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Like many others, I have a quilting/sewing notebook. I clip articles or tips from magazines, or print outs from the computer and put them in clear sleeves in a looseleaf notebook. Once I try them, either keep or discard, so that the info is tried-and-true. I like the paper version (I'm old!!) rather than the computer storage, because it is right at my fingertips when I need it. My notebook has become a treasured volume of what works for me!

There is a class on Craftsy called "Cut To It: Strategies for Smarter Quilting". I haven't taken it, but sounded like it gave shortcuts for different quilting objects. It's on sale now for a couple more days for 50% off and has a 5 out of 5 star rating. I've taken several Craftsy classes and really like them.

Donna Poster has written a great book on rotary cutting. She used to appear on Alex Anderson's Simply Quilts.

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Originally Posted by bearisgray (Post 7088487)

For my personal use, I like to have things on paper.

I think one could get a three ring binder with the clear pockt pages to put ideas in.

Maybe divide it into sections: designs - cutting - triangle trick - color - whatever one has a special interest in

Keep the things that worked especially well - weed out the ones that were tried but did not work so well.

I am thinking of something like one's favorite recipes file or notebook.

I am sure there are books and videos with helpful hints. But sval used the word "all" - don' t think that one will ever happen. Something new is always being discovered and old ways are being revisited.

For me, a whole section on how to make flying geese would be useful.

There are some things I look up over and over - it would be smart of me to copy those pages - mark them with my personal notes - and keep them in one place.

This is what have done. I've created my own "how-to" book on methods. It's a 3-ring binder with dividers. Just yesterday I looked up "binding" in it. I've bound many quilts but it helps to have those pictures and hints ready, just in case.

But, of course, I realize the suggestion to make your own doesn't help you at the moment. A good all purpose short cuts book is a great idea and I can't believe there aren't some out there.

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Originally Posted by PaperPrincess (Post 7088525)

Judy Martin's Ultimate Rotary Cutting Reference is a good book to have, but it doesn't show the construction shortcuts. It does have scores of charts giving instructions on strip cutting various shapes. You can get a used copy for just the cost of postage on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...qid=1423835069

Just ordered a copy. Thanks for the link! The book sounds really good.

I keep a large section in my document files that is labeled Quilting and Sewing. In that section is a folder labeled How To. In this folder I keep all the directions for shortcuts and easier ways to do things. When I decide what I am going to make, I first write down what I have to cut on a piece of note paper. For example: 32 HST fabrics 1 and 3; 14 HST fabric 2 and BG, etc. Then seeing I will need a lot of HSTs, I go to how to, and find the file for making 8 at a time, because 4x8 is 32, and 8x2 is 16. I will have 2 extra for my scrap HSTs.
If there are other special cuts I need, I also look that up at the same time. I print those sheets for reference and then start my cutting. I add a P to the title of the file so I know I have printed it. If the file already has a P, then I can go to my desk and pull that paper from the printed files rather than print it again.

Bonnie Hunters books have excellent instructions. If something can be strip pieced and then cut to units she says.

I don't know if this is what you are looking for but I have two soft cover books (approx. 5" x 7") called Quick Tricks Squared and More Quick Tricks by Billie Lauder. They are published by Easymade Publications ([email protected] or www.easymade.com. Between those two books and the one mentioned previously by Harriet Hargrave, Alex Anderson etc., they are my GO TO resources.

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Originally Posted by EmiliasNana (Post 7090978)

I have these too, and they have all the tricks with easy to do instructions. They are as good any out there, and better than some others.

As experiment, I went to http://quilting.about.com and entered "short-cut piecing methods" into the search box; got a list of various ways to make flying geese, various triangle squares and others from About Quilting (Janet Wickell) (also some irrelevant stuff). I like Rodales' "Rotary Cutting & Speed Piecing" and "Perfect Piecing" but don't know if these are still available. It's a good project for a would-be author...