February 2006 Project of the Month


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February Project of the Month

These placemats are perfect for sunny day get-togethers on the back patio as you watch the birds return home in the springtime. Don't forget to fill the birdfeeder!

3 New blocks - size 4"
1 Long Horizontal Border and 1 Long Vertical Border
24 New fabrics from various fabric manufacturers

The overall size is 18" by 14". Use these placemats just as they are or modify them any way you like with Quilt Design Wizard™.

Download the Project
Before you download a project, close other programs running. Then click the Download the Project button. A File Download dialog box appears.

1. Select the Save this program to disk option.
2. Click OK. A Save As box appears.
3. Click the down arrow beside the Save in: box. A list drops down.
4. Scroll to find the hard drive where you installed Quilt Design Wizard™ (typically C:\).
5. Click on this hard drive letter. This puts the hard drive letter in the Save in: box. You see a list of folders below.
6. Double-click on the folder name where you want to save the file (typically My Documents).
7. Click the Save button. The Quilt Design Wizard™ project file will be saved to your computer.
8. Start Quilt Design Wizard™ and open the project.
9. Enjoy!

Collect ALL the monthly downloads!

Save each monthly download to build up your collection of blocks and fabrics in your Quilt Design Wizard program.

To collect blocks and fabrics**:
1. Download the monthly project and save it to your computer (see above).
2. Open the project.
3. Click the Blocks tab to display the blocks in the project.
4. In the palette on the right, click to select a block that you want to save in your collection.
5. Click the Add to Favorites button above the blocks. Your block is now in your Favorites.
6. Click the down arrow next to My Block Favorites. Your block will display at the end of the block list.

**Do the same steps to collect fabrics in your Favorites.

To use blocks or fabrics from your collections:
1. Open Quilt Design Wizard.
2. Click the Fabrics tab to retrieve fabrics from past monthly downloads.
3. Click the down arrow next to My Fabric Favorites.
4. Click to select the fabric you want to add to the current project.
5. Click Add to Project.
6. Click the down arrow next to Fabrics in this Project. The fabric will display at the end of the fabric list.