Introduction

BloqLoft is a quilt design app for iPad. You design blocks, arrange them into quilt layouts, assign fabrics from your real stash, and export what you need to start sewing.

How BloqLoft is organized

If you've ever designed a quilt on paper, the structure will feel familiar. You start with a block: a single quilt unit like a nine-patch, flying geese, or a star. Blocks are built from patches and shapes in the Block Editor. Once you have blocks, you arrange them into a quilt layout in the Quilt Editor.

Your work is organized into workspaces you can switch between using the sidebar:

  • Shape Studio lets you create custom shapes for your blocks.
  • Block Studio holds your blocks and block templates.
  • Quilt Studio holds your quilt layouts.
  • Project Studio groups related blocks, quilts, and fabrics into projects.

Fabrics and palettes are your color tools. Fabrics are photo swatches you import from your actual stash. Palettes are color sets you build by hand or extract from an image.

New to BloqLoft? The Quick Start below walks you through your first block, your first quilt layout, and your first export.

Quick start

  1. Open Block Studio and pick a block template to start with.
  2. Tap the template to preview it. Try some colors in the preview sheet.
  3. Tap into the Block Editor and assign colors or fabrics to each patch.
  4. Go to Quilt Studio and tap New Quilt.
  5. Add your block to the quilt grid and set the grid size.
  6. Tap Share to export a PDF or image.

Saving

BloqLoft saves every change automatically. There is no Save button. Your work is always current.