Hi all, My husband is a programmer and he's writing me a piece of software to keep inventory of all my fabrics. I sell baby items that I embroider on ebay and I have an addiction to fabrics. So, I have this HUGE collection of fabrics and needed a way to keep track of what I have and how much I have. Then I got the idea to have him write this software so I can sort by color of background and foreground colors, sizes, amounts of fabrics. At this point these are the options we have put into the software:
You can choose the colors for and as many as you want for background or foreground colors.
You can choose a theme or items on the fabric such as dogs, fairies, checks or whatever the pattern may be. And as many items are in the fabric.
You can enter the information of the width and length of the fabric, and the quanity of these pieces. This is for the quilters out there. If you have already cut your fabric into quilting squares you can keep track of your quilt squares and sizes.
You can scan your fabric into the program so you can view a picture of your fabric.
You can sort your screen according to any of the information you have entered.
You can enter notes on any fabric. So if you have a fabric saved for a particular project you can enter this information. Or if the fabric has a difficult sewing problem or a particular customer wants it in the future you can put it some on hold for a period of time. Whatever notes you choose.
You'll have a place to enter what bin or shelf you keep your fabrics. I personally keep all my fabrics in numbered bins. They are see through so I can see, but when you fold them all and put them in there sometimes it's difficult to find them. I can now just go to the bin number and know the fabric I'm looking for and know it's there!
I don't have any screen shots of this product yet because it's all in the works but should be ready very soon. Do any of you have any other ideas that could be added to this software?
The next feature will be a thread list. We hope to be able to keep track of threads in the same program. I'm so excited about this! I can't wait to be able to see all my fabrics and scroll through the list and choose a project by color, theme, design or pattern! And see it all right there on the screen before I go digging in my bins! I know if I have the fabric before I go shopping for more or promise something to someone when I don't have it! That is a bummer!
Thanks for any input!
Braves Fan!