Quilt the way you LOVE to!
* Synchrony Bank Sewing & More Fixed Payments 0% No Interest Financing with approved credit!
Click HERE to Apply Online for Synchrony Bank Sewing and More Credit Card Approval to use for Online Checkout or in AllBrands stores
Designing and planning made EASY -
From libraries of blocks, fabrics, and even Alex Anderson quilts, to quick and simple artwork editing tools that eliminates the tedium of repetition.
Take your idea > Create Block > Create Quilt Layout
Now you know what to cut BEFORE you cut -
Fabric previewing tools and auto tools for seam allowance lets you print your own templates with correct yardage estimates!
Design N Quilt turns your quilt patter into easy quilting templates, even create the files for your long arm robotics!
• Foundation Piecing
• Rotary Cutting Instructions
• Actual Size Templates
• Embroidery Quilting
• Long Arm Quilting
Magic Needle Tool: Pull shapes from clip art to use in applique, just click to auto trace a backdrop image!
Repetitive Sets Tool: Quickly repeat shapes in row and columns! Flip or rotate as you wish!
Libraries at your fingertips
Block Library-
Built-in block library stacked with pre-made blocks! Browse by category to quickly find what you need! Create, save and expand your block library with endless easy to create possibilities!
Fabric Library-
See your finished quilt with actual fabric BEFORE you sew! Add YOUR fabrics to your library with a photo or other image file! Audition different fabrics with your design to see what works best! Create jpgs to show friends and get additional opinions!
Quilt Library-
You just quickly created your own digital quilt! Save it in your very own personal quilt library DNQ keeps your projects organized and easy to find!
Design N Quilt makes designing a snap
Easy Block Creator-
With DNQ anyone can find the fun in creating new quilt blocks! Our Easy Block Creator tool is so easy and intuitive that blocks can be made in the moments! Starts with an empty grid of squares or triangles and then select and unite the pieces of your quilt. Design any block you have ever seen or can imagine!
Advanced Block Creator-
No boundaries or restrictions! Create any quilt block you can sew! Create with curved lines! Or non-traditional quilt shapes! Let your inner artist loose with this easy-to-use tool!
New quilt layouts made easy-
Audition colors or fabrics in the quilt! Add sashing with vertical or horizontal strips! Or choose to have corner blocks in the sashing! Add one or more borders with horizontal or vertical strips! Add a block-based border to put your most interesting block designs or parade!
Add applique to your quilts-
Design N Quilt lets you easily add applique shapes to any quilt project. Create your very own Flower Pop! Let DNQ add the seam allowance - it includes them in the clear and easy printable templates and yardage estimates.
Custom shapes for perfect appliques on quilts
Create perfect applique on quilt using the Custom Shape Library!
Attach from our galleries of shapes to a block or quilt, and the pieces will be included with the printed page! You can turn these shapes into automatic embroidery with one click.
• Alphabets!
• Basic Shapes!
Print & piece a quilt just like Alex
Easily pick what you need to print!
The software offers many options to your printing previews, letting you know not just cut measurements, increments, and block previews, but other guided information like piece analysis and fabric summaries! It gives you the options of what you need to quilt the way you like!
Color Numbered Block Templates with Piece Analysis!
Actual size templates with outlines!
Print out templates for applique at actual sizes, with options for outlines, grid lines or color numbering!
Fabric Summaries and Cutting Instructions!
Automatically tells you how much fabric you will need to make your block or quilt, with exact instructions for rotary cutting for each piece!
Foundation Paper Piecing!
Piecing like Alex does it with a fully automatic one click tool! With a viewer window where you can see the block created one piece at a time. Create your own blocks and then let the software assign the paper piecing numbers and sections automatically. The tool also allows you to take control and assign the numbers and section yourself! Use the print preview to access professional quality templates for foundation paper piecing!
Quilt Tools = Quick Quilts
Export Quilt Tool
Make SVG cutting files of your quilt pieces with Export Quilt tool. Just what digital cutting machines need to start your project!
Create Artwork Tool
Draw endless shapes to use as applique in your quilts! If you have a photo image, like a .JPG, trace over it to create your own custom artwork!
Magic Needle Tool
Just click to auto trace shapes in a backdrop image. Work best with clipart, tracing the shapes of solid colors. Perfect for applique or creating your own quilt pattern for your long arm robotics!
Edit & Shaping Tools
Use the art edit tools such as "Weld and Trim" to make changes! Easy for creating applique that is trimmed so no layer overlap! You can make edits to your applique shapes so they are exactly what you need. Use the shape tool to access the points along the outline of the shape and then add, delete or move points to perfect your applique.
Align and Distribute
Organize your cuts! When making a template these tools organize your patterns! No rules here- layout your patterns however you like, but fans of even spaces and balance will be VERY happy.
Repetitive Sets Tool
Repetition doesn't mean tedium! Use to take one specific shape and quickly repeat it rows or in columns! Mix it up by alternating every other shape, either flipped or rotated!
Flip and Rotate Tools
Is the orientation of your quilt blocks no quite right? Or are you just wanting to give an old quilt design a new twist? Quickly Flip or Rotate quilt blocks to change it up!
Create Outline Tool
You can select a shape and the software will trace one or more outlines.
You kind of quilting!
Supports many styles of Quilting
Design N Quilt doesn't force you to quilt "The DNQ way." You are going to cut and sew with the techniques you choose. DNQ software just makes the designing and planning easy. So, no matter which quilting techniques define you, DNQ lets you:
• Buy your supplies with confidence
• Cut your materials with confidence, and
• Spend more time quilting the way you already love.
You Choose the Sea, Allowance
Do you use a 1/4" or 1/2"? Or something else? Design N Quilt has you covered. You set the seam allowance for your project so your printed templates have your correct yardage estimates.
The Power of Design N Quilt takes you further!
Long Arm Quilting with Design N Quilt
Design N Quilt is the perfect companion to all forms of quilting, INCLUDING Long Arm robotics. Open, save, and edit long arm quit designs for all brands of automated long arm quilting machines. Create new designs or make edits to the ones you have! Choose from the included decorative motif patterns to make long arm quilt designs with unlimited possibilities.
Embroidery Quilting - Easy and Powerful
Design N Quilt cab open and save plus create and edit embroidery designs. If you like to add touches of embroidery to your quilts, then you have everything you need in your new Design N Quilt software. Think of the cute quilt labels that you can add to help your family know more about your cherished quilts for years to come! Design N Quilt makes it easy to add embroidery text and personalize your quilt block or labels. There is also a full selection of the latest texture embroidery quilting stitches and super dynamic types or embroidery quilting like shape echo. While these tools may not be needed for your traditional quilting it is still nice to know your new quilt software is embroidery capable just in case you need it.
Embroidery Tools for Blocks and Borders!
Quilting Stitches!
Design your own in the hoop embroidery blocks that feature effects like decorative quilt. Create embroidery with special quilting stitches that are perfect for making in the hoop embroidery designs that quilt as you go. Choose from different patterns or use a shape echo effect!
Open and save all popular embroidery formats. One click tool to add a basting stitch around the design.
Create Embroidery Text!
Easy to use with dozens of beautiful letter styles to choose from! Arrange your text in an arch! In an envelope! Have fun with it!
One Click Embroidery Applique!
Turn any shape into applique - give it a blanket edge for hand made look or, a satin border for a beautiful finished look!
Designs!
Embellishments for Quilt Block made on your Embroidery Machine!
Embroidery Frames!
Make your own custom Quilt Labels!
Just a few clicks to be a Fabric Designer!
So simple anyone can do it! Just open an image file of anything and then let the Design N Quilt wizard help you design the coolest pattern you have ever seen in just a few clicks!
Design N Quilt is so fast and easy to use, whole families can participate in designing quilts for generations to enjoy. No experience necessary!
Sneak Peek Design N Quilt