Recently, I saw a wand scanner demonstrated for the crafts and scrapbook user. I wondered if a handheld scanner would be helpful for inputting a hand drawn pattern into PWstudio software. I purchased the wand scanner, a Pandigital from QVC, for a modest investment of around $100. Much to my surprise, the scanner could do the task. This type of scanner would work especially well for children’s patterns or small pattern pieces. However, I found I could also scan larger adult patterns with 3 or more scans. Those scans can be imported into PWstudio, traced, pieced back together and scaled to size.
Although it is much more time-consuming than digitizing patterns, the cost is a fraction of a digitizer’s cost. It’s the age-old balance between time and money. I’ll not give up my digitizer, but you may find a handheld wand scanner helpful.
If you are interested in more information about using a wand scanner to input patterns,
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