quiltsfor

When I start a quilt, I usually do all of the cutting at once. That way, if there is a delay in making it completely, I still know that I have all of the same fabric that I need.

When I started quilting, I just placed the pieces together in a plastic container (box) and laid a piece of paper on top of each cut to say how many there are, the size of the cut, and what part of the quilt they are. But, as you can imagine, the papers end up every which way and it is a chore figuring out what is what.

Then, I switched to using a straight pin to pin the paper to the top piece, but again, pins work themselves out. See, where I'm going with this.....

So, then I decided that I would put the pieces in a Ziploc baggie, some even in the 2 gallon size and label the bag, then put it in the container. This works okay, but. I don't like keeping bags on hand, and they slide all over the place when I'm ready to start working on the quilt. Plus, it is a lot of waste to use the non-degradable plastic bags.

I'm thinking about going back to the straight pin.

What do you use to keep the different pieces together/labeled?

I even thought about using a post it, but wondered about the sticky adhering or leaving a mark on the fabric if it was on it for too long or in the heat.