Old 05-01-2018, 05:45 PM
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bearisgray
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Default Do you complete one "unit" completely - or do you "jump around" -

Do you complete one "unit" completely - or do you "jump around" - and work on different phases of similar "units"?

This question is sort of a follow-up to this thread:

Making 2 identical quilts

I am making tote bags for a a group - I've been wondering if it would be more efficient to complete one bag from start to finish -

or to continue the way I am -

which is that I frequently have several bags in various stages of completion. (Right now nine of them are waiting for the handles/straps - I am waiting for calm weather so I can seal/singe the polyester webbing before I sew them it to the bags.)

I frequently try to get fabric lined up for several of them - because I make a mess getting fabric out -

Then I sew up the center seam - and then it has to go the pressing station

So things get pinned - sewn - pressed - usually I have bags in four or five stages of the process.

When you are piecing - (assuming all the blocks are the same) - do you complete each block before going on to the next? or do you have them in different stages?

Or is this question making no sense at all?
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