Good Morning, Quilters!
Today, we are going to talk about a very important quilting skill-creating a quilt project inventory!
Blog/Email Update
Before we get started, a quick blog update:
Behind the scenes, there’s been a lot of action. With the help a loyal reader’s son, (THANK YOU, Norma and David!), we have been able to save almost all of the tutorials and blog posts from my previous websites. Currently, David is working on saving the email subscriber list. If you have subscribed at some point in the past, I don’t think you will need to re-subscribe. Please keep following. We will be testing that over the next week or so with more information to follow…
The Lifecycle of a Quilt
How often have you started a new quilt with enthusiasm, working on it almost daily, thrilled with every step? At first, the work just flows and everything comes together. While at your day-job, you plan the next blocks. While you make dinner, you consider how the color of your salad might work in the sashing. You begrudge your evening workout–because it keeps you away from your sewing machine. And when you finally get to quilt, you lose all track of time because everything is coming together so beautifully!
But then something stops the flow….
Flow Busters
Sometimes the flow is halted by indecision. For example, you’re not sure which block setting is most interesting. Then you waffle about your choice of border fabric.
Other times, the process is hindered by a lack of knowledge. Perhaps you’ve completed the quilt top and don’t have a roadmap for quilting it. Or there’s a tricky setting for the border pieces.
There’s also the outside forces at work against your quilting. Vacations, family events, responsibilities, and even good weather, all conspire to disrupt the flow and make quilting difficult.
A Quilt in Limbo is a Quilt in Danger!
Suddenly, the quilting process comes to a screeching halt.
This is a dangerous time for an unfinished quilt! We all know what happens to a UFO stuffed into a bin. Pieces get lost. Pattern pages go missing. Fabrics get pilfered for use in other projects. Or–worst of all–a new quilt project relegates the old one! (Think Woody v. Buzz Lightyear!)
Create a Quilt Project Inventory
Does this sound familiar? Do YOU have a few quilt projects that have been relegated to a bin, a bag, or a closet? It’s time to take stock! Please join me in creating a quilt project inventory! (The good news–you can buy a new notebook!)
Let’s start with a very quick inventory. Create a list of all the unfinished quilts in any state of completion. Two rules: EVERY PROJECT, NO JUDGEMENT. That means you need to dig through all your hiding places. Don’t forget the basement, the guest bedroom, old purses. YOU know!
Whatever you do, don’t waste any mental energy judging yourself for the quantity…we will talk about the inner critic later (much later!)
For a thorough quilt project inventory, include projects you’ve started as well as quilts for which you’ve purchased a lot of the supplies.
Take a snapshot on your cellphone and save it in a new folder in your photos–(perhaps you could password protect this file so no one else will judge?!?)
Quilt Project Inventory Homework
- Find a new notebook for your quilt inventory. (Permission to buy new!)
- List ALL projects. No other notes necessary at this time.
- Take a photo of the project and save to a file on your phone.
Coming Soon-Setting Priorities
We will take a deeper dive into our inventories and start setting priorities.
Please Share!
What about YOU?
Do YOU have more than a few projects waiting their turn?
How do YOU organize the not-so-current projects?
Are YOU ready to organize your quilt priorities?
We’d LOVE to hear!
Signed,
Queen of The Bulging Bins,
Lady Lori
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I started keeping my projects (actual and planned) on an Excel spreadsheet about 7 years ago. Headers are Priority, Name, For Whom, Status, % Finished, Remarks (this is where I add anything pertaining to the quilt, including possible quilting designs), Quilt Documentation Form (has it been started), Label (has it been designed), Start/Finished (year), and Due Date (if one). Quilts that I have finished are cut, then pasted on a second worksheet. I don’t keep pictures of on-going projects, but final quilts are photographed and copies of those photos are inserted into the quilt documentation form that accompanies every quilt I make. The recipient gets a copy and my original is added to my “file of completed quilts.”
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When I started quilting about ten years ago, I made myself a promise not to have unfinished projects. I’m sad to say that I do have a few….probably 5 in total. One I have decided not to finish, one from a class and finally a 3-part art project that I did with my granddaughters that always gets pushed aside for bed quilts. I’m thinking that’s a list I can live with.
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I have come back to quilting about a year ago after a 45+ year hiatus and I already have more projects lined up than I can complete in the next five years! So far I have the WIP, BOM, and several others I have patterns and materials for in extra large ziplock bags, lined up on a table in my sewing area of our basement. I also have a folder of patterns I want to do someday. I really need some organization.
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Sad to say I have not done any quilting since Feb 2021. It was to be my year-of-quilts. I made a table-topper to cheer up a beloved relative that January, and a wall hanging using a method I’d been wanting to experiment with in February. March’s quilt was planned (fabric from my stash), just needed to decide on a background. Had another sketched out and fabric and batting purchased. I found a new piecing detail I wanted to try out before starting it. Next in line was to be a kit I was gifted. Everything came to a screeching halt before I could work on any of them. Working full time and caring for an ill family member, while also dealing with my own health issues took priority. In the interim I discovered a pattern for another wall hanging that I just had to purchase, along with the fabric. (All the parts for these are safely stored in a bin.) I’ve also brought home my Dad’s work shirts and ties, and found a couple pattern ideas to use them. And of course I have at least 5 more quilts on my ‘list’ plus table runner/place mats that I want to make, along with some other sewing projects. My son says I have “too much fabric” ! As if. (And he doesn’t even know about all of it.) Pinterest has saved me from completely going into quilt withdrawal, although I can only add to my list but still can’t work on any of them. The newer ideas are documented on my Pinterest boards. I am hoping to be able to get back to quilting/creating in a couple months. Will be bringing my machine in for routine service first. I can see where your notebook and photo suggestions would be helpful. Once I can get started again, I have plenty to keep me busy and happy for quite a while. I can hardly wait!
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Oh Carrie, I think we all can relate! Quilting does carry us through hard times–even when it’s just thinking about projects! Wishing you all the best…and a few minutes to quilt each day!
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I list every q I have started, (sewing or wishing) then the date I purchase material, finish piecing, quilt. and label. When finish I highlight and “move to finished list with how long it took. Longest was a cross stitch cmas stocking that I finished 30 years later for my grandson. I can pick what I’m in the mood to work on before looking in containers.
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Bonnie, we can all learn something from your organizational method! I bet your fabric is neatly organized as well!
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Love this idea and I definitely need to do this! Lead the way!
Lori Kennedy Quilts
Let’s do it together, Rita!
Meg Harmon
I have a list! My problem is other people keep adding their wishes for a quilt … how they get into my list, I am not sure. Must be quilt fairies, or gremlins that assist. Anyway, my projects get stopped and theirs just keep moving to the top. When that Unidentified Quilt Object gets finished, I try to reorganize and get back on track and then, wham, another UQO appears. ( My friends say that I do not have a NO button and that these “requests” should at least come with some cash to buy the fabric. I try to use what I have but often they are not fans of the scrappy look so I end up buying fabric. What a horror as I am trying to use up my stash! Or at least part of it.) My dreams of the Farmer’s Wife quilts, a Dear Jane and some other quilt challenges just keep fading. But I keep adding to my list and deleting the UQOs as I complete. I have made so many quilts but very few reside here at my home. I hope to get this under better control in the future.