My Block Piecer
Block of the Month: Block 4 T Block
Software Instructions
By Nancy Stansbury
This ongoing Block of the Month series was designed to inspire you to learn new techniques using My Block Piecer. As a reminder, the first Saturday of every month will feature the software lesson using My Block Piecer. The following Wednesday will feature the sewing lesson.
- You are free to adapt the block to a size of your preference.
- A free trial of My Block Piecer is available if you’d like to try it before you buy it. Note the “Save” feature is deactivated until the software is purchased.
- Interested in learning more about My Block Piecer and other Inspirations Software? Join us at an Inspirations Event. Click the Events link for events near you.
- If you’re late to the Block of the Month “party” have no fear! Start with Block 4 or spend a little time catching up.
Let’s continue the journey of learning and creativity!
- If the units for the ruler on the design page show mm, Right Click on either one of the rulers on the Design Page, and Click on Inches.
- Right Click on either ruler again and click on Grid Settings.
- Check marks by:
- Maintain aspect ratio
- Snap to grid.
- Set Horizontal spacing to 0.25.
- Click OK.
- Check marks by:
- Click on the Block Icon.
- Enter T Block in the Find box at the bottom of the window (DO NOT CLICK THE ENTER KEY).
- Click on the Down green arrow.
- Click OK to place the block on the design page.
- In the Properties Window on the right side of the screen click on the Transform icon.
- Have Maintain aspect ratio checked.
- Change the Width to 6.
- Click Apply.
- Click on the Reorder icon.
- Click on each patch of the block to number them as show the illustration below.
- Right Click to end the numbering. The numbers will disappear but the numbering is still there.
- Click on each patch of the block to number them as show the illustration below.
- Click on the Select icon and draw a box around patches 1 through 6, the top third of the block.
- Select a 200mm x 200mm hoop or similar for your machine.
- Click the Auto Build button. If there are two units showing in the right box, the block part has not been created with only one unit.
- Right Click in the window on the right side (with the numbers) and Click Reset.
- Holding down the CTRL Key, Click on the 1 and 2.
- Right Click and Group.
- Holding down the CTRL Key, Click on unit and 3.
- Right click and group.
- Repeat ii and iii for patches 4 and 5.
- DO NOT CLICK AND GROUP THE LAST NUMBER.Click on the Workflow icon.
- Click Preview.
- Click Save.
- Click on Create a New Folder icon and name it Block 4.
- Double Click on the folder to open it.
- In the File name box enter T_BlockA.
- Save as type select the compatible format for your machine (pes).
- Click Save.
- A window will open showing you the files that have been created.
- T_BlockA_001.pes.
- T_BlockA _artwork.c2s.
- T_BlockA _preview.pdf.
- Close the file window.
- Close the Save window.
- Click on the Select icon and draw a box around the remaining patches.
- Click on the Workflow icon.
- The numbers have been changed to 1-5.
- Select a 200mm x 200mm hoop or similar for your machine.
- Click the Auto Build button. If there are two units showing in the right box, the block has not been created with only one unit. If there is only 1 unit, go to Step14.
- Right Click in the window on the right side (with the numbers) and Click Reset.
- Holding down the CTRL Key, Click on the 1 and 2.
- Right Click and Group.
- Holding down the CTRL Key, Click on unit and 3.
- Right click and group.
- Repeat ii and iii for patch 4.
- Click Preview.
- Click Save.
- In the File name box enter T_BlockB.
- Save as type select the compatible format for your machine(pes).
- Click Save.
- A window will open showing you the files that have been created.
- T_BlockB_001.pes.
- T_BlockB _artwork.c2s.
- T_BlockB _preview.pdf.
- Close the file window.
- Close the Save window.
- Click the Select icon and draw a box around the entire block, OR Enter CTRL-A to select all of the block.
- Click the Cutter icon.
- Seam allowance default is .25”. Normally I change this to 0.4” or 0.5”, to make it easier to place the fabric pieces no matter which output format I choose.
- How you are going to create the fabric pieces for the block, will determine which file format (hoop) to choose for the templates.
- If manually cutting the fabric pieces, select the Paper Letter 210×279.
- If using the Scan and Cut, select Brother SCN 12×12”.
- If using the Silhouette, select Silhouette 12×12”.
- Unclick Optimize Orientation if using a directional fabric.
- Click Apply.
- Click Save
- In File name enter T_Block Templates.
- Select the format of choice from the Save as Type field.
- Click Save.
- The Following Files have been created.
- T_Block templates.
- T_Block templates_preview.pdf.
- Close the files window.
- Close the Cutter window.
- Click on Create a New Design.Note: When using the Merge to open a file, SAVE is actually a SAVE AS and the original file is not overwritten.
- Click on the Hoop icon and select a 200mmx200mm hoop or similar for your machine.
- Click on File, Merge.
- Locate the file T_BlockA_001.c2s.
- Double click on the file to open OR click on the file name, then Click OK.
- Move to upper part of the hoop.
- Click on File, Merge.
- Locate the file T_BlockB_001.c2s.
- Double click on the file to open OR click on the file name, then Click OK.
- Move to the bottom of the hoop
- Click Save.
- In the name field enter T-Block.
- In the Save as type enter the format for your specific machine.
- Print the templates, or prepare your fabric and send the templates to your cutter.
- Load the design in your machine and create the two portions of this block.
- Manually sew the two pieces together on your sewing machine.
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