Do you ever see something that immediately sparks an idea for a sewing project? You can now record your inspiration in the Stash Hub App. The ability to store your sewing Inspiration inside Stash Hub has been one of the most requested features over the last year, with at least 20 separate posts in our Stash Hub Club Facebook group. We heard your requests and spent a while thinking about the best way to implement Inspiration. We’re excited to announce that this feature is now available!
Adding sewing inspiration
Inspiration is similar to other record types like Fabrics and Patterns. Find the Inspiration section in the Stash Hub main menu. You can create, edit and delete inspiration records. To add a new Inspiration record, tap on the plus button in the bottom right and select ‘Add New’. If you don’t have any pictures, but want to record an idea, you can enter the name and notes and the text will be displayed on the inspiration card. You can add photos from your camera, gallery or an image URL. One of the special features of Inspiration is that if you put in a valid weblink it will display a preview of that link, including an image, title and a preview of the information. This is ideal if you’re inspired by clothes from ready-to-wear websites.
Inspiration can be added to Projects in much the same way as other records. If the Project status is “Just an Idea”, an image of the inspiration will be displayed on the overview card for that project. Perfect for when you’ve been inspired to recreate something but you’re still on the hunt for a pattern.
Organising Inspiration
The primary method for managing and organising your inspiration is with Tags. For example, you could create a tag for each season, the person you’d sew that project for, or create your own themed collections (e.g. Christmas). You can add multiple Tags to a record and apply Filters to narrow down your collection of sewing inspiration, in the same way that you can use Tags in the rest of the app.
Once you’ve completed your project using the inspiration or it isn’t relevant anymore, you can mark it as Archived. Archived inspiration records won’t appear on your main Inspiration list, but you can still view them by switching the quick filter from ‘Saved’ to ‘Archived’. Archived Inspiration records will still be linked to your projects, so it’s a much better option than deleting them.
Video Tutorial
Watch this video tutorial to see the brand new Inspiration section in action. I show how to find the Inspiration section, how to create inspiration records, how to link them to projects, organising with tags and archiving inspiration records.
We hope you enjoy using the new Inspiration section. Where do you get your sewing inspiration?
How to get the latest Stash Hub update
The latest version of Stash Hub is version 1.31.0. Even if you have automatic updates enabled, it’s worth checking the app store to make sure you’re on the latest version. If you use Stash Hub across multiple devices, make sure they are all updated as you may get errors if you’ve used new features then access a previous version of the app where these don’t exist.
iOS – Update via the App store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stash-hub/id1610930077
Android – Update via the Google Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hugetoothstudios.stashhub
Web – The web version of Stash Hub is updated automatically so just log in here: https://web.stashhubapp.com
We hope you love the new updates! Stash Hub is a community and we’re really grateful for all your feedback which helps make the app even better! If you have any helpful feeedback about Stash Hub, please contact us. Join the Stash Hub Club on Facebook to be part of discussions about future updates and check out our Roadmap to see what we’re working on next.