Record keeping for what you make.
04-09-2019, 02:08 PM
#22
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Va.
Posts: 5,753
Here is a link to a form that the Lost Quilt Come Home website suggests. http://lostquilt.com/qd.pdf
It is very thorough documentation, including places for photos and fabric samples.
They say to feel free to make copies of it and distribute it freely.
I have just started documenting my quilts because I wanted a way to track show quilts and then decided I'd also like to track the quilts that I make to give to family and friends as well. I did a streamlined version of the Quiltmaker's documentation. Just the information that I couldn't get by looking at the quilt (like batting used, current location of quilt, appraised yes or no, etc.). I did one page for each quilt that is still in my possession. Quilts that have been gifted did not get a page as I don't have enough info on the ones that I remembered to do much more than list them and who they were given to.
Rob
It is very thorough documentation, including places for photos and fabric samples.
They say to feel free to make copies of it and distribute it freely.
I have just started documenting my quilts because I wanted a way to track show quilts and then decided I'd also like to track the quilts that I make to give to family and friends as well. I did a streamlined version of the Quiltmaker's documentation. Just the information that I couldn't get by looking at the quilt (like batting used, current location of quilt, appraised yes or no, etc.). I did one page for each quilt that is still in my possession. Quilts that have been gifted did not get a page as I don't have enough info on the ones that I remembered to do much more than list them and who they were given to.
Rob
04-09-2019, 03:44 PM
#23
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: western NY formerly MN, FL, NC, SC
Posts: 51,430
Here is a link to a form that the Lost Quilt Come Home website suggests. http://lostquilt.com/qd.pdf ...
04-09-2019, 05:23 PM
#24
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Dallas area, Texas, USA
Posts: 3,042
I almost always take pictures of the front and back and maybe a close-up of the quilting, but that's as far as I get with documenting what I've done. When I save the picture I give it a name that is descriptive, usually the pattern name. I make sure the time/date on the phone/camera is correct so that when I look at the picture properties I can figure out when the quilt was made. I'm not prolific enough to have trouble remembering what I did with them - LOL!
04-09-2019, 06:24 PM
#26
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: East TN
Posts: 2,727
I like this idea. I have kinda been using the QB as my info repository, but think I may have to do something local. This would keep it in my computer and I could back up to the cloud also.
04-09-2019, 06:43 PM
#27
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: SoCal
Posts: 1,859
Here is a link to a form that the Lost Quilt Come Home website suggests. http://lostquilt.com/qd.pdf
It is very thorough documentation, including places for photos and fabric samples.
They say to feel free to make copies of it and distribute it freely.
I have just started documenting my quilts because I wanted a way to track show quilts and then decided I'd also like to track the quilts that I make to give to family and friends as well. I did a streamlined version of the Quiltmaker's documentation. Just the information that I couldn't get by looking at the quilt (like batting used, current location of quilt, appraised yes or no, etc.). I did one page for each quilt that is still in my possession. Quilts that have been gifted did not get a page as I don't have enough info on the ones that I remembered to do much more than list them and who they were given to.
Rob
It is very thorough documentation, including places for photos and fabric samples.
They say to feel free to make copies of it and distribute it freely.
I have just started documenting my quilts because I wanted a way to track show quilts and then decided I'd also like to track the quilts that I make to give to family and friends as well. I did a streamlined version of the Quiltmaker's documentation. Just the information that I couldn't get by looking at the quilt (like batting used, current location of quilt, appraised yes or no, etc.). I did one page for each quilt that is still in my possession. Quilts that have been gifted did not get a page as I don't have enough info on the ones that I remembered to do much more than list them and who they were given to.
Rob
04-11-2019, 12:38 PM
#29
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Southwest Idaho
Posts: 5,999
Some really good ideas shared. I have a notebook, each page is a quilt, including picture, pattern name, date completed, and who I gifted it to. But, I do keep a journal my SIL made me to keep track of specific things, such as specific stitch measurements for different things...such applique stitches etc. or product names etc. Anytime a I find a technique shared, I write it down or print out the page and stick it in book to try. My SIL helped me journal quilting basics when I first started quilting like binding technique or squaring up a quilt...stuff like that. I needed that at first but now it's ingrained. Lol..
04-19-2019, 05:42 AM
#30
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Montreal Canada
Posts: 1,120
I too keep an electronic diary. I’ve created a folder called Quilting Journal in the Notes app on my iPad. Whenever I start a new project I create a new note. It’s easy to insert photos and when I’m finished the quilt I place a photo of it near the top of the file. Then when I go to my folder I see a listing of all my quilts with a photo. UFOs and WIPs are easily identified because there isn’t a photo yet and I document what is still left to do.
I wanted a simple process so that I would use it consistently.
This is what it looks like:
I wanted a simple process so that I would use it consistently.
This is what it looks like:
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