Although, I spent a good part of my summer working on the wedding dress, I also have been working on a My Block Piecer quilt. I’ll share the quilt with you in a few weeks – it’s almost done. I learned so much during this process and I’ll share some of it with you here but your Inspiration dealers will be getting all of the instructions within the next month. Early on in this project, I learned I would have to keep my fabrics, templates and patches organized if I was going to flip between sewing a wedding dress and a quilt! Here’s how I managed keeping over 4,000,000 patches organized!*
When working with multiple fabric patches for blocks created in My Block Piecer, it’s easy to mix up the fabrics. I keep my templates and fabrics organized with a simple method – tape, marker and a pin.
First, I used the Cutter tool in My Block Piecer to create paper templates sized perfectly for my block. Once I cut the templates apart, I taped a scrap of the fabric to the template and wrote the number of the patch on the template. Then after all fabrics were cut, I pinned them together – paper with all corresponding patches. Then the whole batch gets stored in a zip lock baggie. I placed a label in the baggie, in this instance, Block 12. I know at a glance what block I’m working on and how many patches are in the block. 
When you’re working on multiple projects, take a few extra steps to stay organized! You’ll be glad you did when the bride shows up in all white instead of white with a patch of bright blue!
*4,000,000 patches – I made up that number. It wasn’t anywhere near 4 million but sometimes, it felt like it! But maybe I’ll count them for a future blog.
8 COMMENTS
Carolyn
9 years agoOrganization is a must in my cluttered sewing room! Sounds like an oxymoron but the “clutter” is just what you’re talking about, working on more than one project at a time. I probably own a dozen of the same type of scissors because I’m forever laying a pair down and then searching for them. “Searching” frustrates me, so I do my best to organize to prevent “time wasters.”
Lynne
9 years agoAnyone with a organized sewing area I applaud! I’m still striving to achieve that goal.
Sandra Sanders
9 years agoEilleen, I’m in Ft. Worth clearing out my parents’ house. My mother had some fabric, notions, several bags of poly stuffing, etc. Do you have any suggestions as to where I can donate these things?
Pat
9 years agoSandra, try the local branches/chapters of the Guilds for Sewing and Quilting.
Ask her sewing buddies for help, too.
Pat
9 years agoI am desperately trying to be organised. but when you are renting and need to move because the owner has sold the place, it is difficult.
Each time we move the sizes of all the rooms change. Talk about frustration, nothing fits. I have tiny walkway between cupboards and drawers. When really desperate, I move stuff into the hall so that I can work. Or I put a table up outside and work on the back landing for things larger than letter size.
I use totes, plastic tubs with lids and just about anything I can get my hands on to keep my projects in ‘relative’ order.
Can I borrow your sister? Please Eileen??
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