BlockBase has virtually every pieced block published from 1836-1970 - over 4300 patterns, ready to print as patterns.
It's easy to use: find a block - click on it - choose Print - type the pattern size you want.
Features:
- Over 4000 pieced block patterns
- Amazing historical as well as pattern resource for quilters and quilt historians
- Blocks categorized in 22 categories
- Design Notes for blocks include Brackman I.D. number, Block names, and dates
- Published Names include names, magazines or other sources, dates and some contact information for copyright notices
- Create and save projects of blocks to find them again quickly
- Export and save blocks as bitmaps of a size you specify
- Copy blocks as bitmaps to the Windows clipboard to paste into other Windows imaging programs
- Export and save blocks as metafiles of a size you specify
- Copy blocks as metafiles to the Windows clipboard to paste into other Windows programs that accept vector images
- Print blocks at any size as uncolored, white, grayscale, or colored blocks
- Print blocks at any size as foundation/ paper piecing patterns
- Print blocks at any size as templates
- Print blocks at any size as rotary cutting charts
- Print block commercial template information
- Printing blocks in any size makes it a powerhouse for miniature quilt makers
- Quick Quilt option shows you how a one-block quilt would look with the block you choose
- Search for blocks by Block Name
- Search for blocks by Brackman I.D. number
- Search for blocks with a certain word in their name
- Search for blocks by keyword