Inklingo Quiz Answers

TRUE

When fabric is ironed to ordinary freezer paper, it feeds through a printer just like paper.

Every Inklingo layout is provided in 20 ink colors to show on most quilt fabrics.

See how it works in “Printing with Inklingo” (the first chapter of The Inklingo Handbook, free download).

BONUS  All About Inklingo blog » Tips for printing on dark fabrics

FALSE

Inklingo shapes are already drawn for you, and provided in layouts which print the shapes on straight grain and use the fabric efficiently.

Since they are PDF files, if you try to re-size the shapes, the seam allowances are also re-sized.

There is an Index of Inklingo Shapes under the Support tab, with links to each shape collection.

New shapes are added every few weeks. Let us know what you would like to see next!

This is another tricky one, so we have a two-part answer.

1. FALSE

Inklingo layouts use fabric very efficiently.

• The shapes are in layouts which minimize waste. Inklingo uses the same amount of fabric, or less fabric, than is required with traditional cutting methods.

2. TRUE

Since Inklingo makes quilting easier and faster, you probably will make more quilts, and that uses quite a bit of fabric, so yes, “Inklingo uses quite a bit of fabric, but it’s worth it!”

Combo layouts use fabric especially efficiently.

• Custom page sizes allow you to print on fabric as small as 3 x 5 inches. Inklingo quilters print pieces of fabric for exactly the number of shapes they need.

• All Inklingo layouts are provided on 13 x 19 pages, to give you maximum flexibility, but normally we print fabric cut less than 8.5 inches wide, so it works with any ordinary Inkjet printer.

• There are suggested custom page sizes for each shape in the “Catalogue of Shapes” in each shape collection.

• Since Inklingo layouts provide shapes on the appropriate straight grain, and since there is no measuring required, mistakes are avoided, and that saves fabric too.

FALSE

If you use a computer for e-mail or anything else, you know enough to use Inklingo.

Several older quilters say they would not still be quilting if it were not for Inklingo.

Monkey says this lady would look happier if she could quilt with Inklingo.

• If arthritis keeps you from using a rotary cutter, Inklingo lets you use scissors instead.
• If space is limited when you down-size, but you have room for an ironing board, you can use Inklingo.
• If your husband is retired and wants you to spend more time with him, you can hand piece while you watch TV together—without all of the tedious prep.

BONUS Your grandchildren might show more interest in learning to quilt if you show them how to get started on the computer.

There are Inklingoists of all ages, not just geeks.

TRUE

You can mix fabric shapes which are prepared with Inklingo with shapes prepared with other methods.

You can even finish an EPP GFG UFO (English Paper Piecing Grandmother’s Flower Garden UnFinished Object) with Inklingo!

BONUS English Paper Piecing Rescue on the All About Inklingo blog.

If EPP is the method you love, there are 8 Good Ways to Use Inklingo for EPP too.

TRUE

You can see dozens and dozens of fussy cut POTC blocks from Lucy Boston Patchwork of the Crosses in the photo albums of the Inklingo IO Group.

Don’t miss Kathy Timmons’ album! (Kathy in Nashville)

There are TWO methods of Fussy Cutting with Inklingo—the traditional Swiss Cheese method with templates AND Inklingo No Waste Fussy Cutting (similar to Stack n Whack™.