emarkwood

How do you document your quilts? Or do you??? I guess I want to since I am fairly new at this, and also for insurance purposes. I don't want a complete diseratation on the quilt, but I want what is necessary and important.

crashnquilt

I take a picture of the quilt, print it out and put all my particulars on the bottom of the page and keep in a 3 ring binder.

Check with your insurance company, most of them will not cover quilts.

featherweight

Our local quilt guild has several ladies that do the documentation. You may want to contact your local quilt guild in your area. If they don't do it, I am sure they can recommend someone that does.

LindaM

I also have a 3-ring binder - each quilt has a photo and samples from the fabric, and sample square (if there was a test one or left-over). Who the quilt went to, photo of the label, and I also try to get a photo of the quilt in its new home with its new owner.

I often do a 'quilt story' when I'm gifting - why I chose this pattern for this person, what it means to me. For example, I did a 'sunshine & shadows' for a wedding gift, as for me it symbolized all the good days and tough days to come - to know that you can't appreciate the good days without those rough patches :)

The pattern source is detailed (where I got it, who designed it, where I deviated from pattern, etc). If I did a mock-up in EQ, a print out of that too.

Thank you cards go in here too!

donnajean

I've taken a picture of each quilt and saved them to a flash drive which goes in my fire proof box. I also have a binder with the original patterns & info on fabrics used & dates completed.

sewwhat85

i know i should but i do not

Grama Lehr

Good idea!!

leatheflea

I just take pictures every so often as I'm making them, any notes that I take goes in a file. pics are transfered to flash drive, not on computer. I also date the start and finish. I dont keep track of price. every time I buy fabric I take a pic and file it on flash drive. I also have pics of all my software and sewing machines anything related to my sewing room is documented.

emarkwood

Thanks everyone for the info. it does help to have other brain helping you get organized.

pstoner

Here is the form I use, I found it online somewhere. I also include scraps of the quilt, pictures and this form in a three ring binder.
QUILT DOCUMENTATION FORM Date___________

Quilt Owner Name____________________ Relationship to quilt maker_________
Address_________________________
How was quilt acquired?________________________________
If purchased, price_____________________
Quilt Maker Name_______________________ D.O.B.________________
Maiden name_________________ Place of birth____________
Address___________________ Date of death_____ Place of death________
Name of spouse________________ Number of children________
Motheršs maiden name___________ Names_________________
Fatheršs name_________________ Place of birth_______________
How did the quiltmaker learn to make quilts and when?_______________
__________________________________________________ ___________
Did quiltmaker make other quilts?_________ How many?_________________
For what occasion, person, and/or use was the quilt made?________________
__________________________________________________ __________
Where was the quilt made?____________________Date made_________
city county state
Other information about quiltmaker_______________________________
__________________________________________________ _______
__________________________________________________ ______
QUILT DESCRIPTION
Pattern name used by maker or owner_____________________________
Individual quilt name_________________________________________
Pattern Source____________________________________________ __
Size______________________________________________ ________
Quilt type: Pieced___ Appliqued___ Crazy___ Embroidered___
Cross Stitched___ Paper Pieced___ Whole cloth___ Other_________
Colors____________________________________________ _____
Fabrics___________________________________________ _____
How was top constructed? By hand____Machine____ Both___
Batting: None____ Cotton____Polyester____Wool____ Paper___ Other___
How is it quilted? Hand_____ By whom________________
Quilting pattern________
Machine______By whom______________Quilting pattern______________
Tied____By whom____________Tying pattern_____________
Date quilted or tied___________Type of thread used__________________
Is quilt signed?_____By______________________Where_________ _____
Has the quilt won any awards or ribbons?____________________________
Any other significant information about the quilt?______________________
__________________________________________________ _________