I have MUCH sewing to do and so this morning I bit the proverbial bullet and cut out everything I have on my 'To Sew:' list.
It took about 3 hours (not counting a break for breakfast) to cut fabric for a set of aprons (light aqua petit fours fabric), an apron for my wonderful S-I-L (pretty purple floral), a jumper/pinafore for daughter (embroidered denim) and two for a friend's granddaughter (daisy and horse fabrics), a dress for my granddaughter the lovely Miss O (pink fabric in center), and sweet summer dress on order (sweet pink seersucker on the left.)
A great tip I learned long ago when you have several projects lined up is to put everything you need for a single project in a ziploc bag; fabric, pattern, thread, buttons, elastic, interfacing, trims, etc. all go in the bag and then when you are ready to sew, you don't have to stop and look for something or go to the store to get something you thought you had but can't find. But then, that probably never happens to you because you're more organized than I am. ;-)
Voila! All safe and sound until it is their turn to be sewn!
I do this, too, and it really does make life easier!
I've been putting a sewing tip on my blog each saturday. Maybe you could stop by this week?
Posted by: mom2fur | March 13, 2008 at 01:10 PM
Oh for the time to do a project.
I love your organization.
robin@heartofwisdom
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Posted by: robin@heartofwisdom.com | March 13, 2008 at 08:34 PM