Sunday, October 7, 2012

Getting Organized

I'm trying to feel positive about working "only" 15 minutes a day.

Today I got organized.  I cleaned up that mess I photographed for you last week.  Part of that was picking which project(s) to work on first.

And in that process I came up with two new rules for quilting fifteen minutes a day.

1)  Set a timer.  15 minuts can be a lot longer than you think it is, and it can be shorter.  A timer keeps you on track
2)  have different projects going at once, this allows you to pick up at different places, without fussing.

I have my doubts about rule #2, but for now I'm going to go with it.

I picked three projects to work on, all in different stages
Quilting - the watermelon table runner
Piecing - the napoleon little blocks have to be turned into something, a wall hanging, a doll quilt, time to decide and move on
Cutting - this is a project that was originally, and might still be, intended for my bed.  But it might go in the guest room.  I've cut about half of it, and it has to be paired so that I can start sewing.

Can you tell I like lists?


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