How to keep track of finally reorganized fabrics, projects, collections...
06-22-2011, 07:25 AM
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so what you may say .... well .....
Last night, while not in the sewing area, I tried to remember what projects and collections I had in the sewing area and put them on a spreadsheet. Extravagant - maybe - but I wanted a list in writing that I COULD SEEEEE so maybe - just maybe - it'll help me STOP accumulating more new projects and new fabric of any kind.
I don't know if it'll work - whatcha think?
Anyone else ever tried making a LIST to keep track of ALL the projects and collections they have *hidden away* in their HOUSE?
Any other suggestions for gettting things DONE!!!?????
Anyone ever BLOG about it?
Last night, while not in the sewing area, I tried to remember what projects and collections I had in the sewing area and put them on a spreadsheet. Extravagant - maybe - but I wanted a list in writing that I COULD SEEEEE so maybe - just maybe - it'll help me STOP accumulating more new projects and new fabric of any kind.
I don't know if it'll work - whatcha think?
Anyone else ever tried making a LIST to keep track of ALL the projects and collections they have *hidden away* in their HOUSE?
Any other suggestions for gettting things DONE!!!?????
Anyone ever BLOG about it?
06-22-2011, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by jetnica
I didn't make a list - but I posted a thread here on the boards.
It isn't working. lol.
It isn't working. lol.
you're quick response made me laugh
06-22-2011, 07:49 AM
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I have a notebook I put all my plans in with pattern name and fabric samples. Then I use old priority boxes I have coverd with wrapping paper and label it for that project. I fill it with the pattern and fabric to be used. It looks better than bags on a shelf.
06-22-2011, 07:57 AM
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If I start a project and stop before finish (UFO), all parts of that project, fabric, blocks, backing, pattern, special tools, even scraps are placed in a see through tub and labeled then stacked on a shelf in plain sight. If I buy fabric for a project it is washed ironed neatly folded with patern on top and tied in a bundel with Cristmas ribbon then set on a shelf in my china cabnet with my stash (stash is on small bolts) where I can see it and have something to look forward to. After finishing a quilt, and cleaning the mess I always make, I look at my UFO boxes to see if I am ready to get back to one of them. I do keep a written list of projects I must have done by a date posted next to my sewing machine and adjust it as needed.I also have a SOME DAY I WILL MAKE list that I keep adding to.
06-22-2011, 08:02 AM
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Yes, I have a list that I go by all the time. Acually I have a couple of them that I use. What I am now doing is to finish two of my quilt tops before I start a new project. I also devote most of my time on one UFO until it is completed. I now have finished four tops and still have not started a new project.
06-22-2011, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by cathylynn
I finally made a list and prioritized it. but I haven't stuck to it quite as I should. finished the 23rd item, then the 18th, the 15th, and now am on the 1st. oh well. I tried.
My system (if you want to call it that) is put "project in progress" in clear tote with all patterns and materials... this way everything stays together....
Then when I want to work on something, I just grab a box. One project per box.
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