QuiltingCalc

This is my “go to” app for calculating fabric needed, especially for borders and bindings. I make between 5-10 quilts each month for Project Linus. There are two improvements I would like to suggest: (1) I always use 2.5” strips to bind. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to set that as a default (with the option to change, of course) instead of having to manually insert that preference each time? (2) The same for borders. I almost always use non-miter borders. I can’t tell you the number of times I cut an additional strip because I neglected to change the calculation parameters to non-mitered from mitered (which is the default). Two minor tweaks would make this girl a very happy quilter.

I've been using this app for over a year and really like it for quickly calculating binding and borders. It has not cut me short on yardage calculations, if anything estimates a bit on the plus side which is not a problem for me. I would miss it because it's my go to now rather than the old calculator. Quick and easy to use.

This app has been very handy for me. I haven’t found the miscalculation some have reported, although if you really want to save every inch it might be a bit generous. However, I have an iPad in my sewing room that’s on a stand in landscape mode mode which I use for viewing PDFs while sewing, etc. When I want to use this app I’ve got to unplug it and rotate which is cumbersome and inconvenient. I also took a star off because there are some typos in the text, some of which are just grammatical and can easily be ignored, but some are confusing, such as combining inches and centimeters in the same explanation (eg, in the discussion of how backing is calculated they add an overage of 4 cm to a quilt measured in inches). It’s obvious the writer meant inches but these things should be caught in proofreading. So, 4 stars for the iPhone, but 2 for the iPad.