Separating and packaging kits for my Colorwash 360 class was a nice restful Sunday task. There are 225 different prints in each kit. People are always asking me how I get so much done, I decided to give away a few of my secrets in a fun post called The Top 10 Time Wasters to Remove from Your Quilting Practice.
Click HERE to Access the Top 10 Time Wasters Post and Infographic.
I tried a couple times to get your tips and the page would not open. I'll try again later .
This kit is going to sell really well, if they've been following you lately and saw that you were doing a mock up as you cut along . They will end up with a Colorwash to brag about.
I had trouble downloading your Top Ten List, but noticed the printer icon and now have a hard copy to put on my sewing room wall. Good luck with this Colorwash 360 course. I loved attending the first one you gave last fall. It was a great opportunity to learn a lot about color, and putting the quilt together easily. Most of all it was FUN!
Wonderful! Number 8 is my downfall - a while back I sorted my single list into a list for 2019, one for 2020, and even for 2021 (worksheets inside an Excel workbook actually). And then there is the "someday" list that will almost certainly not happen. That has helped enormously. I especially LOVE number ten!
Thank you so much for sharing your tips. I'm working in a smaller space than in my previous house, and organization is the only way to have enough room to work.
Great tips, Wanda. I know I have a few of those time waster habits, especially too long of a list and unfinished project (not just quilts either!) guilt. And too much reading what other people are actually getting done :-0
love your time wasters list I do some of them but not all - I am getting better about organizing my scraps - I do have to decide what I want to do about a few projects started but no longer am enthralled with
Oh perfect timing with this post Wanda! No 1 - definitely fabric organization needed, this will be worked on over the next two weeks. No 3 needs my attention as does No 8 and No 10 Seems like I'm going to be busy!!
A question for you Wanda re Unorganised Stash. You tell us that you separate your fabric by type batik, flannel etc. Do you separate also into designer stash - Kaffe Fassett for example, separate from other designers? I do this but then find perhaps I'm looking for a yellow floral, I waste time going through the KF fabric bins, don't find exactly what I need so on to the AMH bins, perhaps Tula Pinks etc. After reading your tips I think I'm losing precious stitching time with this method - would you just keep like colours together and not fuss about whose range they are?
Great tips, Wanda! Putting 5 things away each morning is so simple, but just the kick in the rump strategy I need to de-clutter not only my sewing room but also other clutter magnets in the house! Will I do it?? Well..... maybe! Question... Do you or your readers have a strategy for folding 1/2 yard and larger pieces of fabric so that they are uniform in size and will stack well?
I tried a couple times to get your tips and the page would not open. I'll try again later .
ReplyDeleteThis kit is going to sell really well, if they've been following you lately and saw that you were doing a mock up as you cut along . They will end up with a Colorwash to brag about.
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I had trouble downloading your Top Ten List, but noticed the printer icon and now have a hard copy to put on my sewing room wall. Good luck with this Colorwash 360 course. I loved attending the first one you gave last fall. It was a great opportunity to learn a lot about color, and putting the quilt together easily. Most of all it was FUN!
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely, Wanda. Positive and inspiring.
ReplyDeleteYour respectful approach to quilting has inspired me for years and I thank you for this.
Great tips! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tips
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Number 8 is my downfall - a while back I sorted my single list into a list for 2019, one for 2020, and even for 2021 (worksheets inside an Excel workbook actually). And then there is the "someday" list that will almost certainly not happen. That has helped enormously. I especially LOVE number ten!
ReplyDeleteGreat tips. Some I already do and some may never happen here, but any nudge to progress is helpful. Thank you.
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Thank you so much for sharing your tips. I'm working in a smaller space than in my previous house, and organization is the only way to have enough room to work.
ReplyDeleteGreat tips, Wanda. I know I have a few of those time waster habits, especially too long of a list and unfinished project (not just quilts either!) guilt. And too much reading what other people are actually getting done :-0
ReplyDeletelove your time wasters list I do some of them but not all - I am getting better about organizing my scraps - I do have to decide what I want to do about a few projects started but no longer am enthralled with
ReplyDeleteOh perfect timing with this post Wanda!
ReplyDeleteNo 1 - definitely fabric organization needed, this will be worked on over the next two weeks.
No 3 needs my attention as does No 8 and No 10
Seems like I'm going to be busy!!
A question for you Wanda re Unorganised Stash. You tell us that you separate your fabric by type batik, flannel etc. Do you separate also into designer stash - Kaffe Fassett for example, separate from other designers? I do this but then find perhaps I'm looking for a yellow floral, I waste time going through the KF fabric bins, don't find exactly what I need so on to the AMH bins, perhaps Tula Pinks etc. After reading your tips I think I'm losing precious stitching time with this method - would you just keep like colours together and not fuss about whose range they are?
ReplyDeleteGreat tips, Wanda! Putting 5 things away each morning is so simple, but just the kick in the rump strategy I need to de-clutter not only my sewing room but also other clutter magnets in the house! Will I do it?? Well..... maybe! Question... Do you or your readers have a strategy for folding 1/2 yard and larger pieces of fabric so that they are uniform in size and will stack well?
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