Self imposed quilting/sewing rules
#41
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Happily @ Southwest Florida
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I only do one quilt project at a time...only buy fabric for the quilt I plan on working on, and I try to keep my scraps color coded together so I know what I have if I want to do pot holders or placemats. I do buy "kits" that I know I will like, when I see them and put them away until the mood strikes me to do one. I do bags (purses) between quilt projects just to give my self some quick satisfaction. I have to start with at least a sorta tidy sewing room...i close the doors evenings if I'm done for the day and will be back at it the next day.
#42
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,807
Are you kidding me? Why mess up perfectly good confusion? The only time I do this is when there's no room left on the cutting table! I hate putting away. Is there a good fairy who does that? Send her my way, please.
#46
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Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Belen, NM
Posts: 1,353
I am with tallchick. UFO's don't bring me joy, so I try not to have more than one. I also like to clean up a project before starting anything else. I read before I start, too. I usually photograph anything I finish before putting it away. All incoming fabric is folded the same way and smaller pieces are carded. I don't consider it OCD--I know I do my best work in a clean, organized environment.
#47
Another rule is that I never, EVER empty the trash can in my sewing room until the quilt is completely done. Can't tell you how many times I've ended up forgetting to cut a piece, needed another paper-pieced block, etc., and found that I threw away the last of the copied pattern, scraps, etc...
#49
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Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Georgia
Posts: 145
I learn something from each quilt I make. Sometimes it is an intended lesson - like when I try something new and either learn how to do it or learn how not to do it. Other times it is an unintended lesson. But either way, I am constantly learning.
I don't know if that is a rule, but I was thinking about it yesterday when I thought, "Oh, so that is why you don't attach the binding that way!" It was too late to take it out, but I now know why.
I don't know if that is a rule, but I was thinking about it yesterday when I thought, "Oh, so that is why you don't attach the binding that way!" It was too late to take it out, but I now know why.
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