Lenoir De Nantes -- Quilter with too many UFO's: Organization Tips

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Organization Tips

Oh I wish I had some organization tips to give people who read my blog. There is only one thing that comes to mind right now.
1. A place for everything and everything in it's place.
2. Keep like things together in one place. (i.e.: All rotary cutters in a box, basket, or use a hanging shoe rack and keep them in a specific pocket.

I will try to come up with some more.

Anyone out there who has tips please share them with me and I will post them in a special side bar.

1 comment:

Corrie said...: Thanks for the tips, I have a thread tote I keep my thread in I love it.; September 23, 2009 at 3:42 PM

A Quilting Glossary at http://thebitchystitcher.blogspot.com/

Appliqué – A method of covering up mistakes. Not foolproof, however, as there is no method for covering up the mistakes made while appliquéing. Beer helps, though.

Backing – The material used for the back of a quilt. If a friend is doing longarm quilting for you, it must be 2 inches bigger than quilt and batting on all sides. If done at a quilt shop, 8 inches.

Batting – What you do with your eyelashes when someone starts complaining about all the fabric you’ve been buying. Warning: may lead to unintended sexual obligations.

Bias – The irrational inclination to believe that holding down a job or cooking some food for once is a more productive use of time than quilting.

Design Wall – What Sheila has. You know—Sheila. Don’s wife. He made it for her. He, apparently, knows how to use the tools in his garage. I get to use an old flannel sheet that looks like the cat yakked on it.

Electric Quilt – What you see after you eat the funny sugar cubes someone gave you at that last Grateful Dead show. Not that I would know.

Fat Quarter – The section of New Orleans where the happy quilters live. Nobody tells them to lay off the potato salad. Also, the name of my future fabric shop/Cajun restaurant.

Flying Geese – Quilt pattern comprised of repeating blocks made from three triangles. Also known as Completely Impossible and Are You Freaking Kidding Me?

Fussy Cut – What results when you whine like a big baby because the fat quarter you got at the guild swap isn’t “quilt shop quality” and Tille Henderson pulls a switchblade.

Grain Line – No, not what you stand in to get free Jack Daniels. You’re not funny, you know.
Half Square Triangles – Triangles cut from a square of fabric which, when they are sewn together, miraculously form a trapezoid.

Miter – The cool hat you get to wear when you are elected Bishop of Quilters. No, really. There’s a ceremony every year in the Fat Quarter during Mardi Gras.

Quarter Inch Seam, Accurate – What quilt books and patterns are always harping on, like the world’s gonna end if your seam is a little off.

Quilt Sandwich – Yeah, lettuce and tomato. That’s hilarious. Would you please go somewhere else? Go ask Don to show you how to use a nailgun or something.

Rotary Cutter – An instrument with an extremely sharp, round blade used for dyeing fabric with blood spots. Be sure to have plenty of extra blades on hand as they tend to chip if they hit bone.

Self -Healing Mat – What you sit on while you dial 9-1-1 after hacking off the end of your finger with the rotary cutter.

Selvedge – The part of the fabric that they always say you can’t use, but which just gets hidden in the seam allowance so what’s the big deal?
Squaring Up – The process of making sure that a quilt block, or a quilt, has straight edges and right angles at every corner. Failure to do so will result in a hefty fine and/or jail time, as determined by the longarmer who is holding your quilt hostage.

Tips for a Sewing Room or Studio

01. A place for everything and everything in its place.
02. Store rotary cutters in one place, a basket, box or hanging shoe organizer.
03. Corrie said: I have a thread tote I keep my thread in I love it.
04. Organize all magazines by title and date of publication. Use a computer to identify each article and pattern you want to refer to. I still haven't figured out how to do the article and pattern computer document.
05. Organize all patterns that you have purchased separately. Find a system that works for you as to the type of pattern. (i.e.: purses, table runners, wall hangings, pillows, baby quilts, misc. quilts, etc.
06. Set a special space for ironing.
07. Set a special space for cutting fabric.
08. Decide a method for sorting fabric. It could be color, size (yard, fat quarter, etc.) scraps, misc.
09. Set a special space for your sewing machine and if you have a serger find a home for it too.
10. Place your sewing machine, serger, cutting board and iron board in a close triangle. This is a similar practice that kitchen designers do with the stove, refrigerator and sink.

Reality Check

As I got I gave...as I give I get. Mary McLeod Bethune

I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them. John Bernard Books

In other words: what goes around comes around. As you treat others, others will treat you.

Be kind and kindness will come your way. Be cruel and you will receive cruelty. Sometimes your behaviour will come back to you exponentially. The worse you are the worse your life will become. The kinder you are the better your life will become.

Did you ever hear about the neighbors who turned in a good housewife and mother in for child endangerment to the county? One neighbor died horribly from cancer and the other had to live with her alcholic husband for the rest of her life. This is a true story about turning the other cheek, for the housewife did not press charges or try to revenge her neighbors. She continued to turn it over to her Lord.

Quilts Donated

01. Alaska Maternity Hospital Floral Scrapy Baby Quilt, Fall 2007
02. Alaska Maternity Hospital Pastel Scrappy Baby Quilt, Fall 2007
03. Quilt Outreach Twin Quilt Top, Winter, 2008
04. Simple Four Patch Baby Quilt for Alaska, Fall 2008
05. Brights Baby Quilt for Alaska, Fall, 2008
06. OVQG Kid's Komfort #1, Fall, 2008
07. OVQG Kid's Komfort #2, Fall, 2008
08. OVQG Sew to Win Indian Corn #1, October, 2008
09.OVQG Sew to Win Indian Corn #2, October, 2008
10. Alaska Maternity Hospital Trip Around the World #1, Fall, 2008
11. Alaska Maternity Hospital Trip Around the World #2, Fall, 2008
12. OVQG Sew to Win Christmas Tree Block, November, 2008
13. Six pillowcases to the Million Pillowcase Challenge, March, 2010
14. NICU "Trip Around the World", June, 2010
15. Baby Quilt, June, 2010
16. Four pillowcases to the Million Pillowcase Challenge, April, 2011

Block of the Month Clubs

2008
2008 Piece & Plenty BOM #01 -- Piecing started
2008 Piece & Plenty BOM 02
2008 Piece & Plenty BOM 03
2008 Piece & Plenty BOM 04
2008 Piece & Plenty BOM 05
2008 Piece & Plenty BOM 06
2008 Piece & Plenty BOM 07
2008 Piece & Plenty BOM 08
2008 Piece & Plenty BOM 09
2008 Piece & Plenty BOM 10
2008 Piece & Plenty BOM 11
2008 Piece & Plenty BOM 12
2009
2009 Crystal Reflections BOM 01- on my one at a time list for BOM
2009 Crystal Reflections BOM 02
2009 Crystal Reflections BOM 03
2009 Crystal Reflections BOM 04
2009 Crystal Reflections BOM 05
2009 Crystal Reflections BOM 06
2009 Crystal Reflections BOM 07
2009 Crystal Reflections BOM 08
2009 Crystal Reflections BOM 09
2009 Crystal Reflections BOM 10
2009 Crystal Reflections BOM 11
2009 Crystal Reflections BOM 12
2010
2010 Civil War Tribute BOM 01 - completed June 19, 2010
2010 Civil War Tribute BOM 02 - on my one at a time list for BOM
2010 Civil War Tribute BOM 03
2010 Civil War Tribute BOM 04
2010 Civil War Tribute BOM 05
2010 Civil War Tribute BOM 06
2010 Civil War Tribute BOM 07
2010 Civil War Tribute BOM 08
2010 Civil War Tribute BOM 09
2010 Civil War Tribute BOM 10
2010 Civil War Tribute BOM 11
2010 Civil War Tribute BOM 12
2011
2011 Civil War Chronicles BOM 01
2011 Civil War Chronicles BOM 02
2011 Civil War Chronicles BOM 03
2011 Civil War Chronicles BOM 04

My UFO Quilt Projects (UnFinished Object)

"Apache Tears" -- blocks being sewn
"The Passion of Quilting" -- needs layering, quilting and binding
Apple Core Wall Hanging -- all rows are pieced and need to be sewn together
Dear Jane Quilt Top -- still piecing
Double Wedding Ring Bedsize Quilt -- still piecing
Eggs Benedict Pattern Place mats
England Rose Wall Hanging -- still piecing
Gift Quilt for MIL -- Religious themed
Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt -- hand quilting started
Grandmother's Garden Quilt -- needs applique and piecing
Hawaiian Quilt 101 Wall Hanging -- one block completed, needs three more blocks appliqued
Not a Baltimore Album Prairie Version -- needs applique and piecing
OVQG Kid's Komfort #3 -- needs layering quilting and binding
OVQG Kid's Komfort #4 -- needs quilting and binding
OVQG Kid's Komfort #5 -- needs quilting and binding
Patchwork Party 2007 Spring -- continuing machine quilting
Patchwork Party 2008 Spring -- Using templates from Marti Michele to cut pieces
Patchwork Party 2008 Summer -- cutting out pieces for blocks -- I only have a few left to cut out
Patchwork Party 2009 Spring -- all pieces cut -- need to sew to gether
Patriotic Flag -- needs layering, quilting and binding
Penquin Quilt Top -- needs to be quilted
Poinsettia Christmas Tree Skirt -- needs quilting, binding and embellishment
Santa Wall Hanging for MIL
Sewing Machine Quilted Base with hanging pockets -- base quilted, needs pockets
T-shirt Quilt Pillowcase for my Grandson
Tri State Shop Hop -- Sampler Quilt -- All 12 blocks cut -- 6 blocks sewn
Wheel of Mystery -- fabric chosen

My USO Quilt Projects (UnStarted Objects)

American Wildlife Quilt -- fabric purchased
Amish Quilt Top from Sentimental Stitches -- fabric purchased
Crystal Reflections BOM #02 -- preparing to cut the fabric
Double Wedding Ring Table Runner
Fairy Dust -- patterns and background fabric purchased
Gift Quilt for MIL -- Religious themed
Light House Quilt -- fabric purchased
Nickel Quilt Free Pattern -- The name escapes me right now
Nickle Quilt made with Northcott Sweet Bed of Roses charm packs as the basis
OVQG Kids Komfort -- picked up at November Guild Meeting
OVQG Kids Komfort Brights Kit
OVQG Sew to Win Wreath Block(1)
OVQG Sew to Win Wreath Block(2)
Patchwork Illusions 101
Patchwork Party 2008 Fall -- used EQ6 to create the blocks for future use
Patchwork Party 2009 Fall -- start cutting out pieces
QOV (Quilts of Valor) Project 1 "I Love the USA" quilt from 2009 Quilting Block & Pattern-a-Day Calendar
QOV (Quilts of Valor) Project 2
QOV (Quilts of Valor) Project 3
Quilt Outreach Twin Quilt Top
Snail's Trail Quillow
Sylvia's Bridal Sampler Christmas -- 24 blocks of the day -- all fabric and patterns received

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