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I do that too---I will do a whole layout on my bed and take a picture of the overall layout AND each row---really cuts down on the ripping!
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I've used my camera several times for looking at my projects. I've also used it to document progress. After I'm finished I can delete any picture that I don't want.
I bought a small camera that I can carry in my purse. Not only can I show my quilts on it, but can take pictures of ones I like. |
Originally Posted by JanTx
I know that we use our cameras to show off our work, but a note in another thread just solved a huge problem for me.
jaciqltznok wrote a suggestion about putting a HST quilt together, but the thing I'm holding on to is ... take a picture of it laid out, then sew. THE PROBLEM is I'm working on a quilt for my husband - I have it laid out on a spare bed and keep it covered with some backing material. I take a few blocks at a time back to the sewing machine (have to go through the living room where he's sitting to get there) and then sew those few together. BUT I sewed 8 of them together WRONG. I can't remember how they go once I get to the sewing machine. Even though I picked them up very carefully - one set was right and the next set I've had to totally rip out. Now I'll take my camera back there with me, snap a shot, pick up those blocks, go and sew! So ... what else do you use your camera for? This little hint just saved me on this particular quilt! (AND I should have thought of it myself!) |
I pin EVERYTHING. It takes time, but ripping out is not a favorite pasttime for me. I lay it all out, pin every other block together, sew, go back, lay out again to check for correct, pin 1st set to next set, sew, go back, lay out to check for correct, etc. So essentially, I go from 64 blocks to 32 blocks, to 16 blocks to 8 blocks to 4, 2 and one quilt top as an example. The only way I can get through it without the frustration. My stitching seems to be a lot more consistent too.
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Who ever thought a camera would be our third hand? I use mine all the time for things I never would have thought of years ago. Also, I bought a mini disk for my cell phone camera so I can take photos of ideas I see and put them in the computer. Many times I have photographed ideas and made notes in a little book I keep in my purse for future projects.
If you want to make prints keep you eyes on Walgreen's and when they have a sale of 75 prints for $10 upload your photos then you can place the photo right near your cutting table or machine while you work. It's much more cost effective to use their ink and paper than printing your own. And you can have them in an hour! |
I would be lost without my camera in my quilting. It is definitely a tool I rely on. On days like today, when the fibro fog is thick, I can look and look at something to comprehend it, but as soon as the text or item is not in front of me, it's gone from my mind too. That camera comes in handy in times like these. lol
I mainly rely on it to check block placement as it really does a great job, as so many have already said, of showing where something is out of place or turned wrong. The other thing it does a fantastic job of is with any of the color flow type quilts, 4PP, Kaleidascope, S&W, etc., in a photo, it really does stand out when a block is out of place in the flow of things. I think it's so interesting that we can look at our actual quilt, no matter how near or far we stand from it, and not be able to see it like we can see it in a photo. |
I started doing this recently when i've been laying out and trying to figure out what looks best. It really helps to compare differnt layouts. Once you pick the layout it helps to remind you of that layout. Keeps you from making those time costing mistakes.
Also helps keep my blood pressure down. wildyard I agree about look at a picture as compared to the real thing. I can stand and stare at a layout and it won't look good or right or whatever. I look at it in a picture and it seems to work or shows me why it doesn't. |
thanks for the ideas-my camera gathers dust and now I can use it to figures out why I sewed a row upside down!
I learn so much from this board-thanks to all- |
Originally Posted by CoriAmD
I take a picture of the quilt laid out on my design wall before I sew it together. Quite often the camera shows something that just does not go together better than I can see with my eye
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Originally Posted by quiltmau
thanks for the ideas-my camera gathers dust and now I can use it to figures out why I sewed a row upside down!
I learn so much from this board-thanks to all- |
I have my camera right there but didn't think of using it before my quilt or project was done. Good to have the info to use my camera more as I'm designing & sewing.
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I took pics of possible layouts for a Baltimore Album quilt. It helped to see the balance of color and density of the applique blocks.
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I take my camera when I go fabric shopping. When I am picking several fabrics for a quilt project, I view them through the camera to get better view of how they look together. It just helps me select colors/patterns and make any selection changes, if needed.
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I use the little dots in different colors to mark each row' that way all reds go in 1 row etc. With hst I have to pin the side that's sewn otherwise they go together wrong. I don't have a camers so have to be inventive.
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Thanks for all the wonderful camera and binocular tips. I just hope I can remember to put them into practice.
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I frequently use my camera (with flash off) to take a picture of a quilt or project that I see online and want to remember.
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I never thought to use a camera for anything but taking pics to keep a record or post. Great ideas here. I love this board.
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As well as photographing alternative layouts of blocks to help in a final decision, I also take a few photos of the finished top when I am sending it away to be quilted. I am a pessimist with the postal system, although they haven't lost a quilt yet, and I figure it would be easier to show a photo of a missing item rather than describing it. (There have also been a few posts here about missing quilts and the comment is often "unfortunately I don't have a photo")
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I always have the seam going on the right side so I don't get confused.
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Never thought of using a camera. Would have to have husband show me how--(camera challenged) I scan the picture and post it in front of the sewing machine. That way I have reference
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I lay out my quilt on a bed which is in my sewing room and then pin each row together sew that row and then do the next. works for me. I hadn't thought of using a camera
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Love this idea.. why didn't I think of that... would have saved a lot of ripping on a storm at sea quilt I put together wrong.. as I may start with a pattern but always change it ... working on a baby quilt now with a panel in center and 4 corners.. but changed pattern to add other blocks and inner borders.. and since I only get to quilt on weekends.. Sometimes I forget where I was going with something...
Originally Posted by Quilter7x
Absolutely! I can be distracted easily, so I always take a picture of what I'm doing or follow the picture on the pattern. Here's an example.
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