CathieD Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 I purchased the Sun Compass Collection from Kay Oft and am attempting to lay out a wholecloth quilt. The quilt will be rather large; 72x108. I have downloaded and printed every how-to concerning QP that I could get my hands on including all the help files that came on QP, Georgene's and Angela Clarks guides. I have hundreds of pages which, at this point, is not a great thing. I'm overwhelmed. I haven't gotten very far getting this quilt laid out. I'm in the Design & Create Quilt mode. I've entered the size of my quilt and I was hoping for a 2" grid but QP disagrees so I went with a 6" grid. I've managed to merge the blocks for my outer borders, kind of. I want them to wrap around and I've got some articles on how to do that. The questions I have are: Am I using the right mode for this project? The top and bottom outer borders are okay but when I place the design on the left and right outer border, rotate it and then try to get it to duplicate itself it will only stack itself inside the width of the border and not run the length of border. I will greatly appreciate any help given. Cathie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klwheeler Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 So you may need to show a picture of what's happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CathieD Posted April 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 I'm still playing with the layout but the picture I hope I'm attaching shows the top and bottom inner borders ok'ish. It's the borders on the left and right that I can't get to run the length of the border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CathieD Posted April 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 How the heck did I post that pic upside down????!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klwheeler Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Try checking By Ends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klwheeler Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 I see that the By Ends is not checked. So if it is a single pattern that QP is placing for you repeatedly then it must be By ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klwheeler Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 My phone number is 510-386-4156 & I was able to see your picture by turning my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klwheeler Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 So if you need to talk call. I'm in the Seattle area and a representative of APQS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klwheeler Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 So if you need to talk call. I'm in the Seattle area and a representative of APQS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CathieD Posted April 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 This is what happens. I want the design to repeat up and down the border but, instead it stacks on itself. I apologize for posting yet another upside down pic. It looks fine until I attach and preview it and I don't know how to fix that either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klwheeler Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 OK if you want to make it stretch out seems that the others work so what are their settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klwheeler Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Sorry I had to eat dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klwheeler Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 What version of software are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klwheeler Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Looks like there is a difference between the pictures. First one has fit to borders and one repeat. Second one has Nested and three repeats. The second one shows a pattern that seems to be bigger than the first one. Might try (in Design and Create) scaling to correct height and rotating verically the panto and saving it. Try using it to see if the rotation is causing problems. Also may as well make a quick panto of the border to use at the correct size and orientation Vertical left and right that may work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klwheeler Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Mine will do this so I am confused why yours won't. Sometimes Quilt path gets confused. Save your quilt layout but remove those blocks in the vertical borders first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klwheeler Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 There's also Virtual Longarm (VLA). I did a quilt or two with it. Here is a quick write up for wrapped borders that may help. http://forum.apqs.com/index.php?/topic/36436-quilt-path-instructions/#entry507843 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CathieD Posted April 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Thank you Karen. I'll head back downstairs again tonight and try some of your suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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