Working with vintage patterns can present interesting
issues.
Sometimes trying to figure out how much yardage is needed
for a particular design is complicated by the fact that fabric requirements are listed for 35” wide fabric. Not to mention that most conversion tables I have found are limited to around 4 or 5 yards – and so many of my 1950s frocks use considerably more than that!
+of+fabric+converter.1.jpg)
This app has solved my problem.
The one quirk is that numbers must be entered in decimals. (If you cannot remember the decimal version of a fraction, a
cheat sheet may be found by clicking on the “How To” button.)
+of+fabric+converter.1.jpg)
I am often late to the game with things like this, so
perhaps everyone already knows about this helpful little application, but if not, go check it out!
[Disclosure: I found
this app on my own and received no compensation – I just think someone might
find it useful!]
Thank you for this! Now if it would take it one step further and converted it from imperial measurements to metric for us Canadians!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, I feel your pain. The U.S. tried to go metric when I was in elementary school, and that was not a fun year. I was young, but it was already too late to think in something other than inches, yards, and miles!
DeleteI think adding a metric version would be brilliant.
I did a quick search in the Apple App Store and there are converters that do that, but they charge a nominal one time fee (.99). It might be worth it.
DeleteSeriously cool, thank you very much for sharing!
ReplyDelete♥ Jessica
Very cool. I'm usually very late at finding and even more using this type of software, so it's definitely new to me.
ReplyDeleteAnd I also often come across this issue with vintage patterns and fabric width.
I'm going to check it out. I just hope it does metric too.
Awesome tool, thanks for letting us know about it!
ReplyDelete