Collective term for quilters
Monique Reed
(BTW, I think the term for cats is "clowder")
As for quilters, "thimble" would be good.
How about "set"? or "block"?
A group gathered around a quilting frame is a "charm square."
But, after hearing this group, I belive the correct term is a STASH of
quilters!!!
Monique :-D
Sharon Curtis
mon...@bio.tamu.edu (Monique Reed) wrote:
>But, after hearing this group, I belive the correct term is a STASH of
>quilters!!!
Definitely!
And speaking of stashes, I have a question I'm dying to ask you all:
How do you store your stash?
How do you store it so that the fabric remains in pristine condition,
doesn't get dirty, but is easily accessible so that you can get to it
easily, and put your hand on the fabric you know you want to use quickly?
Do you sort it by colour? Light/dark? Pattern?
Sharon
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Sharon Curtis wrote:
> (snip)
> And speaking of stashes, I have a question I'm dying to ask you all:
> How do you store your stash?
>
>
>
>
Hi All,
I have most of my fabric on shelves in the double closet of my sewing
room. I sort it in color groups. Greens from dark on the bottom to light
on the top etc. I also have fabric in a hall cupboard which is the
seasonal fabric.
I can look at it and see the different value plus light, med. and
dark. I read somewhere if you fold your fabric a certain way you can
tell how much yardage you have without unfolding it. You just count the
folds. I can' t remember how this was done though. Anyone have the
answer?
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Hi all,
I haven't been able to get to the NG lately, but it is nice to be back.
I have metal shelving in my sewingroom that has been lined with heavy
paper, with a cloth cover that double as a "story board" as well as
blocks direct light from my fabric.
Since I sew clothing also, I have my fabric sorted by uses(clothing
fabric being on the lower shelves) as well as color. If I have purchased
a group of fabric for a special project I keep all that fabric together.
All is washed and ironed before it is allowed in the sewingroom. There
is no confusion that way. I also hang some fabric on skirt hangers after
it has been ironed and I hang it up in the closet along with the
zippers, thread, buttons and pattern that I am going to use that fabric
for.Plastic bags that the newspaper boy uses is handy for all the
notions. The fabric doesn't need re-ironed using this method and it is
useful for all kinds of projects not just for clothing.
I think that fabric lined up on shelves is a pretty as a picture and I
have been known to draw the cover back when I am expecting company. DH
calls it showing off and I call it decorating. I wonder which one of us
is right.
Anita
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Sharon,
I have an armoire with cupboards above and drawers below; it was
purchased unfinished and unassembled. The smaller pieces of fabric (and
this is what most of my stash is) are folded and filed in the drawers
according to color (so that you see a folded edge) with several
exceptions such as strawberry fabrics, juveniles, madras plaids, black and
white prints, metalics, solids and hand-dyeds. White and black go on one
shelf with works in progress on another two shelves; big projects go into
another closet. I also give shelf space to 1) carrier bag of beads and
other embellishments, 2) solid equipment like magnifier, beam-and-read,3)
parts of batts and 4) large pieces of fabric. I also have space in our
front hall closet for non-fabric quilting supplies such as rulers,
stencils, rotary cutters, templates etc. in a large plastic storage box.
Hope this helps
Celia in suburban Boston (ours, not yours).
nanners2
Sharon Curtis wrote:
>
> mon...@bio.tamu.edu (Monique Reed) wrote:
> >But, after hearing this group, I belive the correct term is a STASH of
> >quilters!!!
>
> Definitely!
>
> How do you store your stash?
>
> doesn't get dirty, but is easily accessible so that you can get to it
> easily, and put your hand on the fabric you know you want to use quickly?
>
> Do you sort it by colour? Light/dark? Pattern?
>
> Sharon
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it's floor to ceiling, stacked with fabs...(sick,huh?<VBG>) On the floor
are plastic shoe boxes, three deep, with all the smaller pieces and
mainly the really old stuff...(THis was my original stash!<G>) ON the
shelves I have stacks..mostly a yard or less..lots of fat quarters and
half yards...according to color..on the top shelf..the original sturdy
closet shelf are all the big pieces...three yards and up..right to the
ceiling...
All of my florals are separate in a big antique armoire....and also xmas
fabs and plaids...
Now..it's all escaping into piles everywhere that won't fit in the
closet...I have a big sewing room...and I expect one day a pile will
fall over on me..and it will be a fitting burial for a quilter!<G> nancy
PS..my friend and I have a machine quilting business..so at least I
don't have to have lots of batting in there...<G>
RooBarb
My variation to grouping quilts by color was to make a wall unit of shelves
that are only 10" deep and about 12" between shelves. This way, I can
stand back from the fabric and pick out the one's I'm looking for. I
usually grade them from dark to light and from one color to another (blues
to blues with reds to reds...) This helps avoid rumaging through piles
and/or drawers of fabrics which I then have to replace -- I'm not good at
putting things away!
Barbara Dannenfelser, New Jersey
John & Phebe Musselwhite
Rosemary asked:
> I read somewhere if you fold your fabric a certain way you can
> tell how much yardage you have without unfolding it. You just count the
> folds. I can' t remember how this was done though. Anyone have the
> answer?
My friend Yolande was asking about this too. She said there was an
article in Threads magazine that talked about setting up a "fabric
management system." I looked through my Threads for the last two years,
but couldn't find this article, so I think it must have been in a
different magazine. According to what she said, this article suggests
different ways of folding fabric so that you will know how big the piece
is without unfolding the whole thing.
I doubt if I am this organized, but then maybe all it will take is the
right system, and I will become organized! (Yeah, right.) Speaking of
which, I should probably go reread those books about decluttering your
house again. (Don Aslott?) I have to find them and read them every so
often. He has some great ideas on making your life organized and
freeing your time from your housework.
Phebe
QLTLYN
In article <33D246...@pipeline.com>, John & Phebe Musselwhite
<joh...@pipeline.com> writes:
>I will become organized! (Yeah, right.) Speaking of
>which, I should probably go reread those books about decluttering your
>house again. (Don Aslott?) I have to find them and read them every so
>often. He has some great ideas on making your life organized and
>freeing your time from your housework.
> Phebe
I'm afraid there may be a genetic factor here, Phebe, I'm not too bad but
don't seem to be able to make myself appreciably more organized over the
long term. Those books don't seem to "take" permanently. I fear that
only gene-splicing might actually help! Oh well, maybe this explains why
I like freeform quilts and scrap versions of pieced blocks, I'm not
organized enough to do 2-color quilts or planned GFG's but I'm not doing
crazy-patch either! <G> Lynn 8^)
RWBENB
Dear Phebe,
You wrote
> I should probably go reread those books about decluttering your
>house again
ago I bought a book called "Organizing for the Creat ive Person" but I
have not yet opened it.
Celia in suburban Boston
Kim Fisher
This has got to be the funniest thing I've read all week!
Also Kim
Crzykwilt
At our guild meeting last night, the lovely lady who wrote "Snippet
Sensations" was the guest speaker. Wowie!
Looks so easy and eye catching. She had conducted a day long workshop the
previous day, and all of the attendees showed up with their projects last
night.
Looked great!
Eileen in Washington state, USA
Egads! My life is in pieces! And I love it!! :)))
Crzykwilt
I tried to enter my quilting room the other day, and realized that lint,
dust-bunnies, and excess thread snippets were now knee-deep. Horrors!
So, I got busy and started a major reorganizations. Found something!
I have hardwood floors! Been ages since I had seen them. :)
Vaiva A. Bichnevicius
On 25 Jul 1997, Crzykwilt wrote:
> At our guild meeting last night, the lovely lady who wrote "Snippet
> Sensations" was the guest speaker. Wowie!
> Looks so easy and eye catching. She had conducted a day long workshop the
> previous day, and all of the attendees showed up with their projects last
> night.
I haven't seen that book. What are snippet sensations? I have this
mental image of a quilt pieced from all the little corners I trim off my
triangles. That can't be right! :)
-Vaiva
va...@vaiva.com
John & Phebe Musselwhite
I saw Cindy Walthers last year, (at least I think that is her last
name). The snippet sensations are projects you make by sticking Steam a
Seam #2 on the back of fabrics and then snipping them and creating
mosaics and collages with the scraps you trim away (so, Vaiva, you were
pretty close!) You can use the smallest of scraps, and you can make
fused quilts of just about anything. Cindy features an eagle and a few
dolphins in the book which are very very gorgeous! A few people in her
classes have used the technique to make quilts of people in their
families. Others are abstract and vivid.
The drawback to the technique (in my opinion) is that the resulting
fused projects are more like abstract art than a quilt and the steam a
seam fusible web is pretty thick! A few of her projects are framed
rather than quilted, since there can be a few layers in places.
My Faerie Garden quilt was made using a similar collage technique,
but I used Stitch Witchery as the fusible, since it will wash out and
not leave that thickness in the final project. Of course, all of the
frayed edges popped up around the quilting, but I wanted the garden to
be "fuzzy".
The great thing is that these projects are FAST and FUN. I think
Cindy is a lot of an artist, which definitely shines through in these
projects! I have also seen her handquilting and she has a flair for
that too!
Phebe
Kathy I. Morgan
<ki...@cww.de> wrote:
> I wash my hair on certain days, clean every Friday, have my
> wardrobe sorted by colour, my books by subject, and so on - and it's
> driving everybody crazy!
>
> Andrea in Germany
Andrea,
Come live with me--I need someone to drive me crazy and remove the chaos
in my house! Everything in my house is sorted by age. (The newer stuff
is closer to the top.)
Kathy
Nann Blaine Hilyard
>> I wash my hair on certain days, clean every Friday, have my
>> wardrobe sorted by colour, my books by subject, and so on - and it's
>> driving everybody crazy!
>>
>Come live with me--I need someone to drive me crazy and remove the chaos
>in my house! Everything in my house is sorted by age. (The newer stuff
>is closer to the top.)
When the chaos in my life -- be it physical or mental (e.g. scheduling)
ceases to be pleasant and starts to be burdensome then I tidy up.
However, I am reminded that someone once said,
Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
So I don't go overboard!
Nann
The Washburns
Kathy I. Morgan wrote:
> <ki...@cww.de> wrote:
>
> > I wash my hair on certain days, clean every Friday, have my
> > wardrobe sorted by colour, my books by subject, and so on - and it's
>
> > driving everybody crazy!
> >
> > Andrea in Germany
>
Andrea,
How wonderful to be so organized! Sure wish I was... on the other
hand, I'd probably drive myself crazy, and my family might just have me
committed!... I've never been one for schedules - which is probably why
I have so many UFOs and not enough finished quilts!
Lisa in Texas
NancyAA
In article <msg125411.thr...@pol.org>, hil...@pol.org (Nann
Blaine Hilyard) writes:
> Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
Robert Frost said it. :)
Nancy in Chicago
Amy Hendrix
NancyAA wrote:
> > Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
>
> Robert Frost said it. :)
I believe you're right -- but it's very important to note that he said "a
FOOLISH consistency..." and not just "consistency is...." IOW, it's not that
consistency in itself is a bad thing, but rather the problem comes from
holding on to your little routines at all costs in the face of what might be
something larger. Kinda changes the whole quote, doesn't it?
Amy in NC
(recovering English teacher -- sorry!)
Renee L Hanneman
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I don't think I've ever seen a clean sewing room. That is what makes it so
much fun. Have a nice weekend.
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John & Anita Feltner
I do believe that I have hardwood floors in my sewing room also, think
that maybe I should at least broom the room out? Now you have given me
something else to think about doing.ggggggg
I thought that is was a rule somewhere that no sewing room should have
no less than 1 inch of scraps/dust on the floor. Anyone else ever see
this rule?
Ruth Evans
On Sat 2-Aug-1997 7:40a, John & Anita Feltner wrote:
JF> I do believe that I have hardwood floors in my sewing room also, think
JF> that maybe I should at least broom the room out? Now you have given me
JF> something else to think about doing.ggggggg
JF> I thought that is was a rule somewhere that no sewing room should have
JF> no less than 1 inch of scraps/dust on the floor. Anyone else ever see
JF> this rule?
JF> Anita http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3721/anita.htm
Yes, just now on my screen and I LOVE it! :)
Ruth
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In article <33E2E4...@neont.com>, John & Anita Feltner
<tuv...@neont.com> writes:
>
>I do believe that I have hardwood floors in my sewing room also, think
>that maybe I should at least broom the room out? Now you have given me
>something else to think about doing.ggggggg
>I thought that is was a rule somewhere that no sewing room should have
>no less than 1 inch of scraps/dust on the floor. Anyone else ever see
>this rule?
Yes, I have seen that rule. Written on a scrap of paper I found under the
dresser in the quilt room. :)
Dana & Marian McQuaid
John & Anita Feltner wrote:
>
> I thought that is was a rule somewhere that no sewing room should have
> no less than 1 inch of scraps/dust on the floor. Anyone else ever see
> this rule?
> Anita http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3721/anita.htm
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Yes...I think it is in this pile of paper over here,,,no, maybe this
pile.....no, maybe over....Hmmm. I know I SAW it.....
hee hee hee
Marian
Ally
>On Sat 2-Aug-1997 7:40a, John & Anita Feltner wrote:
>JF> I do believe that I have hardwood floors in my sewing room also, think
>JF> that maybe I should at least broom the room out? Now you have given me
>JF> something else to think about doing.ggggggg
>JF> I thought that is was a rule somewhere that no sewing room should have
>JF> no less than 1 inch of scraps/dust on the floor. Anyone else ever see
>JF> this rule?
>JF> Anita http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3721/anita.htm
I used to have a ratty gray carpet in my sewing room. It now look smuch
better thanks to all the little threads off of my bits of silk. The
silk threads stick and wont budge even for the the vaccum cleaner, and
I'm not picking them off by hand!!
:-)
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sarah curry smith
John & Anita Feltner wrote:
>
> I do believe that I have hardwood floors in my sewing room also, think
> Anita http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3721/anita.htm
Anita, I've never seen the Rule WRITTEN, but I think it may be kin to
the Rule which says the GOOD (old timey) western dancin' place has
sawdust on the floor ...
Happy Trails!
Sarah in Las Cruces, NM
Jane Cooper
>I do believe that I have hardwood floors in my sewing room also, think
>that maybe I should at least broom the room out? Now you have given me
>something else to think about doing.ggggggg
>I thought that is was a rule somewhere that no sewing room should have
>no less than 1 inch of scraps/dust on the floor. Anyone else ever see
>this rule?
>Anita http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3721/anita.htm
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LOL...if there is such a rule, I've broken it :-)...and except for the
2 inch space around the sewing machine, the table is in the same
condition...had to go and buy a new 6in. square up ruler cause I
couldn't find the one I do have under all the *stuff* .
JaneC
SKooff
> Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
The actual whole quote is: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of
little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."
From "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Sheryl in San Diego
who majored in English Lit -- but also took lots of American Lit!