What is BlockBase? It's a Block Powerhouse! The same patterns that sold in 1928 for 15 cents each are yours in BlockBase for less than 2 cents apiece! CD-ROM Version of Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. No other pattern collection comes close! BlockBase has virtually every pieced block published from 1836-1970 - over 4000 patterns, ready to print as patterns. The Electric Quilt Company has added hundreds of blocks to BlockBase to make sure it contains all pieced blocks from historic collections. It's easy! Find a block - click on it - choose Print - type the pattern size you want. Print:  | - any size
- as templates
- as numbered foundation blocks
- as rotary cutting instructions
- as whole block designs in color, grayscale or outlines
| Export as bitmaps or enhanced metafiles -- great for Web graphics or other projects. BlockBase even identifies which blocks are perfect for cutting with Marti Michell's Perfect Patchwork Templates! Special search categories include blocks perfect for: - Reproduction Quilts
- Miniature Quilts
- Color Studies
- Optical Quilts
- Holidays
Search for: - State blocks
- Anniversary or wedding blocks
- Occupations -- find symbolic blocks perfect for your favorite lawyer, doctor, teacher or 30 other occupations
- All star, leaf, tree, flower, airplane, animal, butterfly blocks - or dozens of other searchable categories
|  | It's the ultimate quilting block resource! Windows 95* / 98 / 2000 / ME / XP
Runs on non-networked Windows NT
11 MB free hard disk space
16 MB RAM suggested
Monitor capable of 800x600 resolution or higher
CD-ROM drive * Windows 95 requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
(download the most current version of Internet Explorer for free from www.microsoft.com) Note to Macintosh Users: Runs on Macs using Windows emulation software such as Virtual PC. "You can run any quilt PC program using Virtual PC if you are using a newer Macintosh, such as an iMac, or Macintosh with a 603 180 MHz processor or better." -Gloria Hansen, co-author of the Free Stuff on the Internet series.
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