Since I don't have any project photos, I will share this cool little App from Robert Kaufman that April showed me over the weekend. It's free from the App store and SO handy (if you have an App device.) It's a quilting calculator and helps you quickly calculate things like how much batting or backing you need for any size quilt, how many pieces (of any size) you can cut from a piece of yardage, bindings, borders, set-in triangles, etc. It rocks!!
I am so not 'in-the-know' on cool things like that. Any other cool Apps, links, calculators, and the like, that anyone wants to share? Please tell!
And in celebration of finishing your taxes (if you're in the US) Burgundy Buttons is having a great sale on lots of yardage, including Bella Solids and lots of new Moda collections like Central Park, Chrysalis, Sunkissed, Lollipop - even Sherbert Pips! It all ends tonight! Something to brighten up your tax day.
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That app is pure genius, only if I had the right phone!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, my husband is the one with the iPhone and I doubt he will want that app. It's neat though!
ReplyDeleteAnd the sale.......any extra money I had was sent off with the tax form! :o(
Oh, that App is amazing. I am getting an iPhone this month and I will be needing that!
ReplyDeleteIs there some way to use the app on your computer? I don't have an app phone.
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Need this app immediately!!!
This is a pretty good deal. I can download iTunes to my laptop and use the calc on it at home
ReplyDeleteand it looks as though I can download it to my NookColor since it is capable of reading iTunes file format.
Thanks for this BIG tip, Amy.
Hugs,
Gerry
Ooh thanks for the tip, I I just checked and this app is available for Androids too, so if you don't have an iPhone, but an Android phone like I do, you can download it from Market.
ReplyDeleteahh fabric! I had to get some - they were on sale so how could anyone resist, right? Thanks for sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteI have several quilting apps, but once I downloaded the Kaufman app, the others became obsolete. It is, hands down, the best quilting app out there!
ReplyDeletevery cool! Thanks for the heads up. I would never have thought to look in itunes for anything to do with quilting.
ReplyDeleteDownloaded!! Thanks for the heads up, and I am glad it is an Android app too. Yay! Off to play now!
ReplyDeleteI found this app a couple of months ago and it has come in so very handy. I expecially like it for calculating bindings and backing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads on the calculating app! To me, that is the worst part of quilting--all the math. I think I'll get a lot of use out of this!
ReplyDeleteIi have an app on my ipad called BlockFab. It has a library of blocks then different options you could do with them like Tile, w/Plain, Sashing, Pair, and Combine plus it gives you the sizes and amounts for each piece you need. Pretty cool plus it's free! :)
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