For modern and freeform quilters

Explore your next freeform quilt

Compose with supported shapes and blocks placed where you want them. Work with size, spacing, rotation and fabric choices as you develop a quilt beyond a repeated grid layout.

Start a freeform quilt

Compose on a desktop or laptop. Sign in to save your quilt; review construction before sewing.

Read the quilt editor guide

A real QuiltLab example

Tidal Steps composition in the actual Freeform quilt editor with navy, coral, sage and gold rectangles on a 36-inch canvas
Tidal Steps is an original 36 × 36 inch composition made with supported rectangles in QuiltLab’s Freeform editor.

From your idea to your next step

A place to start, room to keep creating

  1. Open a freeform canvas

    Start a new Freeform quilt and choose the dimensions for the composition you want to explore.

  2. Arrange the pieces

    Place supported blocks and shapes, then adjust their position, size and rotation while watching the space between them.

  3. Develop the fabric story

    Try fabric fills and color groups, review the composition and save the design to your account.

Inside the app

See the workflow in QuiltLab

Choose the design approach

QuiltLab new quilt choices with a Freeform option beside Grid and Photo Mosaic
The new-quilt chooser separates freeform composition from repeated grid layouts and photo mosaics.

Prepare a block for the composition

Block Editor showing a green dotted and lilac four-patch block with measured rulers
An actual four-patch block in the Block Editor, with fabric-filled shapes and measurements in inches.

Compose with freely placed rectangles

Tidal Steps composition in the actual Freeform quilt editor with navy, coral, sage and gold rectangles on a 36-inch canvas
Tidal Steps is an original 36 × 36 inch composition made with supported rectangles in QuiltLab’s Freeform editor.

Give the pieces room to move

Use position, scale and rotation to explore the composition. The measured canvas helps you judge the relationship between a small accent, a large shape and the background.

Combine blocks with drawn shapes

Bring an original block into the quilt and build around it with the supported drawing tools. Use fabric choices to connect separate parts of the design.

Plan how you will make it

Review overlaps, seams and physical dimensions as you design. A freeform drawing helps you develop the look; check the construction and sewing approach before cutting fabric.

Before you begin

How is Freeform different from Grid?

Grid layouts repeat blocks in rows and columns. Freeform lets you place supported blocks and drawn shapes around the canvas and adjust their individual geometry.

Can I use my own fabric photographs?

Prepare a fabric photograph as a measured swatch, then use it in supported shapes and blocks. Account and plan allowances apply when saving swatches and designs.

Can I start another quilt without replacing my saved work?

Use the explicit new-quilt action for the intended mode. Save important work to your account and use the editor’s recovery choices for an unfinished browser draft.

Does a freeform drawing prove the quilt can be sewn?

No. Review the geometry, seam allowances, construction order and overlaps yourself. The design tools help you explore a composition rather than certify a sewing method.

Make room for your next idea

Start with the tools for this project, then keep shaping it in QuiltLab. The editors work best on a desktop or laptop browser.

Start a freeform quilt

Compose on a desktop or laptop. Sign in to save your quilt; review construction before sewing.