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# Use a Static Fabric

## <mark style="color:blue;">A Note on Static Fabrics</mark>

It should be noted that it is not ideal to overuse static fabrics in your quilts and quilt blocks. We have created Fabric Links so that you can easily reuse the same fabric throughout a quilt in either your quilt blocks, border or binding. And these Fabric Links can be easily and rapidly updated or changed and that change will be pushed automatically to all pieces of your quilt that uses that Fabric Link.

However, if you use static fabrics, any changes you would like to make will need to be manually changed to each indiviudal piece that is static. There is no way to automatically bulk change a static fabric.

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## <mark style="color:blue;">01 | Use in a Quilt Block</mark>

The only place you can use a static fabric is in a quilt block. In this Help Guide, we will edit an existing quilt block to use a static fabric, which can be either a solid static fabric or a static printed fabric.

### <mark style="color:blue;">a | Static Solid Fabric Swatch</mark>

In this example, we will edit an existing quilt block to use a **solid** static fabric.

1. On the left side control panel, click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**BLOCKS**</mark> tab.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/Ldm2OMGFjsbyTJTfeipH" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
2. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**Edit Block**</mark> button for the quilt block you'd like to change.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/heOjF47qjqyXgsuCJe4Q" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
3. The **Block Editor** panel will slide out.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/28fsmurc8vLD4HM1Z8up" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
4. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**block piece**</mark> that you'd like to change to a Static Fabric. When selected, there will be a light box outlining the selected block piece. The current connected Fabric Link (A) is highlighted.

   <figure><img src="/files/YioQmSU7nO1d8rFNLq7K" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
5. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**Static Solids**</mark> tab.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/tiU4IwpP7DUIxohIcKfo" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
6. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**solid fabric swatch**</mark> you'd like to use as a solid static fabric for this block.

   * In this example, I've selected *Kona Coral*.

   <figure><img src="/files/tyLCQ80GPKR8pPU1HezX" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
7. If you click on the Fabric Links tab, you will now see that the block piece is using *Kona Coral* and that color is not associated to any Fabric Link. Click anywhere outside the fabric panel or block area to deselect and exit.&#x20;

   <figure><img src="/files/8O4ztE5knJ01NIwxVQ9k" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
8. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**Save**</mark> button (<img src="/files/ZPanSooPSBnufFKAMdXV" alt="" data-size="line">) in the top right corner and select <mark style="color:blue;">**Save to Quilt**</mark>.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/7PsdmmDQefUjVF4QobS7" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

### <mark style="color:blue;">b | Static Printed Fabric Swatches</mark>

In this example, we will edit an existing quilt block to use a **printed** static fabric.

1. On the left side control panel, click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**BLOCKS**</mark> tab.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/Ldm2OMGFjsbyTJTfeipH" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
2. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**Edit Block**</mark> button for the quilt block you'd like to change.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/heOjF47qjqyXgsuCJe4Q" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
3. The **Block Editor** panel will slide out.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/28fsmurc8vLD4HM1Z8up" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
4. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**block piece**</mark> that you'd like to change to a Static Fabric. When selected, there will be a light box outlining the selected block piece. The current connected Fabric Link (A) is highlighted.

   <figure><img src="/files/YioQmSU7nO1d8rFNLq7K" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
5. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**Static Prints**</mark> tab.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/IxfmaoIPQwDkOMHBYziZ" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
6. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**printed fabric swatch**</mark> you'd like to use as a solid static fabric for this block.

   * In this example, I've selected *Gingham Checks in Taupe*.

   <figure><img src="/files/2w01pYrX04x1vdg2vUsi" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
7. If you click on the Fabric Links tab, you will now see that the block piece is using *Gingham Checks in Taupe* and that printed fabric swatch is not associated to any Fabric Link. Click anywhere outside the fabric panel or block area to deselect and exit.&#x20;

   <figure><img src="/files/J6abKcAvznzATMMwVhM9" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
8. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**Save**</mark> button (<img src="/files/ZPanSooPSBnufFKAMdXV" alt="" data-size="line">) in the top right corner and select <mark style="color:blue;">**Save to Quilt**</mark>.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/7PsdmmDQefUjVF4QobS7" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>


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