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10-02-2024, 02:25 PM
#11
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I thought about Ziploc bags, but I'm thinking that they would be sliding all over the place, unless I put them in a basket or something.
I'm really liking the idea of putting them on paper plates, I have some thick paper plates and then stacking them for each row of blocks.
I'm really liking the idea of putting them on paper plates, I have some thick paper plates and then stacking them for each row of blocks.
10-02-2024, 02:52 PM
#12
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But wait!! Why do you want to cut everything first? Especially if some blocks have the same fabric in different places? I would be working on a specific group of blocks and cut for them only. For me, it doesn't get as boring, I don't get as confused and if I screw up the cutting, I (hopefully) will have enough fabric to recut. (ask me how I figured that one out!!!)
I can understand cutting for say, 5 blocks, making them, then going on to the next 5, but cutting everything first would have that puppy in the UFO box before it was half done in my sewing room!
I can understand cutting for say, 5 blocks, making them, then going on to the next 5, but cutting everything first would have that puppy in the UFO box before it was half done in my sewing room!
10-02-2024, 05:25 PM
#14
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I was looking for something that I could put all of the cut pieces of one block in while I was cutting them and then taking that to my machine and go from one block to another. Putting each block's fabric on one plate will work well.
For my blocks, I need:
2 different size cuts of one fabric
2 different size cuts of another fabric (different cut sizes from how the first fabric is cut)
3 different size cuts of a third fabric (different cut sizes from how the first two fabrics are cut)
I am using yardage and pre-cuts.
None of the blocks contain all of the same fabric to make them identical - all of the fabrics are mixed and mashed to make each block different, although it is the same block pattern --- none of the blocks repeat themselves in fabric design/color
I have always cut all of my fabric for the quilt pattern before starting to sew, but usually my blocks are repeated with the same fabric in the same cuts, so I have, before, just made the cuts and stacked those fabric pieces up for all of my blocks and stuck a tape label on the table in front of them as in piece 1, 2, 3, in the order they get sewn into the block and then basically chain sew the blocks doing all of the fabric piece in that pile, then move onto the next, so when I get to the end of my fabric pieces all of the blocks are completed with the last pile of fabric pieces.
This time, I have to match up fabric (see above) in different cut sizes and none of the blocks are the same fabrics. Since the sizes are different I don't want to get the pieces mixed up, while also wanting to keep the like fabric together as (see above) I need different size cuts of the same fabric.
Sounds complicated, but not really. I just don't want to have a cazilllion piles, as I have to mix the fabric up as I cut it so that I don't get the same fabric repeated in another block. This way, by keeping it all of the fabric together on a 'plate' I don't have to worry about measuring or anything, or if I'm going to get a repeat. I can just pick up the pieces from that plate in the order I put them as I cut them and then sew them together. Once I start sewing, there is no overthinking, no fuss, no lost pieces, no mixed up pieces, etc.
One of the reasons I always cut out all of my fabric before I start sewing is I don't want any surprises of coming up short on a fabric I need. Definitely don't want an 'oh no' moment that ends up messing up the entire quilt. I generally use fabric from the same line. Fabric that is hard to find to get more of, if it has been a while since I first purchased it.
Another reason I always cut out all of my fabric first, is that I like to finish one process of making the quilt before starting the next part. I don't like having to go back and repeat a process over again for another part of making a quilt because then if feels like I am starting all over again. To me, that's boring.
Once one process is done I move to the next. I may be weird in that way, but it works for me and it helps keep my quilting room tidy. I clean up what I've used from one process before moving on to the next and don't have to have a lot of the notions/etc. or whatever still laying about, because they are not needed again for the duration of making the current quilt I am working on. Then once the binding is on, my quilting room is tidy and ready for the next project, without having to do a major clean up.
My process is:
Pattern or idea in my head
Fabric
Cut the Fabric
Make the blocks
Put together the rows across
Put together the rows down
Borders
Sandwich
Quilting
Binding
For my blocks, I need:
2 different size cuts of one fabric
2 different size cuts of another fabric (different cut sizes from how the first fabric is cut)
3 different size cuts of a third fabric (different cut sizes from how the first two fabrics are cut)
I am using yardage and pre-cuts.
None of the blocks contain all of the same fabric to make them identical - all of the fabrics are mixed and mashed to make each block different, although it is the same block pattern --- none of the blocks repeat themselves in fabric design/color
I have always cut all of my fabric for the quilt pattern before starting to sew, but usually my blocks are repeated with the same fabric in the same cuts, so I have, before, just made the cuts and stacked those fabric pieces up for all of my blocks and stuck a tape label on the table in front of them as in piece 1, 2, 3, in the order they get sewn into the block and then basically chain sew the blocks doing all of the fabric piece in that pile, then move onto the next, so when I get to the end of my fabric pieces all of the blocks are completed with the last pile of fabric pieces.
This time, I have to match up fabric (see above) in different cut sizes and none of the blocks are the same fabrics. Since the sizes are different I don't want to get the pieces mixed up, while also wanting to keep the like fabric together as (see above) I need different size cuts of the same fabric.
Sounds complicated, but not really. I just don't want to have a cazilllion piles, as I have to mix the fabric up as I cut it so that I don't get the same fabric repeated in another block. This way, by keeping it all of the fabric together on a 'plate' I don't have to worry about measuring or anything, or if I'm going to get a repeat. I can just pick up the pieces from that plate in the order I put them as I cut them and then sew them together. Once I start sewing, there is no overthinking, no fuss, no lost pieces, no mixed up pieces, etc.
One of the reasons I always cut out all of my fabric before I start sewing is I don't want any surprises of coming up short on a fabric I need. Definitely don't want an 'oh no' moment that ends up messing up the entire quilt. I generally use fabric from the same line. Fabric that is hard to find to get more of, if it has been a while since I first purchased it.
Another reason I always cut out all of my fabric first, is that I like to finish one process of making the quilt before starting the next part. I don't like having to go back and repeat a process over again for another part of making a quilt because then if feels like I am starting all over again. To me, that's boring.
Once one process is done I move to the next. I may be weird in that way, but it works for me and it helps keep my quilting room tidy. I clean up what I've used from one process before moving on to the next and don't have to have a lot of the notions/etc. or whatever still laying about, because they are not needed again for the duration of making the current quilt I am working on. Then once the binding is on, my quilting room is tidy and ready for the next project, without having to do a major clean up.
My process is:
Pattern or idea in my head
Fabric
Cut the Fabric
Make the blocks
Put together the rows across
Put together the rows down
Borders
Sandwich
Quilting
Binding
Last edited by quiltingcotton; 10-02-2024 at 05:34 PM.
10-03-2024, 01:20 AM
#16
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 3,863
I was looking for something that I could put all of the cut pieces of one block in while I was cutting them and then taking that to my machine and go from one block to another. Putting each block's fabric on one plate will work well.
For my blocks, I need:
2 different size cuts of one fabric
2 different size cuts of another fabric (different cut sizes from how the first fabric is cut)
3 different size cuts of a third fabric (different cut sizes from how the first two fabrics are cut)
I am using yardage and pre-cuts.
None of the blocks contain all of the same fabric to make them identical - all of the fabrics are mixed and mashed to make each block different, although it is the same block pattern --- none of the blocks repeat themselves in fabric design/color
I have always cut all of my fabric for the quilt pattern before starting to sew, but usually my blocks are repeated with the same fabric in the same cuts, so I have, before, just made the cuts and stacked those fabric pieces up for all of my blocks and stuck a tape label on the table in front of them as in piece 1, 2, 3, in the order they get sewn into the block and then basically chain sew the blocks doing all of the fabric piece in that pile, then move onto the next, so when I get to the end of my fabric pieces all of the blocks are completed with the last pile of fabric pieces.
This time, I have to match up fabric (see above) in different cut sizes and none of the blocks are the same fabrics. Since the sizes are different I don't want to get the pieces mixed up, while also wanting to keep the like fabric together as (see above) I need different size cuts of the same fabric.
Sounds complicated, but not really. I just don't want to have a cazilllion piles, as I have to mix the fabric up as I cut it so that I don't get the same fabric repeated in another block. This way, by keeping it all of the fabric together on a 'plate' I don't have to worry about measuring or anything, or if I'm going to get a repeat. I can just pick up the pieces from that plate in the order I put them as I cut them and then sew them together. Once I start sewing, there is no overthinking, no fuss, no lost pieces, no mixed up pieces, etc.
One of the reasons I always cut out all of my fabric before I start sewing is I don't want any surprises of coming up short on a fabric I need. Definitely don't want an 'oh no' moment that ends up messing up the entire quilt. I generally use fabric from the same line. Fabric that is hard to find to get more of, if it has been a while since I first purchased it.
Another reason I always cut out all of my fabric first, is that I like to finish one process of making the quilt before starting the next part. I don't like having to go back and repeat a process over again for another part of making a quilt because then if feels like I am starting all over again. To me, that's boring.
Once one process is done I move to the next. I may be weird in that way, but it works for me and it helps keep my quilting room tidy. I clean up what I've used from one process before moving on to the next and don't have to have a lot of the notions/etc. or whatever still laying about, because they are not needed again for the duration of making the current quilt I am working on. Then once the binding is on, my quilting room is tidy and ready for the next project, without having to do a major clean up.
My process is:
Pattern or idea in my head
Fabric
Cut the Fabric
Make the blocks
Put together the rows across
Put together the rows down
Borders
Sandwich
Quilting
Binding
For my blocks, I need:
2 different size cuts of one fabric
2 different size cuts of another fabric (different cut sizes from how the first fabric is cut)
3 different size cuts of a third fabric (different cut sizes from how the first two fabrics are cut)
I am using yardage and pre-cuts.
None of the blocks contain all of the same fabric to make them identical - all of the fabrics are mixed and mashed to make each block different, although it is the same block pattern --- none of the blocks repeat themselves in fabric design/color
I have always cut all of my fabric for the quilt pattern before starting to sew, but usually my blocks are repeated with the same fabric in the same cuts, so I have, before, just made the cuts and stacked those fabric pieces up for all of my blocks and stuck a tape label on the table in front of them as in piece 1, 2, 3, in the order they get sewn into the block and then basically chain sew the blocks doing all of the fabric piece in that pile, then move onto the next, so when I get to the end of my fabric pieces all of the blocks are completed with the last pile of fabric pieces.
This time, I have to match up fabric (see above) in different cut sizes and none of the blocks are the same fabrics. Since the sizes are different I don't want to get the pieces mixed up, while also wanting to keep the like fabric together as (see above) I need different size cuts of the same fabric.
Sounds complicated, but not really. I just don't want to have a cazilllion piles, as I have to mix the fabric up as I cut it so that I don't get the same fabric repeated in another block. This way, by keeping it all of the fabric together on a 'plate' I don't have to worry about measuring or anything, or if I'm going to get a repeat. I can just pick up the pieces from that plate in the order I put them as I cut them and then sew them together. Once I start sewing, there is no overthinking, no fuss, no lost pieces, no mixed up pieces, etc.
One of the reasons I always cut out all of my fabric before I start sewing is I don't want any surprises of coming up short on a fabric I need. Definitely don't want an 'oh no' moment that ends up messing up the entire quilt. I generally use fabric from the same line. Fabric that is hard to find to get more of, if it has been a while since I first purchased it.
Another reason I always cut out all of my fabric first, is that I like to finish one process of making the quilt before starting the next part. I don't like having to go back and repeat a process over again for another part of making a quilt because then if feels like I am starting all over again. To me, that's boring.
Once one process is done I move to the next. I may be weird in that way, but it works for me and it helps keep my quilting room tidy. I clean up what I've used from one process before moving on to the next and don't have to have a lot of the notions/etc. or whatever still laying about, because they are not needed again for the duration of making the current quilt I am working on. Then once the binding is on, my quilting room is tidy and ready for the next project, without having to do a major clean up.
My process is:
Pattern or idea in my head
Fabric
Cut the Fabric
Make the blocks
Put together the rows across
Put together the rows down
Borders
Sandwich
Quilting
Binding
I have the exact process as you listed when making a quilt from start to finish.
10-03-2024, 02:49 AM
#17
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Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
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For years, I keep organized by using lap trays available at Walmart. They stack well and have a large lip. When I use ziplocks for pieces, I separate with the trays, usually by color, to make finding needed baggie easier. I have a magazine rack/table that is perfect for holding the trays, 4 on each side.
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10-03-2024, 06:04 AM
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Location: Houston, TX
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But wait!! Why do you want to cut everything first? Especially if some blocks have the same fabric in different places? I would be working on a specific group of blocks and cut for them only. For me, it doesn't get as boring, I don't get as confused and if I screw up the cutting, I (hopefully) will have enough fabric to recut. (ask me how I figured that one out!!!)
I can understand cutting for say, 5 blocks, making them, then going on to the next 5, but cutting everything first would have that puppy in the UFO box before it was half done in my sewing room!
I can understand cutting for say, 5 blocks, making them, then going on to the next 5, but cutting everything first would have that puppy in the UFO box before it was half done in my sewing room!
