Originally Posted by
Geri B
Hi,
I am thinking of maybe buying an ipad.......but I really need to justify the purchase in my mind.......I have been watching tutes on various quilting things.....gifts, quickies, etc., and am thinking....since I don't have either my laptop or my desktop in my sewing cave this might be the justifiable reason to get the ipad... so I can tune in and sew from the tute right there in my sewing cave....how's that......no, I do not have one of those smart phones...........just a low rate cell that I carry in purse when I drive, just in case.......what do you all think......thanks
if you have gr children and their parents or some other significant adult has an ipad..."face time" is the most wonderful gift my son ever gave me! actually he is the source of my ipad. bd gift to enable my reading from the comfort of my chair rather than in desk chair w pc. and facetime...he wanted better interaction time between myself and my grdaughters. it is fabulous!
and now, to recently discovered by me, use w my quilting. when i have a project on design wall i take pics at various stages w my ipad. started doing thi s to save ideas as i changed layouts etc. it is, also, so easy to email pic to q friends for their thoughts on what is evolving on the design wall. then, working on d9p for grdaughter w lots problems setting blocks the way i want them ...doing it a little different from norm. the ipad pics really gave instant access to a camera view for things i miss w staring in frustration at design wall for hours on end. then..doing a scrap quilt from old new and older fabrics given to me by mil church friends. 2" finished squares. needed to prewash...bali's dark blues reds blacks etc. thought of several routes...long story short i made all the blocks. used ipad to photo before take down and wash ...those little color catcher sheets are amazing! so glad that i found out about them! after pressing the 25-patch blocks...set my ipad up and had the whole patch quilt of blocks reset in order of assembly. i don't do random. well maybe i do..i call it organized chaos...but it was important in my scheme for this quilt that it go back together exactly the way i had it before taking it down.
photographing quilts...w this website you can take quick pic of your quilt wip etc and post to site w/o going to pc. another site i am on i wish we had this capability. i might ask IT there if it is something they could do for us. most of the posting there is like here...fr portable devices like smart phones & ipads.
my son got me the newest model as of last may, for my bd. because of the new photo capability it has...he also thought i might use it for some of my photo taking...ergo he has, in return
), recieved numerous photos of cats and dogs in various acts of disobedience or cuteness. then one recent a.m. the sun finally came out to reveal the most glorious golden sunrise...out w ipad and dslr for pics of the event....the best pics came out on the ipad. i spent hours the other day editing those phots on pc. early early a.m. not enough ambient light and of course lazy me, used the auto mode instead of slr mode
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bottom line...if you can afford it...get an ipad. it is becoming my most useful tool in the making & cataloguing of quilts
.....amd keeping up w friends w chat, web etc