Savvy Quilting Apps

Forgive me for being late on the scene. But my dears, there are some apps available for your iphone and android.  While I am interested in a lot of these apps you can go on iTunes and check them out. There are some sites that have available reviews.

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 After reviewing some of them here are some of the one's that I like:

1. Quick & Easy Quilt Block Tool.

Allows you to do the following:

• 102 Rotary-Cut Quilt Blocks in 5 Sizes
• Simple Cutting Charts
• Helpful Reference Tables

 Check out the review done by CraftCritique (click link).

2. Quilting Calc

This seems to be a collaborative effort between Robert Kaufman Fabrics and Quilter's Paradise.
With these calculators you'll be able to quickly convert between yards and inches, meters and centimeters; learn how much fabric you need for backing, batting and borders; and determine how many rectangular pieces can be cut from a larger piece. There are even calculators for square-in-a-square, set-in and corner triangles.

Here's a brief description of each calculator:

Fabric Measurement Converter: Converts between inches and yards in decimal form, and yards in fractional form. (With metric equivalents.)
 
Backing and Batting Calculator: Determines how much material from a bolt of fabric is needed to make the backing for a quilt.
 
Piece Count Calculator: Shows the number of fixed-sized pieces of fabric that can be cut from a larger piece.
 
Pieces to Area Calculator: Indicates how much fabric is needed in order to cut a given number of fixed-sized pieces.
 
Binding Calculator: Tells you the amount of fabric required to bind your quilt, based on the quilt’s dimensions and the binding strip width.

Border Calculator: Shows the amount of fabric required to create borders, based on a quilt’s dimensions and the width of the borders.

Square-in-a-Square Calculator: Works out the key dimensions of a square-in-a-square block.

Set-in and Corner Triangle Calculator: Determines the size of the square piece you’ll need to cut in order to create both unfinished set-in triangles and unfinished corner triangles.


 I am really loving these apps. I love technology that helps to make sewing (and just about anything) easier for the weekend crafters.  I intend to look into the quilting calc because really who doesn't like help to find out your measurements when you are making changes to an original pattern or doing conversions.

Have you used any apps like these before?  What was your experience? Were you satisified?

If so... Share them. Don't keep me out of the loop people,  I would love to know. Drop me an e-mail or leave a comment below.