how neat are you?
08-23-2010, 05:42 AM
#182
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Shakopee MN
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I guess I'm totally Opposite, All of you can probably make Beautiful Scrap quilts also,I can't, I am Totally Organized quilter, Fabrics Have to Match, Work area needs to be clutter free, Litter bag for threads to my right, Pins never on the floor as I have a kitty who would probably eat the darn thing. and I cut All my fabric for the pattern and keep it organized for easier piecing. Yikes, when you write it down seems a little EXCESSIVE :oops:
08-23-2010, 05:52 AM
#183
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Location: Finger Lakes area, NY
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When my son was little, he was always drawing, making models of all kinds, his room was alays a disaster. I bought him a sign for his room that said "Creative Minds are Rarely Tidy". He tells me he still has it packed away someplace.Perhaps I should ask for it back for my sewing room. Its not a disaster, but its "rarely tidy".
08-23-2010, 05:56 AM
#184
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Originally Posted by Fancy Nancy
i must say that i am a messy quilter. during a project i have fabric and notions all over the place and not good about putting things away until finished with project. cut threads end up on the floor along with a lot of dropped pins - i try to pick those pins up before running vacuum. thing is i have a waste basket right there for threads cut off but the floor seems to catch more.
I am a neat freak and I do exactly what you do I just toss the threads little scraps and what ever on the floor. Kinda like the lady on the quilting show!! :lol: After the project I will sweep up and clean it up before I get started on the next.
Billy
08-23-2010, 06:19 PM
#186
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 792
I am definitely messy!!! i like to keep the rest of the house neat but there is way too much action going on in my sewing room to keeep up!! I drop pins, scatter coffee filter (applique papers) , and track bits of thread into the rest of the house on my sox. I often hand quilt in my bedroom and i lay quilt blox out on my bed so I have to stop and clean that up pretty often, too. Pins are a real danger in my house. My carpet "shines and sparkles" in places! when my DH were driving truck together I once dropped a vile of straight pins in the sleeper ; 1000 brand new straight pins...
08-23-2010, 07:31 PM
#188
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Bakersfield, CA
Posts: 108
Mine has been messy since January - doing lap quilts for the nursing home.. anyone else get dust bunnies all over? I do clean my bobbin area everytime I change the bobbin. Got to keep my machine going. lol
08-23-2010, 07:32 PM
#189
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Bakersfield, CA
Posts: 108
Originally Posted by Annya
I have taken photos of my sewing room/office before I finish the current quilt. It will look completely different in a few week from now. It is tidy--Isn't it?
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