Colors & Fabrics

The Quilt Editor has its own fill tools for the elements that live at the quilt level: sashing, borders, cornerstones, and binding. Block fills come from the blocks themselves.

The fills panel

The Quilt Editor's fills panel uses a two-tier system. The top row of element tabs lets you choose what you're filling: sashing, borders, cornerstones, or binding. The bottom row of source tabs lets you choose with what: a solid color from the color picker, a fabric swatch from your library, or a color from your active palette.

Select an element on the canvas (tap a sashing strip, cornerstone, border, or binding), and the fills panel updates to show what you're editing. Assign a fill from any source tab.

Block colors

The colors and fabrics within each block are set in the Block Editor. The Quilt Editor shows them as they are. To change a block's fills, open that block in the Block Editor. Any changes update across every quilt that uses it.

Coordinating across the quilt

A well-designed quilt ties its sashing, borders, and block fills together. The fills panel shows your active palette for quick access, so you can pull sashing colors from your block palette or pick a border fabric that complements the overall scheme.

See Palettes for more on managing color sets.

Gradient wash

Gradient wash shifts the color temperature across your entire quilt layout. It has its own dedicated page: Gradient Wash.