QuiltSandwich
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What is QuiltSandwich app?

QuiltSandwich was created for quilters who want to create and make their own quilt designs but have been put off by all the math this requires. The app is a set of tools that use finished sizes to calculate the yardage needed and cut sizes for pieces, borders, binding backing, and battings so that quilters can turn their own unique designs into reality with NO MATH!

The QuiltSandwich app also makes planning and buying fabrics easier for a quilter who is putting together their unique quilt project. It does not take too many projects to appreciate how nice it is to have the app keeping track of how much of a particular fabric is needed and how much is on hand for a single project or summed across all projects. The app is a rich quilt planning system of integrated tools. It has a project summary where each piece is completely defined by using the quick, easy-to-use calculator and auto-generated cutting instructions; then fabric is assigned from the image-based Fabric Stash and material gathering is organized by the auto-generated Shopping List. All functionality is available on the iPhone and iPad, however, the larger screen of the iPad can make the planning step of the design process even easier.

Table of Contents

OVERVIEW

How much fabric do I need?

Here is how the QuiltSandwich app works to give you an easy way to answer this question.

1. Design your quilt. Sketch it out on paper or use another tool. Design and create the way you want!

2. Identify the individual pieces in each block. Count them and input the number needed and finished size into the yardage calculator.

3. Identify border, binding, backing, and batting and enter their key numbers into the yardage calculator.

That is it! The app will list each item in the Quilt Planner with the amount of yardage needed and cutting instructions and add each item to the shopping list. Use the Fabric Stash to assign a fabric to each component from either your stash or on a shopping trip. The cutting diagrams will help confirm you are getting the most out of your fabrics.

Should you need help with planning, the app includes some useful utilities such as Triangle calculators, Reference Tables, and even a small Ruler!

NOTE:

QuiltSandwich is a powerful collection of calculators and tools that make it easier for quilters to get accurate yardage requirements and cutting diagrams they need to create quilts of their own design. One great thing about QuiltSandwich is that while it quickly calculates the yardage needed for each piece, yardage can easily be adjusted for special circumstances by changing the default allowances used by the calculators, such as seam allowance, width of fabric, etc.

Here are a few tips for working with QuiltSandwich from an experienced quilter:

- The calculators round fabric yardage up to the nearest 1/8 yard. Go ahead and buy more if you really love the fabric (or want to have a little extra 'just in case' for your project.) Then, add 'Starting amount' to the fabric so the Fabric Stash can help keep track of how much fabric is 'Left' and the QuiltSandwich project(s) where it was used.

- The Triangle calculators in Notions round up measurements to the nearest 1/8". This is helpful as most rulers don't measure in increments smaller than 1/8".

- QuiltSandwich cutting diagrams show the cut size for individual pieces. The cut size is calculated using the finished size and seam allowance (Seam allowance can be changed by tapping the 'Switch' button on the Calculator to go over to Super Calc). The second page of the cutting diagram shows the finished size so the plan can be fully verified before cutting.

- The yardage needed for each piece also includes the allowances for Shrinking/Squaring up. Therefore, when the same fabric is used for multiple pieces, QuiltSandwich may suggest buying more total fabric than is absolutely needed. If you want to use the minimum fabric, consider all the cutting diagrams for pieces that will use this fabric and adjust the yardage purchased as appropriate.

- While QuiltSandwich assumes each piece will be cut individually, it does so from fabric strips. The cutting diagrams support strip piecing construction techniques. If a special ruler or a unique construction method is to be used, consider adjusting the inputs. Because all the calculations can be customized, it is possible to get the yardage just right by considering the cutting diagrams before cutting. (Tap the 'Switch' button on the Calculator to go over to Super Calc).

GETTING STARTED USING THE APP

The app lets you work the way you like to work. The ONLY required action in the entire app is to name a quilt and estimated size. Otherwise just enter the information you need to do what you need to do.

The app lets you download several free quilt projects, such as the Jewel Box Quilt. Downloads is available from the Quilts screen. Looking at one of these quilts will give you a way to get familiar with the app by browsing through the screens and features and making changes. When done with experimenting with Jewel Box Quilt, simply delete it and start your own project. You can always bring the Jewel Box Quilt back by downloading it again.

Projects start by adding a quilt.

To start a quilt, tap Quilt Planner on Home. This takes you to the Quilts screen. To add a new quilt project, tap the New Quilt row at the top. Then, choose how to start this new quilt - either brand new, or by making a copy of an existing quilt.

Copy Quilt with Fabrics. This choice creates an exact duplicate of the quilt, down to the fabrics. Note that this will increase the usage of those fabrics.

Copy Quilt without Fabrics. This choice copies the size information for all the pieces, but with no fabrics. Use this choice to make a new quilt using an existing design, but with different fabrics.

Add a New Quilt. This choice starts a New Quilt and begins with entering the quilt name and dimensions, the ONLY values required in the app. The quilt name ensures you can distinguish between quilt projects. Quilt dimensions are used by binding, backing and batting calculations. When you change the quilt dimensions, these calculations will be updated automatically. Naming fabrics and pieces is optional. The names are there just to help. For example, it may not be convenient to enter fabric names while snapping pictures of fabric in the store, and you can always add names later. Should you name your fabric or pieces? The choice of name is up to you. For example, someone might like to use simple names such as A, B, C for pieces. Someone else may prefer a longer, more descriptive name. Whatever you choose to do, the app will make yardage calculations for all project pieces.

The Yardage Calculator, Fabric Stash and Shopping List tools all work independently, HOWEVER, when you are ready to pull a project together they will share information freely. QuiltSandwich handles the details and lets you enjoy being creative.

Yardage Calculator. Calculations can be made independent of a project. Just start using the Yardage Calculator to determine how much is needed for PIECES squares, rectangles, sashing strips, custom designed triangle sizes, half square and quarter square triangles, BORDERS - yes even mitered, BINDING straight and bias, BACKING horizontal and vertical seams, and BATTING. As you put together the plans for your quilt project, calculations are made of the amount of fabric needed for each piece. Cutting instructions, called Cutting Diagrams, are auto-generated for every piece and updated whenever calculations are changed. Each Cutting Diagram shows how to cut a piece from its fabric as well as the amount of fabric left unused. The Cutting Diagrams can be accessed throughout the app. On the larger screen of the iPad, the Yardage Calculator and Cutting Diagram can be seen at the same time. The iPad makes it easy to see the results of calculation changes as input values are changed.

Fabric Stash. Fabrics can be added to the Fabric Stash independent of any project, just like in your sewing studio. Fabrics are most quickly added as an image with a snap of a picture. Or grab an image from the device Camera Roll or from images stored in the app image library. Part of completing the plans for your quilt project, is assigning a fabric to each piece. Fabrics keep track of how much fabric is needed and how much fabric is on hand for one project or multiple projects as well as the different blocks using that fabric. Even after a fabric has been assigned to a piece, it can be easily changed. Start with going to the Quilt Planner. Find the quilt, then tap the piece to modify. On the Piece screen, tap the Switch Fabric button. View the list of all the fabrics to find and tap the new fabric to make the switch. The amount of fabric needed for that piece is immediately calculated and the Cutting Diagram and Shopping List are updated. Fabric requirements are updated for both the original fabric and for the new fabric choice.

Shopping List. The Shopping List and Fabric Checklist are similar and located under the Notions tab. The Shopping List shows fabrics that are short. The Fabric Checklist is meant to look at all fabrics sorted in various ways. These lists are automatically created for each quilt project and are updated whenever fabrics or pieces are changed. Each list is created from the information in Quilt Planner, so to modify items on the list go back to that quilt in Quilt Planner. One can look at fabrics for a particular project or by what is in your fabric stash. Go to Fabrics to update the starting amount. When you come back to the Shopping List, if a fabric now has enough, it will disappear from your list. One can also tap the box to mark a fabric as checked. With the Fabric Checklist, one can tap-and-hold to drag and reorder items, or use the quick sort grey buttons - Name, Width, Price, Checked to reorder. Move an item into the Moved Off List section at the bottom of the Fabric Checklist by using the tap-and-hold drag sort.

Notions & Tools. In addition to the shopping tools under Notions, there are a number of smaller, specialized tools in the app. Triangle calculators help with the design and fabric requirements for custom, corner, side-setting, half-square and quarter-square triangles. There are also several ways to share your projects or parts of projects. Project archives, which contain all your project info can be shared via email, AirDrop, or saved using iTunes. PDFs for cutting diagrams, journal and fabric lists can be shared by printing, email or AirDrop. Projects can also be shared wirelessly between devices running QuiltSandwich using the Transfer utility (primarily for older iOS devices before AirDrop).

NAVIGATION AND APP CONTROLS

Switching Quilts. Switch from the current quilt to another is possible in several different screens in the app. Use the Quilts button in one of the upper corners of Fabrics or Shopping, or use the SWITCH choice such as under the PDFs or Archive screens. Of course, the first screen of Quilt Planner, Quilts, is for quilt selection. The current quilt affects what is seen when switching to other tabs. Under Fabrics and Shopping, one can look at the fabrics for a particular quilt, or select All Fabrics to look across all quilt projects. Similarly for PDFs and Archives, one can look at items for a particular quilt or across projects if All Fabrics is selected.

Drag sorting is available for the lists in the Quilt Planner, Fabric Stash and Fabric Checklist. Also items in the Journal Entry can be rearranged by drag sorting. The gray indicator to the side of the item is a hint that you can drag that item. To reorder items simply tap-and-hold anywhere on the item. Once the item enlarges slightly, drag the item to its new location.

Deleting items is easy. In most cases a left swipe will start a delete, as shown in the examples above for deleting a quilt or a piece on the Quilt screen. In some cases there is a delete button, such as for Fabrics in edit mode or on the Piece screen. When deleting a quilt, you will also have a choice on how to handle the fabrics associated with that quilt. For example, the fabrics could be left alone or deleted.

The Shopping List and Fabric Checklist do not offer a way to delete, but once a fabric is deleted from Fabrics, it disappears from the list.

Changing values is easy using the steppers throughout the app to increment or decrement values. Hold a stepper down, and the values will start changing more rapidly. One can also tap the text box to the left of the stepper and use the pop-up keyboard to enter values. Changes are immediately reflected in results, Cutting Diagram and Shopping List.

The Yardage Calculator in Quick Calc mode has a picker, that is, wheels that can be spun to make a selection. Multiple wheels are used to allow one to quickly change Number of Pieces over a wide range of values. The definition of each wheel is at the top of the picker. The values on the wheels are those most commonly used, however, to set a different value on the iPhone just tap the Switch Calc button in the upper left to set values using a stepper or a text input box. On the iPad, Super Calc is the default calculator and Quick Calc is available through a popup. The calculations for Quick Calc will start with app defaults for allowances such as one-quarter inch for the seam and 2 inch allowance for shrinkage and trimming up. Use Super Calc to change these if needed.

The calculation type is also controlled by a picker that becomes visible when the current shape cell is tapped. Scroll through the various choices to find the type of calculation desired.

Edit Fabric, Edit Piece and Edit Quilt let you make changes to fabric, piece and quilt parameters. If you don't like a change you have made, just tap Cancel. Tapping Done will save changes. On these edit screens, the tab bar is not visible, so you will need to tap either Cancel or Done to move to other places in the app. On the iPad, changes from Edit Piece or Edit Quilt can be seen immediately in the cutting diagram.

The app uses gold buttons as gentle reminders that more information can be added to help you keep things straight. For example, when adding a new piece, you can specify either the size or the fabric first. So a gold button will appear until the other half of the information has been specified. The message on the button states what is missing. Tap a gold button to fill in the info. Missing names for fabrics and pieces will appear in gray. You don't have to provide names, but descriptive names may be helpful.

The larger screen size of the iPad is often used to present a split panel view. A convenient feature for reviewing your project plan is a 1-2 tap. For example, after selecting a quilt in Quilts, so that the quilt pieces are listed on the left and the cutting diagram is shown on the right, a tap on a different row on the left will change the cutting diagram to that piece and an arrow is added on the right side of the tapped row. A second tap on that row will bring up the Piece screen to review or change piece values. As always, the cutting diagram is updated as changes are made on the iPad.

PRESETS AND CALCULATION FACTORS

Allowances have been preset to those most commonly used, but can be changed on any item. The Yardage Calculator Quick Calc uses these allowances, but the values for the allowances can be seen and changed by going to the Super Calc view of the Yardage Calculator. For example, when working with flannel you might want to change the seam allowance from one-quarter to one-half inch.

Calculations are done conservatively by rounding up to the nearest one-eighth yard for the amount of material to purchase. Behind the scene, many calculations will actually be done twice. For example, to make a number of 2-inch x 3-inch blocks for a quilt, the calculators will try both 2-inch x 3-inch and 3-inch x 2-inch and present the one that uses the least amount of fabric material. Therefore, the fabric saving cutting diagram may not be quite right for every piece. For example, a fabric that has a print might require pieces be cut in a certain direction. In such a case, set the Piece Layout to 'One Way Design'. On the iPhone this is on Super Calc. This will force the Cutting Diagram to set the piece width in the direction of the fabric width.

NOTE: Yardage Calculator calculations for each piece are made independently. This means that when a fabric is used multiple times, the Cutting Diagrams for all the pieces should be reviewed carefully as there may be more allowance than needed across all the pieces such that the amount of total yardage needed could be reduced.

The Cutting Diagrams also shows how efficiently fabric is being used. It can be helpful to review the diagrams closely to consider how much was set aside for allowances and how well pieces fit in a strip. Consider using the Cutting Diagrams for what-if calculations and to see how many pieces can be cut from a specific piece of fabric instead of calculating how much fabric it takes to produce a given number of pieces.

Delete an entire quilt or a piece on a quilt with a left swipe. When a piece is deleted, the fabric usage for that piece is removed.

When a quilt is deleted, one can select how to deal with the fabrics used by that quilt. In one case, one can simply delete the fabrics used by that quilt (as long as a fabric is not used in another quilt). Another choice is to not delete the fabrics, and leave the starting amounts for the fabrics alone. An in-between choice lets you remove from the starting amount of the fabrics, the amount used by the quilt -- keeping the amount of fabric left constant after the quilt is deleted.

THE TOOLS - DETAILS ABOUT EACH TOOL IN THE APP

HOME

The home screen provides a convenient place to find all the various tools in the app. The colored buttons are also available on the tabs at the bottom of the screen. The Notions tab provides a variety of tools. The 'i' info button at the top of the screen provides access to documentation, web support and other helps about the app.

QUILT PLANNER

QUILTS in QUILT PLANNER

The Quilt Planner first screen is Quilts. This is a list of all quilt projects. Tap on a row to see the details for a quilt in a nice at-a-glance summary on the Quilt screen.

To add a new quilt project, tap the New Quilt row at the top. You then have a choice of how you want to start the new quilt, either brand new, or by making a copy of an existing quilt.

Add a New Quilt. This choice will take you to New Quilt where the quilt name and dimensions can be entered.

Copy Quilt with Fabrics. This choice will create a duplicate of your quilt, using the existing fabrics. Note that this will increase the usage of those fabrics.

Copy Quilt without Fabrics. This choice copies the size information for the pieces, but will let you make new fabric choices for those pieces. Use this choice to make a new quilt from a previous design with different fabrics.

Download Patterns. One can also download quilt patterns from the our website.

QUILT in QUILT PLANNER

The Quilt screen provides a nice at-a-glance summary of a quilt with quilt info at the top and the quilt pieces listed below. The quilt pieces combine fabric and calculation information. This is shown visually by a shape overlaying the fabric. On the Quilt screen, add new pieces and drill down into quilt details and all the piece details for your project.

Add a new piece by tapping New Piece near the top. Pieces can be added from the Yardage Calculator, from an existing fabric, or from a new fabric after taking a picture with the camera. You will have the option to give the new piece a name. Names can be a simple letter to match a notation on the pattern or something more descriptive. Tap-and-hold to drag and move pieces around to change their order in the list.

Add Piece from Calculator. This will bring up the calculator to specify the piece type such as piece, border, binding, etc., as well as the size and quantity as appropriate. The fabric choice for the piece can be made after the the piece type and size have been set.

Add Piece from Fabrics. This will bring up the list of fabrics to select from for the piece. After the fabric is selected it will be possible to set the piece type and size.

Snap a Picture to Add Fabric. This choice creates a new fabric without going to the fabrics tab and creates a piece using that fabric for the quilt. After taking a picture and saving it, the new fabric will be added as a quilt piece as well as added to the Fabric Stash. This piece will not have any size information, but this can be added by tapping the Select Size button for that piece. Consider adding names for the fabric and piece when entering their details.

Tap the row with the quilt image to modify quilt details, such as width, length and quilt image.

Below the quilt row is a set of buttons to access other quilt details, such as the Journal, Color Mix and quilt PDFs.

Delete an entire quilt or a piece on a quilt with a left swipe. When a piece is deleted, the fabric usage for that piece is removed.

When a quilt is deleted, one can select how to deal with the fabrics used by that quilt. In one case, one can simply delete the fabrics used by that quilt (as long as a fabric is not used in another quilt). Another choice is to not delete the fabrics, and leave the starting amounts for the fabrics alone. An in-between choice lets you remove from the starting amount of the fabrics, the amount used by the quilt -- keeping the amount of fabric left constant after the quilt is deleted.

Quilt Pieces.

A tap in a piece row will bring up the Piece screen, from which you can edit piece details and review fabric or quilt details.

QUILT PIECE in QUILT PLANNER

Tap a piece on the Quilt screen and the Piece screen will appear. The Piece screen provides a summary of the size, fabric and quilt details. It also provides a convenient place from where to edit the piece details. The iPad will show these edit changes in the cutting diagram to the right. Additional buttons provide actions you can do on the piece such as copy or delete. You can move the piece to a different quilt. Also, you can switch the fabric choice for the piece. Another button lets you see the cutting diagram for the iPhone.

JOURNAL in QUILT PLANNER

Enter whatever you want to say about the quilt. Also include images. There is no limit because the Journal screen is simply a list of title, text, image and caption boxes. Add, delete and sort the items as you build your narrative. Tap the PREVIEW button at the top of the screen to see how it will look printed.

COLOR MIX in QUILT PLANNER

The Color Mix screen shows how (fabric) color is used in the quilt top. The proportions are represented in the large square at the top and the actual percentanges are listed below. The binding and backing are not included in this representation. If you have quilt top pieces with no fabric assigned yet, those pieces will be represented by a gold rectangle that is slightly disconnected from the other colors.

YARDAGE CALCULATOR

Yardage Calculator is used to help determine the amount of material to buy. The yardage needed is calculated with just the finished piece size and number of pieces needed because the app automatically adds in seam allowance and a square up allowance. Calculations are performed for PIECES squares, rectangles, sashing strips, half-square, quarter-square, corner, side-setting, and custom right triangles, BORDERS including mitered, BINDING both straight and bias, BACKING horizontal and vertical seams, and BATTING. The current calculation type is shown below the displayed results. Tap on this row to display a picker to select a different calculation type. The Yardage Calculator can be used before a specific fabric has been selected for quick in store calculations. It is easy to modify the fabric width should the actual fabric selected be different.

The main parameters used to determine yardage are on a picker or set of wheels that make it easy to see and set values. On the iPad, the wheels are available on a popup on the Yardage Calculator. Spin the wheels to quickly estimate yardage from the most commonly used values. Sometimes values are set by spinning multiple wheels to get to the value, such as with the Number of Pieces. The Super Calc list view was created because the wheels can not show every possible value. For example, perhaps you have a fabric remnant that is 41 inches wide. Use the Switch Calc button in the upper left to get to the list view for access to a stepper-results-box to set specific values. Super Calc is also where allowances such as seam, trimming, and shrinkage can be adjusted and also one-way design set. The Super Calc list view is also used by the Quilt Planner to calculate yardage.

Cutting Diagrams are automatically created and provide cutting instructions showing how pieces will be cut from the fabric as well as the amount of fabric that would be left unused. On the iPad, the Yardage Calculator and Cutting Diagram are both shown so the effect of changes to fabric or quilt size on the cutting diagrams can be seen instantly. On the iPhone, tap the Scissors cutting diagram button to see the latest cutting diagram. Because of the helpful visual feedback, you may wish to do your planning on the iPad and then transfer your quilts to the iPhone for shopping.

FABRIC STASH

Fabrics are at the heart of quilt projects. Fabric images serve as reminders of which fabric you are dealing with at a given point in the app. Many of the characteristics of a fabric can be captured in an image, its color, softness, sheen, etc. The Fabric Stash helps you keep track of all the different fabrics used, or waiting to be used, in quilt projects. Add a new fabric from Quilt Planner or Fabric Stash. The app works with fabric details such as fabric width or fat quarter sized fabrics, as well as seam size, and other allowances to determine the amount of fabric needed. Add a price value to a fabric and the app will calculate costs based on yardage needed. This cost info can be seen in the Quilt Planner and Shopping List. Specifying the starting amount of fabric will allow the Shopping List to help you see if your plans will use more fabric than you actually have.

You can look at All Fabrics, or just the fabrics for a particular quilt. Change the selection by tapping the Quilts button in the upper left.

If you see a fabric in the store that you might like to use, snap a picture of it to add it to the Fabric Stash. Later decide how to use it and the Yardage Calculator will help you determine how much to buy. To add a new fabric, tap the New Fabric button near the top of the screen. Then select whether the picture for the new fabric will use the camera to snap a picture, access previous photos stored on your device, or use an image that is already stored in QuiltSandwich. Simple editing of images from the camera or photo library by zooming in and cropping may help show details better. Once the image is as you like and saved, the information for the fabric can be updated in Edit Fabric. On the iPad, Edit Fabric appears on the right side panel after tapping the Edit button on the Fabric panel. Fabrics can also have an alternate image. For example, a picture of the label on the bolt would capture additional information. The alternate image is below the standard image on Edit Fabric. To add an alternate image using the iPhone, go to Fabric Stash, tap the fabric tile and then tap the Edit Fabric button on the popup.

EDIT FABRICS in FABRIC STASH

Deleting a fabric is easy, just tap the Edit button on Fabrics, and a box will appear inside each fabric tile. Tap a tile to put a check on it. Use the Delete button to remove the fabrics that are checked. This makes it easy to remove several fabrics at once. Use the segmented button to look at different key parameters for the fabrics as you review the list. If a deleted fabric was assigned to a piece, the piece will no longer have a fabric image, but will retain its size information and also some information about the fabric it was associated with such as the fabric width or if the fabric was a Fat Quarter. However, once the piece is associated with a new fabric, the calculations will adjust to the new fabric information. When a fabric is deleted, the images used by that fabric will still remain in App Images. This lets the image be re-used. To remove an image, go to the Images tool under Notions.

Any changes made to a fabric's parameters immediately update the calculations. The affects of these changes on fabric usage are displayed in the Cutting Diagrams and Shopping List. Perhaps the most important fabric parameter for the app's calculations is the fabric width. The app readily handles fabrics off a bolt, or pre-cut 18-inch x 22-inch fat quarters. For a fabric print, you may want to set Fabric Design to One Way. For fabrics that do not have a one way design, it is usually best to leave this setting as Orientation Doesn't Matter and let the app determine the best way to cut your pieces to minimize the amount of fabric to buy.

Another important parameter that you may want to consider setting is the Allow for Shrinkage-Squaring Up. For example, a setting of 10 percent will generally handle a variety of things, including trim. Do not think in percentages? The app also lists how many inches per yard this uses. If you have already washed the fabric, consider re-measuring your fabric and setting a smaller value. It is also possible to specify the amount of fabric you expect to lose trimming up edges. Simply specifiy the fabric expected to be lost when cutting off selvage and the top and bottom cut edges.

There are additional allowance settings that help you handle special cases. Seam Allowance is very important in piece and triangle calculations. But it also comes into play in the calculations for backing when you need to sew pieces together to make a piece large enough for your quilt. Overhang Allowance is used in backing and batting calculations. The value is used on each side of the quilt. The width of strips for binding can be entered directly, or calculated for single or double fold binding. Binding Extra Length allows you to add additional length for joining strips and finishing ends. Set it based on your preference and experience. This amount is added to the length of binding the app calculates that will be needed to reach around the perimeter of the quilt.

USAGE in FABRIC STASH

On the iPhone, a tap on one of the tiles will provide a popup with some basic info. Tap the Usage button on the popup for more info or tap the Edit Fabric button to change fabric parameters. On the iPad, fabric details will appear on the right.

COMPARE FABRICS SIDE-BY-SIDE in FABRIC STASH

The COMPARE fabrics side-by-side button displays selected fabrics against each other. Simply swipe to flip through the fabrics to compare. The set of fabrics and their order comes from the list of fabrics shown on the Fabrics screen. The fabric list can be easily sorted by tap-and-hold to drag tiles around.

NOTIONS & TOOLS

Various tools can be accessed by tapping the Notions button or tab on the Home screen.

SHOPPING LIST / FABRIC CHECKLIST

The Shopping List is automatically created from quilt pieces. It provides a convenient way to see which fabrics are short. A similar Fabric Checklist shows all the fabrics and your plans for them, whether short or not. View the list by All Fabrics, or just those associated with a particular quilt. Change the selection by tapping the Quilts button in the upper right. If you choose to input the price per yard, the app will keep running cost totals for fabrics and the quilt project. Keep in mind that when a fabric is used multiple times, the yardage for each piece is calculated independently. Therefore, look closely at a fabric that is used multiple times as it may have extra allowance available.

There are several ways to manage the Fabric Checklist. Checkmark a fabric to indicate that you have purchased it. You can also prioritize by moving fabrics off the list by tap-and-hold to drag them into the Moved Off List section at the bottom of the Shopping List. In addition, there are four Quick Sort buttons to order the fabrics by Name, Width, Price or whether they have been checked off or not.

MATTRESS, PILLOW & BATTING

The Mattress, Pillow & Batting screen provides convenient access to mattress, pillow and common batting sizes.

A similar table provides access to various conversion tables for fractions/decimals and for metric conversions..

TRIANGLES

Triangle tools help with triangle design.

Custom Triangle Designer - right angled in TRIANGLES

Use this tool for a custom triangle. Enter the desired finished height and width as indicated with colored lines. The Triangle Designer uses the seam allowance in determining the cut dimensions for the triangle.

Half square and Quarter square in TRIANGLES

These tools help determine triangle dimensions for triangles cut from a square. A toggle switch allows one to change which triangle side to input. The color of the stepper label changes with the toggle switch and matches the edge being controlled in the diagram. Select Side Setting or Corner Setting when determining side and corner setting triangle sizes for use with blocks set on point.

SIZE IT!

The Size It calculator gives the scaling percentage to use with a copy machine or printer to enlarge or shrink a quilting design or applique patterns. If the change is bigger than the equipment can handle, you may need to do the change in smaller steps.

PATTERN PDFs

Easily generate the PDF drawings for all the pieces in a quilt and its fabric list. Once generated, the PDFs can be printed or emailed. The app uses the quilt and piece name to create file names. Selecting a row will take you to that drawing. After tapping the delete button, there will be a warning, however, it is easy to re-generate the list. Use BUILD to regenerate the files to be sure they are up-to-date.

FABRIC LIST

The Fabric List is one of the PDF files. It was made available on its own because it is just so helpful. If you are only interested in the Fabric List, use the convenience of this tool to generate this PDF to print or email.

TRANSFER

Wirelessly share a quilt project from one device to another. For example, you may wish to plan your quilt on the iPad and then transfer it to your iPhone before going shopping. The wireless transfer uses the Bluetooth wireless networking built into your iPhone. This networking may be turned off as that will save power. The app will ask to turn it on when needed. You can also turn Bluetooth on-off through Settings on your device. For newer iOS releases, designs can also be shared wirelessly through AirDrop - use Archive for this.

ARCHIVE

An archive is a single file that captures all the information about a quilt. A QuiltSandwich archive file can be emailed, shared wirelessly to another device through AirDrop, or transferred to your computer using iTunes where it can be saved. For example, if you decide you no longer need a quilt on your phone but do not want to just delete it, make an archive and back it up on your computer. If you decide later to look at that quilt again, put the file back on your phone and have the app re-build the quilt from the archive. The archive stores all the fabric, piece and quilt information as well as all the images.

First, build the archive file for the currently selected quilt by tapping BUILD. It will use the quilt name and add a .ezq extension to name the archive file. Typically you'll only see the current archive file, unless you have selected All EZQ files. To change to a different quilt tap SWITCH to reveal the list of quilts. If needed, delete unwanted files by tapping the button DELETE all the files listed. To save the archive with iTunes, hook your device up to your computer and open iTunes. In iTunes, confirm your device is listed and selected. Then, select the Apps tab. In the File Sharing part of screen, select the QuiltSandwich icon. To the right will be the list of files that can be transferred from your device to your computer. Select the .ezq file you want to save, click the Save to button and save the file on your computer.

Similarly, to transfer a file from your computer to a device, tap the Add button and find the file to transfer. To retrieve or reload a quilt, tap on the .ezq file in the list. You will be prompted to verify that you chose the correct archive.

Archive files can also be emailed. This is an easy way to share with a friend, or store the archive as backup in your email.

IMAGES

The App Image Library is used by Quilt Planner and Fabric Stash. Since you may have worked hard to get an image, the images are saved even when you delete a quilt or fabric in the App Image Library. That means an image can be used in more than one place in the app. When ready, clean up images that are no longer used by tapping Delete Used 0x at the top of the screen. To remove a single image use a swipe left gesture.

WELCOME

The Welcome Guide is a brief introduction.

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WELCOME GUIDE in i - INFORMATION

This is a brief tutorial of basic features.

WEBSITE in i - INFORMATION

Easy access to the quiltSandwichApp.com web site for up-to-date information and tips.

FEEDBACK and SUPPORT in i - INFORMATION

We hope you enjoy using the QuiltSandwich app and that it helps you save time and money on your quilt projects! Should you need help, this is an easy place to ask for it.

SETTINGS in i - INFORMATION

Settings appears on the iPad. It has a lock for the iPad-mini switch on the Ruler. Once the appropriate setting has been made on the Ruler, use the lock to prevent accidentally changing it.

DOCUMENTATION in i - INFORMATION

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ABOUT in i - INFORMATION

This screen provides version info. This app has been built to run on iOS 5 through 9, to better ensure a good match to your devices. It runs on all versions of the iPad and from the iPhone 3GS forward. Some changes in appearance will be noticed between devices running older versus newer operating systems, however, all functionality is available on all supported devices.