I use a wonderful - free - program called Evernote to organize all my quilting w.i.p.s, ideas, b.o.m.s, etc. The program can be used on Windows, and on various portable electronics, synced back to your computer. I've been using it for several months now and I find myself referring to it daily - here's a screenshot of what mine looks like
The first thing to do is set up notebooks - mine include online b.o.m., subscription b.o.m., ideas, stash (which means to me quilts in some kind of progress), to quilt, possibilities with fabric (different from ideas as I have fabric ready to go). Then you just list what you like within each notebook, each item can have as many pictures, web links, text, etc. as you want. (I've marked out the number of items for each notebook, ack!, don't want to have that information public, lol.)
In the screenshot are the details for Floribunda. On the left is the list of notebooks, in the centre is a summary of each item in that notebook (here it shows the online b.o.m. notebook) , and on the right is all the details of the highlighted item, complete with picture from EQ which shows what Floribunda might look like when its done.
Eventually I added tags - piecing, hand applique, machine applique, in progress. Now I can see the number (!) of quilts that I'm currently working on. And, for example, I can see that I have way too many hand applique projects ready to go!!
For me, Evernote is a quick way to stay organized because I can drag and drop info from places on my computer and from websites - I can refer to it often so I don't forget that great picture, pattern, or drawing. I also use it to pick and choose something to work on when I'm feeling less than inspired - that's how I ended up finishing these two tops this week.
Friday, 9 April 2010
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Time to put together tops...
I've been making up the blocks for the Remembrance quilt and realized it was time to work on the first border - so here is an almost completed top. The pattern calls for one more 5" border, and I'd
like to find a blue and white large print for that, but right now the quilt is 68" square which is a good size for a lap quilt, so I may end up putting a dark blue narrow final border.
I've also finished the blocks for Starlight, Starbright which I did as b.o.m. through Homestead Hearth. I've set the centre a bit differently than the pattern, and made it smaller. I've also changed up the border, and I should have that all done tomorrow.
Monday, 5 April 2010
Mountain Top done
I've been quilting the Mountain Top quilt for the past few weeks - finally got the binding sewn on (all by machine) this weekend. I straight stitched through the inner block sashings - where the background meets the black squares, and a large meandering stitch up to and through the narrow scrappy border; then just straight line quilting through the outer border. The original quilt pattern didn't have a border, and it was set 4 x 5 blocks - I had laid many of the blocks on the floor and I felt it was all to overwhelming without somewhere "blank" to look at. The quilt still finishes at good size, 72" x 87".
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