So many decisions
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So many decisions
How do you decide which quilt to make next? I have soooo many that I want to make. I have several that are already cut out and waiting. But then I see another. I need to quit my job and become a full time quilter!
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Location: Ballwin, MO
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I keep a list of quilts I'm going to make (and which I have fabric for), but I don't hesitate to deviate from that order as the mood strikes. I just start whichever one piques my interest at the moment.
#3
Usually, I see a fabric I love and think....That would be perfect in X quilt pattern.
For art quilts, I start with the technique I want to do and go searching for inspiration on the net by searching images of something I'm interested in. I also save a LOT of things I see as I go along in general, so I've got sort of a library to look at.
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For art quilts, I start with the technique I want to do and go searching for inspiration on the net by searching images of something I'm interested in. I also save a LOT of things I see as I go along in general, so I've got sort of a library to look at.
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: East Oklahoma - pining for Massachusetts
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In my quilt flash drive, I have photographs of future projects. I stare at them and then draw something up in my EQ5. I believe they just kind of jump and say "Do me next.'
Lately, I just do a test block. I have a number of UFO's that I cut the fabric for a whole quilt and then lost interest later on.
Lately, I just do a test block. I have a number of UFO's that I cut the fabric for a whole quilt and then lost interest later on.
#8
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Location: Asheville, previously Lake Vermilion, Tarpon Springs, Duluth, St Paul, Soudan
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I actually have a notebook, for all the good it does. Lists everything in process, even if “in process” is nothing beyond a concept. But that doesn’t stop other things from cutting in line.
#9
All of my upcoming projects are stored in a plastic (hopefully bug and mouse proof) tote with a notecard telling me the project name. All fabric necessary for the project is in there except maybe the backing. When I want a new project I just grab whatever strikes me at the moment. Then I cut what I need and put the rest in my stash. I was fun to do on those long cold winter nights.
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