What are we organizing today (2017)?
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Rob: I'm glad you are planning only a 'temporary' home for those WIPs. . When I get super frustrated with the messes covering surfaces in my sewing area, I just push everything into a tub or a box. Unfortunately, I haven't been good about going back and sorting them out. . Someday.........
Connie
Connie
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Connie- yes, keeeping it temporary and not turning into yet another UFO storage system will be the key. I always have more than one (non-UFO) project going at a time, but recently I’ve found myself flitting from one to the other without really making serious progress on any of them- and I think it’s because I keep getting distracted by the chaos LOL
Rob
Rob
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I'm almost done sorting triangles., think I an finish it tonight while watching my Sunday night shows. I've been sewing some cut off pairs from someone else's project as leaders and enders. Have over 100 squares from the reds and creams and now on a pretty white and pastel pairing going through the machine. I'm trimming them to the correct size as I work so they will be ready for any project!
Keep up the good work everyone.
Keep up the good work everyone.
#357
I finished the top and sandwich on a quilt and taking to quilter tomorrow....also, finished some mini blocks...so, before I do the binding on quilt I'm picking up tomorrow, I cleaned and vacuumed sewing room, organized my stabilizer/interface inventory (I have a bunch), sorted patterns that were stacked up and put them away in binders, and refilled my spray starch bottle. All scraps organized and cut-up, too. Did a quick inventory on my foundation stash and made a short list...need black, white, and red.
#359
I function better when organized! Lol! Always feels great. My friend quilts and her workspace is a nightmare. I always organize for her while she sits and watches. Ha! I love organizing and would hire myself out if I had the time. But, alas, I'd rather sew.
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I'm of the bad dream category...a step better than nightmare. Underneath it all there is organization, but the day to day stuff just gets outta control...some days too many irons in the fire!
Between some necessary bookwork for our business I have been working on finding homes for the myraid boxes of triangles. I have several of those Sterlite plastic drawers...I emptied out four of them in this sorting process. I've used plastic containers as sorters in these, but they take up more space than I gain. The most useful ones are too tall for the drawer. I decided to make a fabric box to size. Taking a cue from Nancy Zieman's recycling show. I decided to make one similar to this technique using fabric and lining and some stiff interfacing...don't know for sure what it was. I sewed RST and turned the pieces rather than pinking the edge. Then sewed the edges lining sides together on all four corners. The box fits perfectly and have used 1/2 yard of stash fabric. Ready to make more and experimenting with interfacing to see what works best. The size I made I can get two fronts from a half yard of fabric and of course the same with lining fabric.
My finished box is 5 x 5 x 10 inches. I cut:
1 piece each fabric and lining 15 1/2" x 10 1/2"
1 piece each fabric and lining 5 1/2" by 20 1/2"
1 15 x 10 stiff interfacing..I think it's Peltex
1 5 x 20 stiff interfacing.
The next one I'm going to use Decor bond on both fabric and interfacing.
http://www.nancyzieman.com/blog/sewi...wing-projects/
See where the gaps are in the box...I put lining sides together and top stitched the edges together to close the box.
Between some necessary bookwork for our business I have been working on finding homes for the myraid boxes of triangles. I have several of those Sterlite plastic drawers...I emptied out four of them in this sorting process. I've used plastic containers as sorters in these, but they take up more space than I gain. The most useful ones are too tall for the drawer. I decided to make a fabric box to size. Taking a cue from Nancy Zieman's recycling show. I decided to make one similar to this technique using fabric and lining and some stiff interfacing...don't know for sure what it was. I sewed RST and turned the pieces rather than pinking the edge. Then sewed the edges lining sides together on all four corners. The box fits perfectly and have used 1/2 yard of stash fabric. Ready to make more and experimenting with interfacing to see what works best. The size I made I can get two fronts from a half yard of fabric and of course the same with lining fabric.
My finished box is 5 x 5 x 10 inches. I cut:
1 piece each fabric and lining 15 1/2" x 10 1/2"
1 piece each fabric and lining 5 1/2" by 20 1/2"
1 15 x 10 stiff interfacing..I think it's Peltex
1 5 x 20 stiff interfacing.
The next one I'm going to use Decor bond on both fabric and interfacing.
http://www.nancyzieman.com/blog/sewi...wing-projects/
See where the gaps are in the box...I put lining sides together and top stitched the edges together to close the box.
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