# Quilt Wizard

> Virtual quilt design tool for visualizing fabric combinations and block layouts. (iPhone/iPad app by Patrick Diligent.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/quilt-wizard/id475622761 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Patrick Diligent](https://appshunter.io/developer/475622764)
- Category: Lifestyle, Utilities
- Price: $5.99
- Rating: 3.00/5 from 31 App Store ratings · 113 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 23 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2011-11-04
- Data updated: 2026-09-01
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/quilt-wizard/id475622761/reviews.md

## What is Quilt Wizard?

Which fabrics for this project ? Isn't it too bright ? Too dull ? I wish I could see it in the block !

Gain confidence in your quilt fabrics shopping with Quilt Wizard ! Take pictures of fabrics right on the spot,  and immediately try them in your quilt project on screen. No need to carry snippets of fabrics with you when shopping, you can see straight away on your device how your choice of fabrics will perform on your quilt.

Here is how it works :

(1) Take pictures of your fabrics at home and keep them available into your photo library. From the application, select fabrics from the photo library or take a new picture with the camera.

(2) Choose fabrics and blocks to compose your quilt on the screen. Create a block, fill it with selected fabrics. Create as many blocks as necessary. Rotate, flip, duplicate blocks, to suite your design.

(3) Assemble the quilt with the blocks you have designed.

(4) Take photos of fabrics at the shop or quilt show. Leave a note so you can remember where you have seen this fabrics. Incorporate it into your existing block design, and immediately see the result on screen. Not looking good ? Try another fabrics ! 

Designing a quilt will only take few minutes !! 

Features :

- Build your fabrics stash from the Photo Library or built-in camera
- Choose from a list of most popular quilting blocks (100+).
- Sashing and border options.
- Incorporate your already sawn blocks into your project
- Block rotation, flipping and duplication.
- Choose from two quilt layouts : straight, or on point blocks layout.
- Zoom in and out your quilt and block design while editing.
- Configurable quilt size.
- Design multiple quilts at the same time.

See the user guide at http://blog.wattlebird.com.au

## Key features

- Build fabric stash from photos
- Choose from 100+ quilting blocks
- Sashing and border options
- Incorporate existing blocks
- Block rotation, flipping, duplication
- Two quilt layouts: straight, on point
- Configurable quilt size

## What do users think of Quilt Wizard?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 📸 Ability to photograph and import personal fabrics
- 🎨 Extensive block design library with many patterns
- 👍 User-friendly interface for beginners
- 🖼️ Visual preview of finished quilts before sewing
- 💾 Easy fabric organization and library management
- 🔄 Block manipulation features (flip, rotate, duplicate)
- 🎯 Quick and intuitive design process
- 💰 Affordable pricing compared to desktop software
- 🧵 Helpful for color and fabric combination planning

**Cons**

- 📏 Limited to 9x9 maximum rows and columns
- 🔲 Only supports square and rectangular layouts
- 🐛 App crashes when saving images to photo library
- 🎨 Fabric images zoom in and distort colors
- ❌ No hexagonal or non-traditional shape support
- ⚙️ Clunky and unintuitive controls
- 📊 No fabric yardage calculation feature
- 🚫 Cannot create custom blocks from scratch
- 🔍 Limited block design options for specific patterns
- 📱 Companion app only available on iPad, not iPhone
- 🖨️ No printing functionality
- ⚠️ Occasional touch sensitivity issues
- 🔧 Poor customer support and unresponsive developers
- 🎭 Misleading app description vs. actual capabilities

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes when attempting to save images to photo library
- Blank design pages appear frequently
- Blocks change unexpectedly when adding multiple similar blocks
- Touch sensitivity causes unintended changes
- Imported fabric photos zoom in and show only small portions
- Color accuracy issues with imported fabric photos
- Incompatibility with iOS 11 and newer versions
- App freezes during quilt storyboard creation
- Unable to add fabric photos easily with multi-step process
- Duplicate blocks created instead of unique variations
- Blank block design option non-functional

**Most requested features**

- Hexagonal and non-square block shapes (hexagons, tumblers, apple core)
- Custom block design tool from scratch
- Increase maximum grid size beyond 9x9
- Fabric yardage and cutting calculations
- Print quilt designs and individual blocks
- Companion app for iPhone in addition to iPad
- Ability to rotate individual blocks
- More border and sashing size options
- Ability to scale and crop imported fabric images
- Custom block library to save and reuse designs
- Fabric organization by color, name, or tags
- Sync fabric libraries across devices
- More traditional block patterns (Sister's Choice, Irish Chain, Disappearing Nine Patch, etc.)
- Brick and non-square layout patterns
- Ability to add appliqués on top of designs
- Unselect all fabrics with one button
- Freeform design grid for custom patterns
- Ability to add borders inside quilts, not just edges
- More granular control over patch sizes within blocks
- Support for more than three colors per block

## Recent user reviews (10 of 113)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/quilt-wizard/id475622761/reviews.md

### 2/5 — Too limited.

*2024-03-10*

Great idea but too limited. I’m doing a brick pattern and there’s no way to see that layout. Also pretty hard to figure out step by step. This should be free until it’s better.

### 1/5 — No Hexies

*2024-01-20*

There are no options for any hexagonal designs so can’t use it sadly.

### 3/5 — Love/hate

*2023-11-06*

I love the ability to use photos of my fabrics but need the ability to scale them.  Also need to be able to go larger than 9 columns/rows.  Ability to rotate blocks is also needed.  So it leaves me loving and hating the app.  So close yet so far from where if like it to be.   Really hoping to see updates with some improvements!

### 4/5 — Love this app! Please make the Companion app available for the iPhone!

*2022-05-02*

I’ve been using the Quilt Wizard app and the Quilt Wizard Companion app almost as long as I’ve been quilting, which is about 7 years. I use the apps exclusively on my iPad because the Companion app is only available for iPad, and I use them all the time! That being said, please release the Quilt Wizard Companion app for the iPhone in addition to the iPad. It would be amazing to have both apps on both devices. There are many times that I want to work on a quilt design but I don’t have my iPad, and unfortunately the Quilt Wizard doesn’t have the block design I need.  So I have to wait to do anything. Please release the Companion app for the iPhone! I think it would make a lot of people very happy!

### 4/5 — Almost perfect!

*2022-01-12*

This is a remarkably good app. The level of customisation is brilliant compared to other similar apps I've tried. The ability to photograph my fabric collection and then be able to see that fabric arranged as a quilt makes planning a project much simpler - though be warned, make sure you take the time to adjust the photos so that the colour and lighting genuinely matches reality, or else you could spend hours on a design only to find out that the colours you chose don’t actually go together as well as they did on the screen. One thing that you need to know is that there is a companion app that goes with this one - Quilt Wizard Companion I think it’s called - that lets you create and install your own blocks. The block library included in Quilt Wizard is really good, but realising that I could make my own was a real game changer. The only reason the app doesn’t get a perfect score is just that the controls are a little clunky and unintuitive, and it lacks some features that I really think would improve the experience - but overall it’s a great app, and honestly I don’t think I would enjoy quilting nearly as much without it. Thank you!

### 1/5 — What is this?!

*2021-11-08*

This app is completely useless. Worst $5 I ever spent. Worse, I wasted two hours arriving at the same dead end, going around in circles. The “tutorial” shows cute pictures of things that don’t pop up on my iPad. Useless.

This is the first bad review I have ever written. Ever.

### 2/5 — Could be better/Buggy

*2021-03-22*

I’m not able to save the images to my photo library. When I try, the app crashes and closes out. So frustrating. I end up taking screenshots but I lose image quality. 

Sometimes I want to make a similar quilt and change the fabric or a couple of blocks. I’d like to save multiple versions. It would be nice to copy a quilt. Instead, you have to create a new one from scratch. It’s so much work!

### 5/5 — I want a refund!

*2020-12-31, version 2.5.5*

Scam! I gave a 1star and wrote this comment. When I hit send it asked for a nick name. Every single one I tried claimed “taken, please try again” I even use made up words,  I used words in a different language that not many people even know and it still claimed it was taken.. I’ve wrote comments b4 and this never happens.. idk how they do it but they have it set up so you can’t make a bad review... now I change it to a 5 star, let’s see if it accepts it now..

The description is so misleading in my opinion...
1st of all, 5x out of 7 when I went to the design option, it was a total blank page..
2nd.. I chose a 4 patch... I made 1 with 4 dif fabrics and then went to make another 4 patch using 4 different patterns . When I created my 2nd one and added it to my quilt, it changed my 1st patch into my 2nd new block . So instead of having  2 different 4 patch’s I have 2 of the same.. 1st I just wanted to simply make the typical 5x5 blocks across and down. No cutting and sewing each block. Just using 5x5 charm packs and wanted just simple blocks.. There’s no design option for that. It’s all more advanced type stuff. There was 1 option that shows 1 block and says “blank” vs all the needing squares, triangles, smaller blocks, and other more detailed designs.. anyway I tried that option hoping it would allow me to just pick my fabric for each square cross and down..... Nope! It’s literally just a white blank box that you can’t do anything with. The description makes like you can design just about any quilt you want, select your fabric for each section and move them around until you get the color/design pattern you want... such a very simple thing.. Take pics of fabric, choose the style block, add fabric to it, make a layout and move around your fabric choices until they’re in the order you like.... Very simple... Nope, not with this. Can’t even make a simple 5in square straight across period let alone having each one a different color.. This app also says you can basically make the quilt as many blocks across and down as you want/need.. That isn’t true... It’s also an aggravating process to even add in your fabric choices, it’s an aggravating process to add your photos period. When u get to ur gallery, you can’t just select all the fabric you want, there’s like 4 or 5 steps just to add 1 photo and then you gotta go back and do another 4-5 steps to add the 2nd photo..  I could literally write another mile long comment on how awful this app is but what’s the point... I have no idea how there are people who are happy with this app. It just don’t make sense how any real sewer/quilter would be happy with this app... Also ppl are right, it does zoom in on ur fabric, it also changes the colors. My camera looks fine, colors are pretty spot on but when on this app, my colors are way off... How do I get a refund??!!

### 1/5 — Horrible just crashes and can’t report the problem

*2020-08-09*

This is not working and no way to report. Appears to be out of business.

### 1/5 — Limited

*2019-12-26*

No support. Pre loaded blocks. Can’t load fabric images from inter easily. How do I return this app?

## Frequently asked questions about Quilt Wizard

### What does Quilt Wizard do?

Quilt Wizard allows you to visualize your quilt designs by taking pictures of fabrics and trying them out in various block and quilt layouts on your screen. It helps you make confident fabric choices before shopping or sewing.

### What are the key features of Quilt Wizard?

Key features include building a fabric stash from your photo library or camera, choosing from over 100 popular quilting blocks, adding sashing and borders, incorporating already sewn blocks, and rotating, flipping, or duplicating blocks. You can also select straight or on-point block layouts and configure the quilt size.

### Is Quilt Wizard free to use?

Yes, Quilt Wizard is a free application. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned, indicating it is entirely free for users.

### What kind of devices is Quilt Wizard compatible with?

The description does not explicitly state compatibility with specific operating systems (iOS or Android) or device types. However, as a mobile application, it is designed to run on smartphones and tablets.

### How can Quilt Wizard help me with fabric shopping?

Quilt Wizard helps with fabric shopping by allowing you to take pictures of fabrics directly at the shop or quilt show. You can then immediately see how these fabrics would look in your quilt project on screen, eliminating the need to carry fabric snippets and ensuring you make choices you'll be happy with.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.5.5 — 2020-04-12

Refresh for iOS 13

### 2.5.4 — 2016-10-15

iOS 10 refresh and minor bug fixes

### 2.5.3 — 2016-02-16

Fix a glitch in the quilt drawing introduced in the previous release.

### 2.5.2 — 2016-02-10

bug Fix and update to iOS 9

### 2.5.1 — 2014-04-16

Blocks from QuiltWizardCompanion where not loaded when sent directly to QuiltWizard. It is now fixed.

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## More apps by Patrick Diligent

- [QuiltWizardCompanion](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/quiltwizardcompanion/id850981154)

All apps by Patrick Diligent: https://appshunter.io/developer/475622764

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