DoryJM Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 I'm looking for ways to make my time spent quilting more effective. Generally, I look at the quilt while loading it, but don't make many decisions about quilting until its actually loaded and ready to go. Do most of you hang your next quilt on a design wall and determine the quilting before you even load it? Do you take a picture and draw on it (the picture, not the quilt;))? What do you do to make your time more effecient? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 When I quilted for customer's I did hang my next quilt and just look at it. I could see it each time I came in. By the time I qiulted it I knew pretty much what I was going to quilt where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Dory, Normally I decide on quilting with the customer when it comes in. I write it down on my intake sheet. If for some reason that quilt isn't talking to me when the customer is here I take a picture and sleep on it. By the time it gets on the machine I always know exactly where I'm going with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrna Ficken Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 I di what you do, It "talks" to me then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 prepare! what's that? I usually load my quilt with a thought in mind...and then doodle on a clear plexi board till I can make my design work out. I usually end up changing my mind partway through...but continue on in proper fashion. I almost always 'see' something else when the quilt id completed. That is the part that I hate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBQLTN2 Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 I love to to put a picture of the top in paint and doodle my ideas on it. Usually well before it goes on the frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoryJM Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Last night, for the first time, I hung a quilt to look at, then ironed it to check the piecing and then laid it across the frame for the evening. I found myself thinking about it often (good thing I wasn't doing anything dangerous as my mind was wandering:P) and came up with what I hope will be a great quilting plan. Just being able to look at the whole thing at once was a huge benefit. Now to see if I actually stick to the plan.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Originally posted by DoryJM Now to see if I actually stick to the plan.... If you are anything like me...you can't! Let's hope you AREN'T anything like me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlhdesigns Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 I like to print out a picture of the quilt then draw out my plan. Sometimes I use vellum (tracing paper) to render a couple of ideas, then it is put in a file with the picture for when it is ready to be quilted. This way I have notes and drawings when it comes time to quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoryJM Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Originally posted by sagebrushquilter Originally posted by DoryJM Now to see if I actually stick to the plan.... If you are anything like me...you can't! Let's hope you AREN'T anything like me! Oh, no...lets hope I am like you. You have 6 million kids and you still get things done. I have only four-legged kids and I still "can't" get things done. I want to be like you...you're my hero....:P:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoryJM Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Rebecca, you do that ahead of time?? I'm lucky if I see the whole quilt opened before I begin quilting on it. In fact, I've just realized that I have to start doing something with the quilts I have so that I make sure to give the quilt back to its rightful owner!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlhdesigns Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Yes Dory! ..... I open the customer quilt or mine and take pictures right away to have on file, take notes, later I can print out a picture to draw on when I come up with an idea. This is easier for me then my big buck laptop, I can pull my drawing out when I think or dream of a design, sometime I will get up during the night to draw out my idea. lolo Here is a quilt of mine that I made a year & half and it is on the back burner until I get to it and I have my drawings to remind me of what I wanted to quilt. Rebecca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 I used very much the same method as Rebecca for quilts that change directions....that way I don't get lost and loose my train of thought. Those that are just E2E in some manner I didn't bother with, or others that had simple borders and a single body design, those I just did a side note on the take in sheet as to what the game plan is/was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Originally posted by DoryJM Oh, no...lets hope I am like you. You have 6 million kids and you still get things done. I have only four-legged kids and I still "can't" get things done. I want to be like you...you're my hero....:P:D 6 million kids! No wonder I am so tired. Wow. I didn't know I was anybody's hero. How sweet. I am beginning to feel like Wonder Woman. Now where are my bracelets and glass airplane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlhdesigns Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 WOW Wonder Women! You look great! and I don't mean the picture you just posted. I would never guess you had (6 Kids) and quilt also. You must be will organized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Rebecca....actually Kristina has SEVEN beautiful munchkins. With I think two still not in school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Ah, we know we are all Wonder Woman to some extent....but to look like that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 I am not a planner...but like Myrna said, I let the quilt "talk to me". The quilt will tell you what it needs. Hang it up and let it speak!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Originally posted by Mary Beth Ah, we know we are all Wonder Woman to some extent....but to look like that!! I know I was thinking the same thing....maybe in my next life...:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 If the customer says--do what you think is best--and if I haven't a thought at the time of intake, that top will be hung up and studied a bit before loading. If I throw out some ideas at intake, I take thorough notes on the intake sheet including thread color choices. (I say thorough notes, since there have been a few times where I call the customer and ask them if they remember if we had a plan. Makes me look great, huh!?) Also on the intake sheet I note the top pattern/colors/etc. so I have no trouble deciding which top belongs to who. Whom? And the top-plus-stuff gets transfered to a handled paper bag with the customers name/month in line penciled on the outside. So far so good, but if there is a way to foul up this system, I will find it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Thanks Rebecca...Bonnie is correct. I do have 7 kids and 2 are still under the age of 5. And Thanks Bonnie...I too think that they are beautiful! I couldn't resist posting the pic of Wonder Woman...she is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega QW Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 I have found that I MUST finish the main part of the quilt and leave the border until the very end. The border doesn't come together in my head until the center is done. Don't ask me how many borders I have frogged to learn this. Maybe it's just me. Marilyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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