I am a one quilt at a time gal.

No, I have enough trouble making sure I have my pieces in order for one project. I don't do multi-tasking anymore as I can make enough mistakes with one project without adding another task. If you can do it, and are in a cutting mode, then more power to you as it sure would save time later on; but I know my limits and have finally come to terms with what I can handle efficiently.

Yes I do sometimes. I like being able to go from one project to another then I don't have to flounder around trying to make up my mind what to make next.. LOL

Last year I thought I would love to have my own quilt kits. So I cut up several and put in baggies with the intended pattern. Now I don't want to mess with them for one reason or another....so I intend to give them away(to random people on this board) and hope whoever gets one will enjoy the project!

I'm good to do one at a time. Actually depends on my mood.

Usually cut as I go

I usually just cut fabric for one pattern at a time, with the exception of some wall quilts. I have several Christmas wall hangings in progress, at different stages, but I've learned through experience to put all the pieces, fabrics and patterns in one large zip lock bag; otherwise I'll lose either the fabrics or the pattern - guess how I know?? LOL

Since I often start sewing late at night, cutting can be difficult because of the dark and my old tired eyes. I often will cut out a couple projects on a bright sunny weekend afternoon. I use pizza boxes (new ones!) to store finished blocks (up to 12 x 12) and the cut pieces. They stack easily, the cardboard breathes better than plastic and they are easy to write on the end so I know which one to pull of the shelf. Sometimes when I get home at 10:30 at night, I feel like working on something new instead of continuing on a work in progress. With the holidays approaching, I usually have stockings with applique pieces, wall hangings and tree skirts already cut out and waiting.

I piece from 100-150 tops annually for the Project Linus quilts my guild puts together. I live in a small fishing shack and quilt in the little living room. My elevated cutting table is on the screened in porch and cutting needs to occur in spring or fall to avoid extreme weather. So, yes, I cut out huge amounts of fabrics for my pieced tops. Most are scrappy but I use about a half dozen "go-to" patterns for them so cutting lots works for me.

I only work on one quilt at a time. While I'm working on a quilt, I'm usually planning and buying fabric for my next quilt.

Unfortunately I cut out more than one pattern. Summer is so busy so I guess when school starts I'm ready to sew. I may get too many projects lined up when I already have some UFO's to do. But it's all fun especially when the project comes together.

When I cut and how much I cut in advance depends on the project. If it's a sampler quilt, with all different blocks, I cut one block at a time. If I need to make multiple copies of the same block, I cut all those blocks at once and then sew them. However, if I have the same block in different color settings, I usually cut only one color setting at a time. All of that is how I cut when piecing by hand. It keeps me from getting confused and messing up my blocks. When it comes to machine quilting, that's usually done with strip sets (at least, at the level I'm machine quilting now) and then I cut all of my strips in one go.

Heck no! I can barely cut one pattern right at once!

I cut up just one quilt & then put it all together then between big quilts I'll do a small project to give me a little relief, like now I am waiting on some fabric I ordered to little of so while waiting I'm making a couple of fabric Christmas books for my 2 youngest DGk's. We leave for vacation Sunday so I'm sure hoping the fabric comes in tomorrow so I can at least cut it up & have it ready to sew when we get home from vacation.

I don't cut more than one pattern at a time, because I know me, I would get them mixed up! I also don't have that much room in my sewing room.