Quilting Diary
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I started a new quilt top this morning. I only work on one quilt at a time because I work full time and it takes me 2 months to finish a lap quilt. Anyway, I thought with this quilt I would keep track of the number of hours I work on it and how long each task takes. I'm also going to keep track of how many bobbins I wind and how often I have to clean out the lint from the bobbin area. This morning I spent 1 1/2 hours ironing and starching 6 pieces of fabric and cutting 6 - 2 1/2" strips from each fabric for a total of 36 strips. Then I cleaned my machine, wound 4 bobbins and changed the needle on my machine, that took me 15 minutes.
Does anyone else keep track of their time or the number of bobbins you wind for a project?
Does anyone else keep track of their time or the number of bobbins you wind for a project?
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I do not keep track of bobbin fills or time spent in the sewing process. I am a very slow quilter. I design most of my quilts in EQ7 and so use the date in the saved name of that quilt project. Then, once finished and the quilt is ready to mail, I take a digital snapshot of it and save that on my PC's hard drive; again with the date. With these two dates, I know roughly how many weeks/months it took to make the quilt. It does not at all tell me the effort involved though. Since I usually piece both the fronts and backs of my quilts they do take me a long time. I started a quilt back in November 2012 and I am still putting the borders on the pieced backing!
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Oh, my lands, that already sounds depressing....an hour and 45 minutes and you haven't even started sewing! Yet that's what most of us do.
You've convinced me to never keep track
, just focus on "the good stuff"!
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Jan in VA
You've convinced me to never keep track
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But, you go for it, girl!
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Jan in VA
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I tried but failed miserably. I'm with Jan...I'd rather be sewing.
Good for you if you can keep up. Sometimes I wish I kept that diary up-to-date.
It's nice when you have UFO's and want to know what stitches or what thread
you used. I never kept track of hours or amount of thread though. Way too much
for me. LOL
Good for you if you can keep up. Sometimes I wish I kept that diary up-to-date.
It's nice when you have UFO's and want to know what stitches or what thread
you used. I never kept track of hours or amount of thread though. Way too much
for me. LOL
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