Fabric Hoarding Management

So I photograph every fabric I buy so I don’t buy duplicates when I’m shopping … but it appears there is an app for this.

 

http://www.blueshiftsoftware.net/iphone-apps/fabric-stash/

 

With FabricStash you can keep your entire stash, no matter how big, in the palm of your hand. It’s easy, just snap a photo of your fabric, enter as many details as you’d like, and you’re ready to go! With fabric stash you can:

Features:

• Create project lists, allowing for easy access to a list of the fabrics you’ve gathered for your next quilt, or used in past quilts.
• Match old fabrics with new using large, full color photos
• No more carrying fabric samples while shop-hopping.
• Organize and view your stash by color, style, manufacturer, line or project.
• Keep track of exactly how much of a fabric you have.
• Make a wish list of fabrics you’d like to obtain in the future.
• Enter custom category names and notes about your fabrics.
• Save money- no more duplicate purchases.
• Added in ability to give fabrics two images instead of just one
• Added in Non-Fabric Material (Notions)info storage so you can now track your stash of buttons, ribbon, thread,patterns…etc
• Non Fabric Materials can also be assigned to projects just like Fabrics
• Updated backgrounds and icon.

Updated with your suggestions and feedback 4/5/2010

• Added ability to track Cost, Location, Height, Width and Weight of Fabric
• The notes field now auto-expands to allow for inputing of multiline notes about fabric.
• Your fabric stash should now remember the last category sort used and will preserve this selection in between sessions.
• Existing fabrics and materials can now have the option to be added to a project from the project detail screen to allow for faster project creation.
• Improvements have been made which should improve speed/performance when browsing through a large stash
• The way user inputted values are remembered for fast re-entry has been saved has been changed to enhance stability and further reduce chance of data loss.
• Additional speed and stability improvements.

Fully customizable, FabricStash can be personalized in many ways to fit your individual needs as a quilter or designer. FabricStash is also smart, if you’ve entered a custom description before, it will remember it for later use. Give it a try, you’ll love it!