By Sharla Hicks © 2008

1200 Classic Foundation Review

by Sharla R. Hicks

How do you introduce a software program to the quilting market and not have to reinvent the wheel? Jenny Haskins did just that by teaming with Quilt-Pro Systems and reintroducing a wonderful software under her new brand name Perfect Quilt Expressions Quilting Software Modules. This line consists of 5 outstanding modules: Perfect Quilt (the flagship program), Perfect Quilt Express, Easy Strip Piecing, Mariners Compass Collection, and 1200 Classic Foundations.

With 1200 Classic Foundation you can do the following with the blocks on the CDs:

1. View library categories grouped by themes. There are multiple categories.
2. View blocks shaded in solid colors.
3. Automatically adds seam allowance.
4. Change the block size from square to rectangle for interesting distortion effects.
5. Prints blocks and foundation sections larger than page across multiple pages.
6. Print block with numbered foundation piecing order for each patch.
7. Flip the blocks horizontally or vertically for better placement on printed page.
8. Use grayscale to help define piecing the foundation.
9. When more than one copy of the block will fit on a page, the option to print multiple copies per page is available and the 1200 Classic Foundation has a prompt on the print screen that tells you how many will fit on a page and tells you how many pages are needed (helpful when using special foundation piecing paper, click here.)

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    Includes ALL Perfect Quilt Expressions Modules

1200 Classic Foundation is a stand alone block library program (no drawing tools) designed for paper piecers to find and print blocks quickly and easily. The CD's interface allows access using a browsing window with pictures.

The blocks can be imported into Perfect Quilt and Quilt-Pro for Windows
Note: When opening in Quilt-Pro a few errors pop-up but eventually it opens.

Block Libraries found in 1200 Classic Foundations

Picture Blocks Airplanes Alphabet Letter Blocks Number Blocks Animals Animals Birds Fish Balloons Baskets Bird Houses Birds Boats Borders Butterflies Cats Cocktail Party Coffee Break Diamond & Squares Dolls

Fans Fish Flower Pots Flowers Garden Blocks Flower Baskets Flowerpots Flowers Leaves Leaves & Stems Trees Hearts Houses Leaves & Stems Lighthouses Misc. Pictures Numbers Pictures Pineapples Shoes & Stockings Trees

Traditional Pieced Borders Diamond in Square Eight Pointed Stars Five Patch Four Patch Friendship Geese Geometric Hexagons Diamonds Hexagons Triangles Innovations Log Cabins Nine Patch Pieced Baskets Pinwheels Quarter Blocks Traditional Blocks Stars Stripes Twists

Draw Tools

No drawing tools.

Learning:

Simple and easy-to-use is the foundation (no pun intended) of this program and learning it is no exception. Instinct will lead the user through the program.

Printing block or foundation sections

Double-clicking on your block choice opens the Block Print Screen. (See above) The Print Screen addresses all the choices needed for printing a foundation block like:

Metric or English Measurements Flip Vertical Flip Horizontal Mirror for iron on Print grays Print Dashed Lines

Print Numbers Select number of copies to print Automatically prints as many as fit to a page Prints across multiple pages for larger blocks Print Large Sections on separate pages. Size and Page Margin

Select Metric or English Measurements

Full block printout with numbers for piecing order

OR

Foundation Sections printout with numbers for piecing order

Select Print Large Sections on Separate Pages
so you do not have to Tape Pages Together

Print Preview

• Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
• 128MB RAM
• CD-ROM Drive
• 800 x 600 display
• Mouse
• Internet Access

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  Includes ALL Perfect Quilt Expressions Modules