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Open the editor and look for the upload area in the left panel under the Patterns tab. You can drag and drop an image, click to browse your files, or paste an image from your clipboard. We support JPG, PNG, and WebP formats.

Yes! Our Pattern Guide Extractor handles PDFs. Upload your PDF, browse to the page with the finished quilt photo, and our AI will detect the quilt image automatically. You can then adjust the crop box to get exactly the area you want before loading it into the editor.

JPG, PNG, and WebP images all work great. For best results, use a clean image of the quilt pattern with distinct color regions. The editor will automatically reduce the colors to make the pattern easy to recolor.

No! You can upload patterns, recolor them, and even share your colorways without signing in. An account lets you save colorways to your collection, upload patterns to our library, and access your work from any device.

Here's your toolbar guide: • Select (V) — Click a region to select it, then apply a color or fabric • Fill (F) — Click any region to flood-fill it with your active color • Pick (I) — Click anywhere to sample that color and make it your active color • Fabric (B) — Drag a fabric texture from your library onto any region • Replace (R) — Replace every instance of one color with another across the entire pattern • Hand (H) — Click and drag to pan around your pattern

Scroll your mouse wheel to zoom in and out. Use the Hand tool (H) or hold Alt and drag to pan around. You can also use the zoom controls in the toolbar — the + and - buttons, or the fit-to-screen button to reset your view.

Tolerance controls how precisely the fill tool matches colors. At 0, it only fills pixels that are an exact color match. As you increase tolerance (up to 80), it fills pixels that are similar but not identical — great for patterns with slight color variations or gradients. Start around 15-25 for most patterns.

You get up to 50 undo steps. Every fill, replace, and fabric texture application creates a snapshot you can undo. Press Ctrl+Z to undo or Ctrl+Shift+Z to redo. The undo and redo buttons in the toolbar work too.

Chroma is your AI colorist built right into Swatchit. Tell her what you want in plain English — "make the border burgundy" or "give me an autumn palette" — and she'll recolor your pattern intelligently. She can see your quilt, knows your fabric stash by name, and understands quilting terminology.

Click the Chroma chat panel (the floating purple button in the bottom-right corner). Type what you want — be as specific or as vague as you like. Examples: • "Fill the flying geese with my blue floral" • "Make this feel like a sunset" • "Replace all the green with dusty rose" • "Use my Ruby Star Society fabrics" Chroma will show you a preview of her changes. Click Apply to accept them, or Skip to try something else.

Yes! Chroma knows about every fabric in your library. Upload your fabrics in the Fabrics tab, and Chroma can reference them by name. She also knows about Featured Collections from our fabric partners. Just mention a fabric by name in your message.

When you click on your quilt canvas before typing to Chroma, she knows exactly which region you're talking about. A small colored chip appears above the input showing the selected region. This helps Chroma be more precise — instead of guessing which "border" you mean, she can see exactly where you clicked.

Yes! When you first open Chroma, you'll see suggestion chips: Christmas, Sunset, Ocean, Autumn, Spring, Monochrome, Bold, and Muted. Click any of them to instantly apply that color mood to your pattern. You can always undo and try another.

Go to the Fabrics tab in the left panel and click "+ Add Fabric" or drag an image into the upload area. Swatchit automatically detects the dominant color and names your fabric for you. You can click the name to rename it to something like "Moda Grunge Cobalt" — whatever helps you remember it.

Two ways: 1. Drag and drop — Grab a fabric swatch from your library and drop it directly onto a region of your quilt 2. Select and click — Use the Select tool (V) to click a region, then click a fabric in your library to fill it The fabric texture will tile across the entire region, giving you a realistic preview of how your quilt will look with real fabric.

Featured Collections are curated fabric lines from real fabric companies and designers. They appear at the bottom of your Fabrics tab. You can drag these swatches onto your pattern just like your own fabrics. Some include links to purchase the actual fabric.

Click the "Save Colorway" button in the top bar. Give it a name — or let Chroma generate a creative name for you with the Generate button. You can choose to share it publicly with the community or keep it private. Saved colorways appear in your profile and in the right panel.

Click the Share button in the top bar. Swatchit creates a unique link that anyone can open — no account needed. They'll see your pattern with your colors and can remix it into their own version. The link also generates a beautiful preview image for social media.

Click the Print button in the top bar. Swatchit generates a clean 8.5" x 11" sheet with your pattern preview, every color listed with its fabric name, Kona Cotton equivalent, hex code, and coverage percentage. There's even a blank yardage column so you can write in your amounts at the fabric store.

Yes! When someone opens your shared link, they can click "Remix This Colorway" to open it in the editor with your colors pre-loaded. They can change anything they want and save their own version. Your original stays untouched.

Click the Export button (the download arrow) in the toolbar. It saves a high-resolution PNG of your current colorway. The downloaded image is exactly what you see on your canvas.

Quite a lot! Free accounts get: • 1 saved colorway • Full access to the pattern library • All color tools (color wheel, HSL sliders, fabric collections) • 10 Chroma messages per day • Share links • PNG export Many quilters find the free tier is enough to try out colorways for their next project.

Maker ($12/month) unlocks everything a serious quilter needs: • Unlimited colorways • Fabric texture fills (drag real fabric images onto your pattern) • Unlimited Chroma conversations • AI pattern segmentation (automatic region detection) • Saved palettes • All sharing and export features Less than a yard of good fabric a month.

Studio ($29/month) is for quilters who want the absolute best: • Everything in Maker • Chroma remembers your style preferences across sessions • Priority processing • Commercial use rights for pattern designers and teachers • Early access to new features

Absolutely. No contracts, no cancellation fees. Cancel from your profile page and you keep access through the end of your billing period. Your saved colorways remain accessible on the free tier (up to the free limit).

Swatchit automatically reduces your image to 16 or fewer colors to create clean fill regions. This quantization process can soften edges. For best results, upload high-contrast patterns with distinct color areas. The tolerance slider can help you fine-tune how fill boundaries work.

Lower your tolerance setting. A high tolerance means the fill tool matches similar-but-not-identical colors, which can bleed across boundaries. Try bringing it down to 5-10 for patterns with subtle color differences.

Click directly on the region you want changed before typing your message to Chroma. The colored chip above the input tells Chroma exactly which area you mean. You can also be more specific in your language — instead of "make the border blue," try "make the outer border triangles navy."

If you're still in the editor, try Ctrl+Z to undo (up to 50 steps). If you closed the tab, your work is only recoverable if you saved a colorway or generated a share link before closing. We recommend saving early and often — just like real quilting, measure twice, cut once!

Try these steps: 1. Refresh the page (Ctrl+R or Cmd+R) 2. Clear your browser cache 3. Try a different browser (Chrome and Firefox work best) 4. Make sure you have a stable internet connection — Chroma needs internet to work If nothing helps, reach out to us and we'll sort it out.