# Static Fabrics

## <mark style="color:blue;">A Little About Static Fabrics</mark>

A **Static Fabric** in PreQuilt is a fabric that is **not** used in a Fabric Link. A Static Fabric is used in a particular block piece and remains fixed. The block piece that uses this fabric will not dynamically be updated or changed when features like the Color Randomizer is used.&#x20;

The benefit of using a Static Fabric is that you do not need to create Fabric Links for fabrics you know you will not want to change. For example:

* In a Panel Quilt: Where the panel is static and won't be effected by any dynamic changes
* In Fussy Cut Blocks: Where you want to highlight a specific part of a printed fabric swatch for a particular block, but not everywhere else the fabric is used

If you're ever finding that a the fabric used in a quilt is not changing when you're expecting it to (like when using the color randomizer or when changing a Fabric Link), it probably is because that block piece is using a static fabric. The simple fix is to edit the quilt block and relink the block piece to the desired Fabric Link.

Any block piece that is disconnected from a Fabric Link will automatically use the default static fabric of *Kona Duckling*. This color is often a quick way to identify static fabrics being used unintentionally.

<figure><img src="/files/8n2Hpj9hkP8GdLafWBoL" alt=""><figcaption><p><em>Block pieces that used the deleted Fabric Link D defaulted to a static fabric (Kona Duckling)</em></p></figcaption></figure>

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## <mark style="color:blue;">Help Guide Links // Static Fabrics</mark>

{% content-ref url="/pages/xRggT4oFWl5Pqvre2N0F" %}
[Use a Static Fabric](/prequilt-101/all-about-fabric/static-fabrics/use-a-static-fabric.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/FCxOfibIgn49CZ50CsJj" %}
[Fix a Static Fabric](/prequilt-101/all-about-fabric/static-fabrics/fix-a-static-fabric.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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