Tutorial for Quilt Paper


Three papers are included with the initial app purchase:
  • Square / rectangular grid
  • Dot or isometric grid
  • Diagonal grid
With these three basic grids, you can create custom graph paper. In-app purchase of QuiltPaper specialty papers vastly expand your choices. Open QuickPicks on the QuiltPaper icon page to see some of the layouts possible with each specialty paper. Add a specialty paper with in-app purchase at the same cost as the original app. Or, purchase the bundle and get all current and future papers for the cost of five papers (Of course, credit is given for previous purchases.)

This tutorial outlines the steps to setup QuiltPaper and create your graph paper.


1  First time — Set new paper defaults


The Default Paper Settings Menu controls the defaults used when a new paper is added. Each can be overridden on an individual paper.
  • Page Defaults sets paper size.
  • Graph Paper Units sets paper grid to inches or metric units.
  • PDF Line Width sets the line quality for a PDF to thin, medium or heavy.



2   Choose a paper


Tap icon to open that paper.

For this example, tap Grid. Now in a paper, there are two ways to start:
  1. Tap '+' to start a new paper from scratch.
  2. Tap 'QUICK PICKS' to see if there is one that is close to the paper you want to create. When you see one you like, tap to use it as your starting point.



3   Create the graph paper's grid


If this paper is unique so you need to change the new paper defaults:
  • Tap the '•••' More button in the upper right to override the defaults for the paper and grid units.
  • Tap the bottom tool on the tool bar to open Paper Settings to override the paper size default.

Tap on a tool to reveal its menu.
  • Overall grid tools are at the top of the menu.
  • Features tools add  to the grid. This set of tools varies with each layout. For Grid these tools are — diagonal lines, labels, sashing and cornerstones, grid center, and center holes.
  • General tools are at the bottom. They are the  same for every paper: add an image, line color palette, title and paper name, and page settings.

Overall grid

Let's continue with the Grid paper and open the first of the three tools, the Major Grid menu. It opens with controls to set the size of the grid, leaving the app to figure out how many rows and columns it can fit on a page.

In this example the switch for Columns & Rows is 'on' so that each can be quickly set to match a project plan.

Tap in the number box to use the keyboard instead of the -/+ stepper to enter numbers.

Features

Two examples of features on Grid are the Triangle and Labels menus.

Triangle offers a choice of direction and grid level to easily draft half-square or quarter-square triangles.

As you'd expect, Labels adds labels to the grid. Labels can make a grid just a little nicer to work with. Labels has controls to:
  • Set label color, size, and label placement
  • Set origin value
  • Pick placement of starting corner
  • Adjust stepping

General tools

Examples of general tools are the Palettes and Page Settings menus.

Palettes sets grid line colors. It has defined palettes and a '+' to create unlimited custom palettes.

The last menu, Page Settings, sets page size and margin for export or printing. It also has a control to Tile Grids. Tile puts many small grids side-by-side on a paper for block planning or planning assembly.



4   Add an image behind a grid


Tap the Image tool.

Every grid in QuiltPaper can add an image, opening up unique possibilities for art quilts. In this example an image is added behind a Grid paper. To do this:
  • Tap image icon on the toolbar.
  • In the Image menu tap '+ Add Image' to drop in an image.
  • Use the menu's controls to fine tune image scale, placement and orientation.
TIP: Adjusting margins in Page Settings may help fine-tune placement of grid and image.



5   Paint any finished graph paper


​Open a paper in Paint with a tap to the Paint Brush icon at the top of a paper's editing page.

During the process of opening the grid in Paint the grid is converted into an image. Because the grid is now an image, no changes are possible to the grid itself once it is brought into Paint. If a change is needed to the grid, leave Paint, make the needed edits, then open the corrected grid in Paint and begin again.
Use pinch-and-zoom to get in close for easier painting.

Use the advanced tools under '•••' More to:
• Color the background
• Set a custom pattern for coloring using a long press
• Add a snap grid for easier line drawing and text placement

The Paint tool box is filled with colors — both solids and textures. However, you can make an unlimited number of custom color pallets using the Build Custom Palette tool:
  • Tap the '+' on the hue color row to open.
  • Now create your own palettes from an image, live camera, color wheel, or setting RGB or HSB value. (This example shows picking colors from a camera roll image.)



6  Print or Share your graph paper


For Print and Share options tap the '•••' More button in upper right of the paper's editing page.

Print directly from your iOS device. Or set a unique page size and print on a large format printer.

Share as a PDF, PNG, or SVG image. You can even bring a grid into your favorite drawing program.



7  Quickly find your paper when you are ready to work with it again


There are two ways to find your papers:
  1. Tap an icon to see a list of all the papers of that style.
  2. Tap File in the top menu of the app start for a list of every paper you've created.