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Old 05-03-2018, 03:12 AM
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I made country dolls for many years to sell at shows and gift shops, maybe 5,000 in all. The only way I could get so many made was by assembly line. All bodies, faces done, hair completed, dressed and then tagged. If I had to jump from one thing to another I never would have gotten any made. Assembly line is the answer!!
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Old 05-03-2018, 05:00 AM
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I'm assembly line all the way. I've even done sampler quilt assembly line, when the blocks are not the same and I'm doing them scrappy.

I can't stand doing one or two seams and then ironing.
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Old 05-03-2018, 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by lindaschipper View Post
I made country dolls for many years to sell at shows and gift shops, maybe 5,000 in all. The only way I could get so many made was by assembly line. All bodies, faces done, hair completed, dressed and then tagged. If I had to jump from one thing to another I never would have gotten any made. Assembly line is the answer!!
Wow! About 100 years ago, I made similar dolls... about 2 or 3 dozen a year. You were really busy! Doing that many must have been a challenge!!
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Old 05-03-2018, 06:05 AM
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IF I'm making a quilt with numerous blocks all the same, I make all the elements at once and then assemble. (ie: The quilt I'm doing now has 8 flying geese and 4-4 patches in ea. block. I make them all at once and square them up) However, most quilts I make have multiple sections and lots of applique, so I cut all the applique pieces at once and separate by block in baggies, then construct ea. block separately.
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Old 05-03-2018, 03:07 PM
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I usually sew in an assembly line fashion. I will do all of my cutting out and then I will sew all of step 1, etc. I find it helps to keep me focused so I don't get confused.
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Old 05-05-2018, 11:31 AM
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For a project, I usually do one to make sure it works and I like it, then I'll do all of one step for everything. All my cutting, all of step one.
I have to put them up on my design wall inbetween, I can't really chain piece. I'm very visual and have a hard time unless I can see what comes next. At least I get alot of exercise getting up and down to get the next piece.
If I bounce around I get mixed up.

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