Stash Hub

I use this app to organize my quilting stash. It’s really brilliant and exactly what I needed. I started logging my stash in a spreadsheet, and then thought, there has to be something out there that someone already invented. Enter Stash Hub. there’s so much to love about this app. One of my favorite features is when you use a fabric in a project recorded within the app, it deducts the fabric used from your logged stash. I never understand people complaining about the $32 fee. It’s clear the creators put a lot of thought into creating this and it is worth every penny. I saved more than the yearly subscription fee just by getting organized and being able to shop from my own stash.

I just downloaded this app today, and so far it looks and works impeccably. It is truly THE app for which the sewing community has been waiting! You could kill yourself to store all of this information personally curated spreadsheets and Pinterest boards or google folders (and indeed, more than one sewist said that was their process for organizing sewing data when I asked for app recommendations🤯), and have it be cumbersome and tedious to manage that info, or you could just download this app and have everything available. It is intuitive organizationally, it makes sense visually…it really works. However. I’m concerned about the price, and/or about what’s offered if you don’t subscribe. I really want this app to make it, I really do think it’s perfect, but the subscription price is going to be prohibitive for most people, especially since the features that can truly be tested are so limited in the free version. (And something must be prohibiting most sewists from downloading and buying and loving, because I see only four reviews for a four year old app.) Only being able to store 20 fabrics or patterns or projects…we’re habitual stash builders, 20 is barely scratching the surface! I don’t think amazing apps should be free, I believe in paying for craftsmanship and an excellent product, but I think amazing apps should offer enough in their free-ness to convince the users to go for the premium version.

Stash Hub combines the main stash tracking needs for a sewist - fabric, patterns, projects, people, and shopping list! Adding new items is easy, and i love the display when building a project that is linked to certain fabric and pattern(s) because it displays the featured fabric and pattern to see at a glance. I had tried building something like it myself using a database software, but this app does what I was doing and more in a graceful, attractive way my database didn't do. The design is clean and consistent between sections, with both functionality and finesse. The design team is responsive to requests and bug reports as this is a new app that is still expanding, and I am looking forward to growing with them. Bottom line is, if you sew, you need this app!