Making a quilting log or binder?
04-03-2009, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by jdavis
I haven't been quilting that long, but I found that I needed a better idea of how much money I had in a project. I made my own "expense report form" with lines for everything from the pattern or book, right down to the notions. I keep receipts in an envelope stapled to the back of the form, and keep all the forms in a folder. I may never get to the point of having a quilt appraised, but if/when that happens, my records should help.
04-03-2009, 09:19 AM
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Quiltncrazy,
One thing I do for color combos is to pick up paint swatches at Home Depot or Lowe's. They are free and often contain many colors of the same family. It makes it so easy to visualize what goes with what and see different tints. Then all I have to do is find the color value I want and go from there. I tend to go with bright vibrant colors and my Lovely Lady goes for more traditional combinations. We compliment each other quite well. I'm way left of center and Linda is much more balanced and she enjoys my sick and twisted sense of humor.
We only have two addictions quilting and food, and we don't keep track of expenses.
One thing I do for color combos is to pick up paint swatches at Home Depot or Lowe's. They are free and often contain many colors of the same family. It makes it so easy to visualize what goes with what and see different tints. Then all I have to do is find the color value I want and go from there. I tend to go with bright vibrant colors and my Lovely Lady goes for more traditional combinations. We compliment each other quite well. I'm way left of center and Linda is much more balanced and she enjoys my sick and twisted sense of humor.
We only have two addictions quilting and food, and we don't keep track of expenses.
04-03-2009, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Marcia
This is a very dangerous idea--if my husband EVER found out how much I really spend on quilting----well, let's just say, he is better off kept in the dark, for now. :lol:
04-03-2009, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by motomom
Originally Posted by Marcia
This is a very dangerous idea--if my husband EVER found out how much I really spend on quilting----well, let's just say, he is better off kept in the dark, for now. :lol:
Fortunately, I can counter the "how many sewing machine does one woman need?" with "how many saws does one man need?" lol
04-04-2009, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by jdavis
I haven't been quilting that long, but I found that I needed a better idea of how much money I had in a project. I made my own "expense report form" with lines for everything from the pattern or book, right down to the notions. I keep receipts in an envelope stapled to the back of the form, and keep all the forms in a folder. I may never get to the point of having a quilt appraised, but if/when that happens, my records should help.
Why? I don't know, except I wanted to see how much went into projects. All my fabrics have a piece of masking tape on selvedge with info, that will take me to page in one of those two books, to record what project fabric went into....and how much, in case of leftovers. Compulsive, but I have gotten better. It's also a great blackmail tool, lol, but hubby goes in cave once in a while, and he knows I have fabric and tools, up to ceiling, wall to wall, so, ain't fooling nobody :wink:
04-04-2009, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Cookn
Quiltncrazy,
One thing I do for color combos is to pick up paint swatches at Home Depot or Lowe's. They are free and often contain many colors of the same family. It makes it so easy to visualize what goes with what and see different tints. Then all I have to do is find the color value I want and go from there. I tend to go with bright vibrant colors and my Lovely Lady goes for more traditional combinations. We compliment each other quite well. I'm way left of center and Linda is much more balanced and she enjoys my sick and twisted sense of humor.
We only have two addictions quilting and food, and we don't keep track of expenses.
One thing I do for color combos is to pick up paint swatches at Home Depot or Lowe's. They are free and often contain many colors of the same family. It makes it so easy to visualize what goes with what and see different tints. Then all I have to do is find the color value I want and go from there. I tend to go with bright vibrant colors and my Lovely Lady goes for more traditional combinations. We compliment each other quite well. I'm way left of center and Linda is much more balanced and she enjoys my sick and twisted sense of humor.
We only have two addictions quilting and food, and we don't keep track of expenses.
When she saw fuschia paint card, "no, it's a little darker than that",...ends up, 1 - about the same color she picked for her daughter's quilt, and 2 - I got a what I call a tonal (?), differernt shades in that realm, so there's bound to be the right shade in there.
I love this color also, so will end up making 3 quilts, eventually, with different themes, but not all that far apart.
Linda sounds like a good fit for you. Opposites and all that. Glad you guys agree, on monetary stuff. Makes for a much happier relationship, when you don't have all that in the way. Don't think we ever type-talked before, nice meeting you Cookn. You seem, LOL, like an interesting person, to me. :lol: :lol: :lol:
04-04-2009, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
Originally Posted by motomom
Originally Posted by Marcia
This is a very dangerous idea--if my husband EVER found out how much I really spend on quilting----well, let's just say, he is better off kept in the dark, for now. :lol:
Fortunately, I can counter the "how many sewing machine does one woman need?" with "how many saws does one man need?" lol
04-04-2009, 11:58 AM
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For my birthday a couple yrs. ago, my sister (who is a scrapbooker) gave me a scrap book. She had decorated the front beautifully and gave me paper and embellishments to do my quilt scrapbook. I had a wonderful time taking pictures of all my quilts in different settings, then choosing which I wanted to use. I also took pictures of just special parts of the quilt, such as a flower or a special block and cropped or enlarged them, then cut them out for embellishing. Of course, there was also a place to journal about the quilt on each page. I love looking at it and just keep adding as my quilts get done. I'm not a scrap booker and haven't done one since, but had a ball doing this one.
04-04-2009, 12:04 PM
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Here's the one I have been looking at getting ....
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.alwaysquilting.com.au/ThreadsOnline/images/Journal.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.alwaysquilting.com.au/Thr...I-Ez2Y7HfWfimM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=136&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dquilt%2Bjournal%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.alwaysquilting.com.au/ThreadsOnline/images/Journal.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.alwaysquilting.com.au/Thr...I-Ez2Y7HfWfimM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=136&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dquilt%2Bjournal%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den
04-04-2009, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronda
For my birthday a couple yrs. ago, my sister (who is a scrapbooker) gave me a scrap book. She had decorated the front beautifully and gave me paper and embellishments to do my quilt scrapbook. I had a wonderful time taking pictures of all my quilts in different settings, then choosing which I wanted to use. I also took pictures of just special parts of the quilt, such as a flower or a special block and cropped or enlarged them, then cut them out for embellishing. Of course, there was also a place to journal about the quilt on each page. I love looking at it and just keep adding as my quilts get done. I'm not a scrap booker and haven't done one since, but had a ball doing this one.
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