The software you need for Inklingo is free—Adobe Reader.
Monkey interrupts! Six Simple Steps with Scraps is a new Inklingo ebook.
Adobe Reader for Inklingo
Adobe Reader is all you need to open and print Inklingo shape collections. It is a free download.
I use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat Pro every single day, and I use Premiere Pro when I create videos.
Why do we use Adobe Reader for Inklingo?
Adobe Reader’s print dialog box is crucial for Inklingo because Inklingo is all about printing! Adobe Reader provides the print options we need—Actual Sizes and Custom Page Sizes.
Opening PDFs with a browser like Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Mac Preview does not give us what we need, but Adobe Reader does.
The new Six Simple Steps with Scraps is a perfect way to learn how to print on fabric—no matter what design you are sewing.
It could be diamonds from the free shape collection (above).
It could be hexagons (above, many sizes).
It could be POTC hexagons (in four sizes!) for Lucy Boston Patchwork of the Crosses.
Better Late than Never?
I wish I had written Six Simple Steps with Scraps 17 years ago, when I introduced the first Inklingo shape collections, because I think it would have made it easier for everyone to start printing on fabric.
The good news is that you can get SSSS today and be even more confident printing on fabric.
Learn to print on fabric (a process that’s easier today) and sew your best quilts.
I am a big fan of Adobe, and I think you will be too. They are the gold standard, imho. Photoshop is so fabulous that it has become a verb.
According to ChatGPT: This phenomenon is known as “genericide,” which occurs when a brand name becomes so popular that it is used as a common noun or verb, and loses its distinctiveness as a brand. Other examples of brands that have become verbs include Google (to search for something on the internet), Xerox (to make a photocopy), and Uber (to request a ride-share service).
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