Everyone has their favorite quilting tool right? Your favorite ruler, the rotary cutter you are most comfortable with. What about those non quilting items, that making quilting so much more efficient. Something that I really love are index cards, I use them all the time. Everytime I start a new project I have to have an index card. I do all of my calculations on them... how many blocks, how much fabric, etc. Sometimes I use them to jot notes, ideas, or progress of where I am on a project. When the project is complete, I put the index card, along with fabric swatches in my quilt journal.
The other day at the grocery store we were passing through the office supply aisle, and I remembered that I needed more index cards. They had a package of 100 for $1.12, and a package of 300 for $1.13...what kind of craziness is that? Needless to say, I went home with the package of 100, just kidding.
Here's a Stella update, I thought we had an agreement, I would sew, and she would keep me company as I completed our next quilt for Cherry House Quilts, and what do I find...her sleeping on the job!
I love my Stella!
Amen, Sister! I almost always map out my projects on index cards. What I haven't been smart enough to do is to put them in a journal, which is why I have such trouble keeping track of them. Add that to my studio clean-up list!
Posted by: meg | June 19, 2007 at 06:54 AM
nice photo of your journal Momma
Posted by: Lizzy House | June 19, 2007 at 05:17 PM
I love your little book too! It's so tidy...
Posted by: monica | June 21, 2007 at 04:25 AM