TideStitch: Quilt Designer

TideStitch: Quilt Designer

See your quilt before you sew

23 ratings
10 reviews
Free
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Released
July 7, 2026
Updated
October 11, 2026

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Visualize your quilt designs before cutting fabric. This app allows you to lay out blocks, use real or painted fabrics, and automatically calculates cut sizes based on your chosen seam allowance. Design custom blocks or use traditional patterns, and see your finished quilt come to life.

✓Design quilt blocks with real or painted fabrics
✓Automatic calculation of cut sizes
✓Library of traditional quilt block patterns
✓Design custom blocks with grids or radial layouts
✓Whole-quilt layout with block repetition
✓Jelly roll specific design modes
✓Accurate quilting math with seam allowance adjustment
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What's New in TideStitch

1.13 (38)

October 11, 2026

New • Paint Studio blocks with your own stash. The My Fabrics row puts your fabric on each piece, so a block looks the way it will sew. • Join same-fabric pieces: one tap lifts every seam that only separates a fabric from itself, and on a paper-pieced block it never costs you a foundation. When a few more pieces could join by adding a foundation, it offers that too, with the count on the button. • Blocks can now finish up to 144" (yes, a paper-pieced block can be the WHOLE quilt top). Foundations print across as many pages as they need. • Got a block from a friend? Duplicate to Edit makes your own copy to change. And if one of your own blocks ever shows up as "sent to you", This is mine… makes it yours again, with every quilt built on it. • Settings shows which version you're running. Fixed • Changing a block's pieces in Studio keeps every quilt's fabric on the right shapes, samplers included (no more fabric wandering onto the wrong piece). • A block drawn recently reopens with its own paint. • Slivers close up instead of leaving gaps, and merges on a paper-pieced block keep it sewable. • Zoomed in, you can reach the cut handles right at the block's edge. • Add a Block You Were Sent opens again from Settings. • A gray preview tile in your library fills itself back in.

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Unlimited designs, full patterns, and PDF export

User reviews

This app has so many features!

I love being able to design my quilt easily and add fabrics from my stash, and seeing a close proximity of my quilt before I cut even one piece. I love being able to group my stash to work with a select set of my fabrics for a particular design.

The developer on this app is exceptionally responsive to feedback. New blocks and features are always being added or updated.
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Response from developer

Hey Harry, thank you so much for this, and for being so specific about what's working. "Before I cut even one piece" is the whole reason TideStitch exists, so it's good to know it's landing that way. The stash grouping is one of my favorites too: auditioning a design with just the fabrics you actually want to pull from changes everything (that was a brilliant suggestion from a user, by the way!). So if you ever run into something you'd want different, send it my way. Happy quilting!

So fun to explore

This is such a fun program to plan quilts. I was looking for something like this and it’s constantly improving daily.

Response from developer

Thank you so much! "Fun" is exactly what I was going for (planning a quilt should feel like the exciting part, not homework), so thank you for that. And you're right about the constant improving: a lot of those updates come straight from quilter feedback, so if there's ever something you wish TideStitch could do, I'd love to hear it! You can reach me through the support link on the App Store page or in Resources right in the app. Happy quilting! 🧵

Great design app

This is a great app for design. Upload all your fabrics watches. Create our own blocks, including shapes and sizes of the pieces of that block. It’s really quite amazing. Check it out. I can’t wait to see what other updates happen to it.

Response from developer

Kerri!! Thank you so much for this (and for all the TikTok back and forth, which has been genuinely helpful). Custom blocks, right down to the shapes and sizes of every piece, were one of the features I most wanted to get right, so hearing they're working for you makes my day. A lot of what gets built next comes straight from conversations like ours, so keep the ideas coming! Happy quilting! 🧵

Exactly What I’ve Needed!

This app is exactly what I’ve been looking for! I’m still learning how to navigate it but it’s so wonderful to see the designs sketched out. The designer was incredibly thoughtful, and I’ve had a few instances as I’m putting together my design, I think of a function that could help - only to see it has only been implemented. My only wish is that I could link an account and access through a website. With more intricate quilts it’s hard to select my colors and draft my pattern on a small mobile device screen. But other than that, what a wonderful app and I can’t wait to see it develop further! Will be using for all my future projects.
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Response from developer

Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to write all this out! The entire reason TideStitch exists is the thing you described: being able to actually SEE the design before you commit fabric and cut into it (I built it because I got tired of guessing and then being disappointed after the fact), so hearing it's clicking for you means the world. And the fact that you keep thinking "there should be a button for this" and then finding out there is? That's the best possible feedback I could get, it means we're thinking about your projects the same way. Now for the good news on your one wish: TideStitch already runs on iPad AND Mac, not just iPhone (and it follows you across your Apple devices), so if you've got either one, you'll get a ton more room to pick colors and draft those intricate patterns on a real screen. The log-in-and-work-from-a-browser piece is a bigger build, but it's genuinely on my list too, because I know some of this is just easier when you're not squinting at a phone. Thank you again, truly, and for the kind words about the design (that one got me). Can't wait to show you what's coming. Happy quilting! 🧵

This is the BEST app!

To the creator of this app, I hope that your pillow is always cold when you flip it, you are an absolute life saver! I’ve been making my draft quilt patterns on GoodNotes and it is a long and tedious method. I was planning on making a Halloween table runner for a while, but had no clue what patten/ how to go about it.

Thankfully, I found this app, and I have my pattern, fabrics, and dimensions all figured out in an afternoon instead of weeks! I love that I could add different block patterns and borders/sashing and get all of the fabric lengths, batting/ border size and instructions.

I don’t have to contemplate the meaning of life when math isn’t mathing and reverse engineer quilt anymore! Once I figured out how to use the app, I could make any and all variations of the pattern and see it with my own fabrics, which makes it so much easier and fun to plan!

If you’re a quilter, you have to have this app!
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Response from developer

I read this out loud to my husband and then read it again, because a review that opens by wishing me a permanently cold pillow is the kind of thing you frame. Thank you, sincerely. 🙏🏻 The GoodNotes-and-tedium era is exactly the kind of thing I built this to kill, so hearing that you went from "no clue what pattern or how" to fabrics, dimensions, and cut instructions in a single afternoon, for a Halloween table runner no less, is the whole reason the app exists. And the fact that you figured out you could swap in your own fabrics and just play with variations... that's my favorite part too, so now we're friends. May your seams always match and your math always math. Happy quilting, and enjoy that runner! 🎃

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FAQ

What is TideStitch?

TideStitch is a quilt design application that allows users to visualize their quilt projects before cutting fabric. It helps in laying out blocks, auditioning fabrics, and calculating precise cut sizes.

Can I use my own fabrics in TideStitch?

Yes, you can photograph fabric from your stash and save it as a swatch. The app auditions fabric tiled at its correct physical scale, so a 6" print appears as 6".

Does TideStitch help with quilting math?

Absolutely. TideStitch handles all the real quilting math, calculating finished and cut sizes based on your specified seam allowance (e.g., ¼", scant ¼", metric, or custom).

What traditional quilt blocks are available in TideStitch?

TideStitch includes a library of traditional blocks like Pinwheel, Sawtooth Star, Broken Dishes, and Log Cabin, with new blocks added regularly in free updates.

Can I design my own unique quilt blocks with TideStitch?

Yes, you can design your own blocks from a blank grid by splitting cells, merging patches, or using a radial design. Snapping features ensure your designs remain neat.

What devices does TideStitch support?

TideStitch is designed for iPad and Mac, and also runs on iPhone. You can use your phone as a camera and your iPad or Mac as your studio.

How often is TideStitch updated?

New blocks are added in free updates every couple of weeks, ensuring the app stays fresh with new design options.

Is TideStitch free to use?

Yes, TideStitch is available for free, with no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned in its description.