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The Stitch

Technical notes on fixes, features, and performance. Written for makers who like to know what changed under the hood.

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Fussy cutting, custom fabric pulls, and borders

Two major fabric features went live this week. One is the ability to move a swatch around a piece to line up a fussy cut. The other is curated fabric collections. Once your swatches are uploaded, you can build custom subsets across different lines. If you want a quilt that spans multiple designers or several collections, you can do that now.

I am also in the middle of a big border rework. The goal is making radial borders work just like standard and other layouts. That work is about halfway done and will land next week. Getting this unified setup in place opens up pieced borders, which has been on my roadmap for a long time.

On the quilting side, I am starting my project for the 2026 White Elephant Swap. I went with a radial design that measures 22 inches total with a 10 inch center hub so I can inset a laser image. It is shaping up really well so far.

Looking forward to getting these border features out and seeing more usage on the site.