Category: Studio/Organizing
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Published: Studios magazine
I’m excited! A double whammy! I just saw that the Summer 2011 Studios magazine is available for preorder, or the digital version is available immediately. My instructions for a do-it-yourself thread cabinet are in that issue! If you go to the link and see the phrase “Instructions for Making a Customized Thread Organizer,” that’s my…
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Destash continues
I’m procrastinating. I have something I need to do, so naturally I end up doing something else. I continued the magazine purge last night and today. I’ve now gotten rid of enough magazines to clear out an entire shelf! That’s 23″ of space! Now…what to put there… For now, I’m putting my pretty Ruby Mountain…
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I lost 9″!
I lost 9″ today! Nine inches of magazines taking up shelf space. Okay, I admit that might not sound like much. But, that is 38 magazines that I paged through and got rid of. Some I gave to a family with three kids so they can cut them up. Some went into the trash. I…
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Organizing quilting books
I spent today cleaning my studio – again! If I plan on actually using it, then I guess it’s not realistic to expect that it will always be clean, right? After a couple of projects and then preparing for a lecture and two workshops, I could barely walk back there. So, I dedicated all of…
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Fabric Confession
I have a confession. I hope you will all understand. I bought more fabric. These beautiful hand-dyed fabrics came to live with me yesterday. Actually, I’ve bought an absurd amount of fabric since Thanksgiving. It all began when I pulled out my old pack of Color-Aid paper and made a color chart, followed by some…
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Tutorial: documenting your quilts
Seems like I’ve been spinning my wheels the last couple weeks. For the past five days I’ve been drowning in paperwork. Mostly end-of-the-year paperwork and tax stuff for my family, for our church, and for my quilting. Of course there were a few distracted side trips sprinkled in. One of my rabbit trails was organizing…
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Computer geeks and rulers
I had a big scare this morning. I went to my computer to check my email and the 6 year-old computer wouldn’t respond. Yikes! The power light was on, but nothing was happening. I did the usual checks with no success, so I decided to turn it off and restart it, only it refused to…
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Fabric stash reorganized
I’ve been having so much fun reorganizing my fabric stash. It’s almost as fun as shopping and adding to my fabric stash! Either way, I enjoyed running my fingers over all that lovely fabric, and sorting them all by color family. It gave me time to reunite with some beautiful favorites. I put everything away…
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Embrace Version 3
Last night I cleared off my work table and began reworking “Embrace.” This time I started with yellow-oranges on the right and I plan on loosely gradating the colors to yellow-greens on the left. I didn’t get quite finished, but I think I’m liking this direction much more that the hand-dyed version. But it will…
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Tutorial: revolving door calendar
Okay, my door doesn’t revolve, but now my calendar can! I had a bare door just eight feet from my desk that I wanted to use some how. I decided I wanted a really big calendar so I can easily see an overall view of several months at a time. The extra bonus is that…