I wanted this spiderweb to be a big project, so I went out and bought plain newsprint at Office Max, big sheets, 18" x 24". I cut them into 11" triangles, and made a nice template for the kites out of hard plastic. I started the project, and then it got pushed aside.
For the longest time I kept one triangle pinned to my design wall so I wouldn't forget about it completely, and I stopped myself from using the 4 yards of taupe fabric in anything else, but when I started back in last week, I couldn't find the kite template for the life of me.
I rearranged the sewing room since then, pulled everything out of the closets in August when the roof got a leak, and did a huge sort and pitch overhaul to get rid of some clutter. I had almost given up hope of finding it, but lo and behold, there it was, slid right between my other rulers.
and now I know when I started this quilt, March 22, 2011. What were you doing then?
Do you do this too? I have the habit of putting the date on anything and everything, to record my life through material possessions. Any templates I make, any sketchbook entries. I even wrote on the underside of the Ikea furniture I built for George. I think there's something about seeing the passage of time in my own handwriting..
Maybe that's why I write on my quilts too.
*ETA: it's just an archival safe black ZIG marker. for labels I stablize with freezer paper, but on the diamond stars I just write really slowly..
(blogger isn't letting me comment on my own blog!)
I do that all the time. A year after moving in we still haven't found the pins that hold up the shelves for our bookcases even though I know I unpacked them and put them somewhere "safe" so I wouldn't lose them. We did end up ordering new ones a few months ago but I'm still trying to find my "safe" location - who knows what else I put there!
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ReplyDeleteI spend most of my time searching for stuff. I am glad to know that I am in good company! I really would like to get more organized....or have less stuff.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you use to write on your quilts. I love that idea.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of dating everything. I never seem to be able to recall start dates and times flies as we know. I need to start doing that. I try to keep track of projects by keeping them in individual small plastic bins. They take up room, but eventually I can find what I'm looking for and sometimes I even finish them and the bin remains empty for a while! (NOt often!) hehehe
ReplyDeletenow I'm embarrassed. My UFO's are so much older than 2011. Are you kidding me? that is NOT a UFO, that is the project I started yesterday, and it is STILL on the table. (figuratively speaking of course)
ReplyDeleteYou want to see a UFO? I have a hooked rug I started when my son was 1. Now he's in his 30's. Now THAT'S a UFO.
I think you are amazing.
Yep, my UFO's are old enough to be your UFO's parents! love that you write on your quilts - makes them like little diaries!
ReplyDeleteActually despite my setting things aside together for my UFO's, I end up using some of the fabric on other projects. Then I have the challenge finding somethin else to work. Really not so bad.
ReplyDeleteChuckle, the blocks on the right side of your blog look familiar and I simply adore them.
Bonnie
I have ugly kitchen chairs that I have recovered four times now and every time I recover them I write the date! My husband shakes his head every time I say it's time for a new cover and the hot glue gun and staples come out (but hey till he lets me get new ones these old things will just have to do!)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to write the dates down! I am going to do that, too (especially on Ikea-furniture, love that (-:).
ReplyDeleteI love your idea of dating things. Maybe I'll start! It'll look like my life started in 2011.
ReplyDeleteYes I do... date to-do lists, quilt drafts and scratch notes, Christmas ornaments, a bit compulsive at times. But not food that goes in the freezer, can't figure that one. When we work a jigsaw puzzle I write the date and the a names of those that worked on it. That's kinda fun. Got that idea from a second hand puzzle that had the date and two names written on the underside of the lid.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of documenting the when and where of your hand sewing... what a historical record. Cool!
ReplyDeleteWow, that is smart, marking your templates... You got me thinking!
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