. Clearly laid out charts make it super easy to figure out how many colors you need for each block as well as how many of each shape in each size. A real timesaver!
Its a sweet app that I can reliably quote from in class. I trust the cutting measurements and yardage references will be accurate because its from C&T Publishing.
Really have enjoyed looking through this app and know that I will get lots of use out of it any time that I make traditional quilt blocks. Really useful! Takes so much of the math out of quilt block making and who doesnt love that???

Some bad moments

This app does not show what the quilt looks like with blocks put together, does not show yardage of fabrics needed based on block size, does not tell you how many blocks to make, and measurements do not look correct (at least on Grandmothers Choice - one I happened to notice.) I wish I had my $3.99 back because I will never use this app.
Tried to use but its useless on my iPhone 4. Just shuts itself down. Please fix the bugs. Take stock of the many suggestions and comments listed here snd update!
Crashes after first block is picked and you try to do anything else
The app crashes every time I select "next". Not worth the money.
Very disappointing. I wish someone would create a great app for quilting. I downloaded it to my Ipad and it keeps crashing.
how do i get my money bacK? very limited.. everytime i hit next while looking at a block it shuts the program down. only a few reference tips, dont waste your money,