I have been using a bullet journal for 5 years for trying to keep my life on track. It was just this past year that I joined a quilt guild. I have seen so many great quilt blocks on line or pinterest and some don't have instructions. What to do? I started writing things down on random scraps of paper and that didn't work. I was at Staples one day and found a composition size work book that is !/4" grid paper and that is what I got. It works great and allows me to do scale drawings of the blocks. I make notes and colour them in as far as light/medium/dark tones for blocks. I hadn't thought of it as a bullet journal but I guess it is!! A suggestion for the lady that buys fabric and then forgets what she was going to do with it, guilty too, would be to make a note in a notebook when you first buy it. You could even snip a piece of it and tape it to the notes.
Having a journal or planner is really helpful for getting back on track when "life happens". You know the phrase, "if you want to hear G-d laugh, tell him what your plans are." When the laughing takes a break, go back to the journal/planner and get back on track.
I've just discovered you, Karen, and love your videos. Already 3 hints from you have dramatically improved my quilting. My favoite is the "like playing the piano" pressing tip. Keep them coming!
Regarding the trying to remember what I bought a fabric for question: I've started bundling my fabric with the pattern, even just a hand written note attached to the fabric saying what I've got it for IE: "Tote for xxx". As a quilter, costumer and someone who sews my own clothes I've found this solves the problem forgetting what the purchase was for and also saves over-purchasing for projects.
I do the same thing. I don't get into the sewing room as regularly as I would like, so keeping the pattern with the fabric intended for it is a necessity!
You spoke to paper pieces with freezer paper. I also get grumby pulling off the paper backing. Sooooo how about a video on that. Love your way of sharing good ideas. My favorite.
Yes! Thats me with the fabric stash! A whole walk in closet. Enough to keep me going for my life time.But I make scrap(ish) quilts,so it does save me money in the long run. And I have decided to use big pieces sewn together for the backs ,as in your previuos videos to also save me some money with those too. Thank you for all your support with the quilting world.
I absolutely LOVE the habit stacking you're doing!!! It is GENIUS!!! I shall be adding this to my daily routine! Thank you thank you!! You are SO much MORE than a quilting channel! I know I've said that before...but your channel truly does apply to all aspects of life! So blessed to have found your channel...and that you chose to make a channel!🤗🤗🤗
I love that 2 things I enjoy, the Bullet Journal and Quilting, have found a place online where they merge. In my bullet journal I have two goals per week. One is related to home or health (whatever I want it to be) and the other is a creative focus (usually quilt, sewing, crochet related). This gives me simple things I can do to work toward the things I want to achieve. I try to keep it simple so I don’t get overwhelmed.
Elizabeth Ritschel: Could you share where you were you found the Bullet Journal and Quilting and how they merged. I want to try a simple bullet journal and this sounds like a good place to start. Thanks in advance. 🙂
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I'm watching this as Part 3 of bullet journaling!! As I'm watching, I'm laying out the first pages of my first one! By using a notepad, I first tested whether or not I would A) use it and B) find it useful. I *have* been doing it AND have found it useful! I'm somewhat disabled and it's too easy for me to stay in my recliner hand quilting, or working in my sewing room and watching quilting CZcams videos (especially YOURS). I will tend to let dust get 1" thick, or dust bunnies line the hallway, clean dishes *stay* in the dishwasher or let my husband get to his last pair of socks before doing a load of laundry. LOL 😆 By making a list of tasks I want to accomplish each day helps me to actually *accomplish* things, instead of having a laissez faire attitude of getting things done. I'm starting realistically and that's a big help to my actually getting things accomplished, rather than being too ambitious and then feeling badly because I didn't get everything done. Thank you SO MUCH for this series! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love the ages-old Composition books. The original color was black and white. They now come in more colors. I started writing in a Composition book when I started quilted. Quilting was new for me and I wanted to keep track of what I did. That was about 15 yrs ago. I still write in a composition book. I have a separate book for sewing projects. Oh! With this kink of bookI can put the date in. I have tried other planners for my life and don’t continue with them. My husband and one of my daughter’s love to write down what they need to do; and they love checking off the boxes. It works the opposite for me. I sort of get my back up and walk away. Like you say, Karen we are all different. I really enjoy your tutorials!
Thank you for explaining the circle/spoke. My brain goes in all directions when I start/plan a quilt. This is the perfect way for me to track that brain dump!!
I started a bullet journal last year and loved it. It went everywhere with me. To me it is so worthwhile to make one. Everything in one place and designed to what I like. Meal ideas, calendar, birthdays, notes etc all in one book. My go to book and doing it again this year.
Okay, LAST comment. HahaHAhaHaHAHAhaHa! During all three of these videos, looking at your bright green notebook for 2020, I can't help thinking of your 2021 video where you are trying to decide whether or not to burn it. LOL! But just seeing its clean pages ready to be filled with ideas, plans, hopes & desires, THEN thinking about what a header the world, our lives and our loved ones lives all took. It's shocking! Astounding! And if someone had told us on Jan 1 what was going to happen, we'd have called them mad! Anyway your little green notebook sticks in my mind and weighs on my heart whenever I see it ❤️
My fabric stash is quite large. Mostly precuts. For 2020, I have put a hold on buying anything new, unless it “speaks” to me and I know exactly what I am using it for. I follow an apparel sew-er on YT, and she had a bullet journal that I really liked. Specifically, her project page. On the left page, list the title, the pattern name and the material needed along with any notes. The right side page, I draw the block, or a portion of the quilt, color it in, write who it is intended for, size, dates started and completed. I do put in a monthly calendar on just one page at the moment and sometimes add projects I want to complete or work on. I have been doing this for a couple of years and it is fun to look back at quilts I have completed and to also look up dates that I have completed a top that is still waiting to be quilted.
I would like to thank you so much for the bullet journal videos. I had been toying with the notion of starting one for years and wasn't inspired to actually start one until I saw yours. Keep up the amazing work
My goal for 2020 is to finish at least one quilt I have in my studio each month. I am banning any new purchases until I finish at least 12 current quilts.
You gave lots of good tips and ideas for me. I've got a bullet journal that I bought a couple months ago that I now plan on using for my quilting planner. I need to go back and rewatch the videos again in order to see what I basically need to put as for the categories. Since I'm new to quilting, I'm almost at a loss. I have watched so many videos I feel that I could whip a quilt up in no time but I know that is unrealistic. Congratulations again on your play button. And Thank you. 💗💗💗
Congratulations on the award. Loved the video but was unable to watch live. Good information on lots of topics especially bullet journaling and quilt planning. Good pace and video taping with little editing. I agree about the toddler quilt answer. My son brought a friend over and went in my cedar chest to show the baby and toddler quilts I made. They were kept at the bottom of his bed well into teen years. Well washed and loved but themes and color choices have changed over time. Warms my heart that they are still important to him.
Thanks for sharing a bullet journal. I used one until I went electronic. I would write monthly quilting goals as I was unorganized on getting projects done. Now I use Trello. I would need my journal when I went to the quilting store to see if I needed backing, batting, or whatever. Now I have a section on my phone.
During this covid time. You have become my new best friend. So a positive event came out of home bound. My Plan for 2021 is to make that plan you shared. I will give myself permission to go slowly. As I fell & crushed a vertebrae 😔 Like YOU ...I too shall pick up my fabrics an paint colors into my life 😊
I love the idea that making the planner helps. I work with groups that struggle with being still, taking a break, breathing long enough to connect with the way their brains like to work. I am just beginning bullet journaling, I always used planners but only use certain parts. Thanks for the encouragement. Love your channel. Still haven't joined a guild, I plan to do it this year.
My DH was complaining, "Quilting takes up so much of your time." That's because, like you, I make work in fits and starts depending on life and it's schedule. I used your 15/30 minute tip to break down my current project to not only keep me on task, but to also make time for the organizing I need to do. However, quilting is more fun! I did manage to clear off the dining room table for Christmas and reorganize all the quilting odds and ends which had accumulated there. I also used a Micheal's coupon and a sale to get a three tiered cart in which to put the newly organized items and my current hand work project. I have managed to keep the table clean, aside from the cat sleeping on the current UFO. She is now sleeping elsewhere. As she likes it so much, I am going to go turn the orphan block into her new bed. :) Thank you!!!
Thanks for the video. I never really understood what a bullet journal is. I can’t imagine doing a bulletin journal for myself Too much work! It seems like another project to do. BUT....my daughter would benefit from this, I’m sure. We are all different. I can see this being a great help for many people.
I plan events for a living, like the term mind map....i record all steps in projects, personal and work, because you may want to repeat...like an easter basket for a grandchild a few years later i was asked for another grandchild, my details were recorded...love just listening to you, thanks for all your work with the videos and congratulations on the CZcams certificate for sunscribers!
I really find bullet journalling more efficient and less wasteful. For years I bought dated journals that i ended up throwing away only 1/4 of the way used. With bullet journalimg, I journal when I need it, stop when life is too much and then gather myself back up with the journal.
RE: bullet journal takes too much time. I disagree. I easily make up any time spent creating my bullet journal just by being more more organized and knowing what I need or want to work on when I get in my sewing room. Plus, I feel calm and enjoy sewing more because things seem less chaotic to me when they are written down. To each his own, I guess. Love your vids and I had to buy that timer after I saw yours, it's a great motivator. 😀
I have definitely abandoned a few UFO’s. My first lone star quilt top was so wonky, there was nothing I could do to fix it. I put it in my scrap bin and it eventually got cut up and used in a scrap happy quilt (like a crumb quilt) that I am in love with. I am to the point now where I am challenging myself NOT to buy any more fabric until I use 50% of my stash. Thank you for explaining the circle plan...won’t be using because it would put me in eternal squirrel mode. Lol. Thank you for sharing! Again this is a great video.
Oh my Goodness ! I am drinking lemon / cayenne tea right this minute.. I was so proud of myself for thinking it up " on my own " lol ... Then I found out .. it's a THING ... Had no idea at the time it would have the effect of a little bit of a pick me up.. in fact I questioned that it was actually happening .. but .. sure enough.. it was a bonus effect. anyway... I just had to jump in when you mentioned the lemon/cayenne tea... ps.. and really more importantly .. am loving ALL your videos ! Found your channel a few days ago.. admitting to a bit ( ok alot ) of binge watching ... : ]
I have used washed flannel in small quilts for babies. Like a binder for bullet journal so that I can take out or put in. When I first started quilting I used to put in a sample block. I still have those blocks but now I take pictures of the whole quilt with my i-pod touch (no phone or camera) to refer back to and also to send to family and friends, who are interested, as they give so much positive feedback. Can always use a pat on the back. A binder will also fit with the graph paper. It's tedious to have to measure all lines although I still do that too. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
Hi Karen, thank you for your kinds thoughts about my country in its present crisis. The impact of the fires will be felt long after the last flame is put out. Just.... thank your all. Rosalyn Toop Perth Western Australia
Greetings. Fairly new to your channel and am binge watching after the tree, ladder and I had a falling out. Your approach and philosophy is wonderful. I very much appreciate your non-commercial approach. I am a very long time quilter, pre-rotary cutter with a stash that will outlast me. Lots of donating going on. Thanks for keeping me company and making me smile. Just asking, how many scarves do you have?
I don’t know if anyone commented on the what looks like an “eyeglass holder” hanging on your wall. I like it. I have a shelf above my sewing machine where I place my glasses when I sew. (I don’t need glasses to sew but I do need them to get from the sewing room to the kitchen. Lol) I had to learn to place them on the shelf. No problems now, finding my glasses.
I started quilting about 5 years ago and I use a black and white composition book. I can start one project and half way through it I start another. I leave about 2-3 pages per project then squeeze everything in, ideas, colors, sizes, math etc. My writing is all over the place. I haven’t made/started many quilts, thus far about 15. Nine are finished , 2 are nearly finished, just need quilting and binding and the others in in different stages of completion. I bought me a planner for 2020! It’s somewhat plain. The outside is colorful but the inside is black and white. I am experimenting with it. If it works out well I will buy a planner for each year that I continue to quilt. My goal is to finish at least 12 quilts this year. (The smallest size being lap size). If my husband sees how hard I am working on these quilts maybe I’ll get my long-arm sooner as opposed to later. Lol
I make label first and put it with bundle of fabric then stitch in to binding and also quilt the name into quilt as I quilt it then when it’s done it’s done
Chanelle was not very popular by the 50s but it was still available mostly in bedspreads and long houseboats. I considered it grandma fabric in the 40s because that's mostly who had it. The backing fabric wasn't that strong if my memory is correct.
Through the years I have collected fabric for quilts. Some was for specific people and others for charity. I have put each in a large zip lock bag along with the pattern I was planning on using. I also had many quilt tops. Due to now having physical limitations and stamina, I am unable to just sit and sew all day. Those not earmarked for someone specific I am giving to a church quilting group. My only request is that the quilts are given to local charities. They have been used for lap quilts in nursing homes, Habitat for Humanity, children’s centers, etc. My thinking is that having been so blessed, blessing others in return is only the right thing to do.
Some antique tops would just be the go & a backing quilted together for a light weight "summer coverlet" for the warm summer weather. This protects the piecing in the top from fraying. I have also seen in some collections applique tops that are just bound without any backing or batting for a summer coverlet, as there are no raw edges on the top.
Hi Karen. I was hearing you about the selling of the mug anD I remembered a podcast I listen today about an artist that sells products that has no inventory, nor package, nor shipping. One a customers buy something from her site, an order is send to a company that prints and sends the product. I suggest you check such services. The podcast is perspective podcast episode Jan 8. Love from Lisbon
Missed your Q & A so better late than never. Being a senior the amount of money spent on fabrics can get out of hand so fast. Seeing other quilter collections is overwhelming to me, but wondering should I have a assortment of fabrics as a base for my new hobby? Another question I have is what does everyone do with there quilts? To justify the money, time spent and if indeed if it’s a gift will they even appreciate the quilt.
That there is the rub. Where do they go and are they appreciated. They are not exactly cheap to make either. I try to be intentional with my gift giving so that I am making something that the receiver actually wants. I also have started making smaller quilts that I experiment new techniques and styles on. The rest goes to charity
I make small quilts for the women's crisis center... most show up with nothing and I like knowing their children will have a warm cuddly blanket. This also uses up my vast stash!! I do this in between gift quilts and other projects....
Carmen, my recommendation is to just buy fabric for the project you want to make. Avoid the temptation to build a stash. Fabrics go out of style, just like clothes, and unless you are a prolific quilter, you’ll find you have spent money on fabrics you no longer like. Also, Karen gave the advice in one video not to buy more than the pattern calls for. That is great advice. I find most patterns overestimate the amount of fabric you need anyway, so don’t buy extra “just in case”. You’ll just end up with more in your scrap bin.
I can't cut or sew as much as I'd like so I've ended up with a large stash accumulated. Some have specific destinations. I also have generic backing options that I just keep on hand. I should mention that my granddaughter uses it as well. One thing I do to keep quilting is making baby or lap quilts to have on hand for natural disasters like hurricanes or wildfires or tornadoes. I consider them part of my charitable contributions and I always have a place for them to go.
Coming to the Netherlands? it is beautiful here in the Spring, I guess you will be going to Keukenhof... other places of interest outside of Amsterdam are Leiden, Delft and Harlem, only a 30 min train ride away :-)
I'm guilty of buying fabric with something in mind for someone and forgetting who and what later. While you were talking I thought maybe a note and put it with the fabric
I have been making a list of five projects and checking them off as completed. I usually start it at the beginning of each month but I have been trying to figure out how to do this in a bullet journal.
Is this a new studio space? I thought all your quilting was done in your spare room in your condo? Enquiring minds want to know, well want to catch up, with your news 😀
You look very nice in that lovely shirt, no, woollen tea shirt, oh I am sorry I can’t remember how to translate “gilet de laine” along with your beautiful long scarf. Thank you for your many advises. Roseline
Just curious. How did you go from quilting as a hobby to a CZcams channel about it, and I'm guessing, a business? Thanks for the informative videos, and congrats on the plaque from CZcams.
Here’s the Facebook live from yesterday. A full list of questions we talked about is on the notes.
Would you ever consider doing a tshirt quilt to show us beginners how it's done properly?
Congratulations on your award. You are certainly an asset to the quilting world. Some of your ideas have been gold in my tool box! 🎆
Congratulations on achieving the 100K subscribers milestone. Your encouragement, positivity and wisdom are incredible!
Watching this video makes me so happy to be retired with no particular commitments to my time. Love all your hints and tricks.
I have been using a bullet journal for 5 years for trying to keep my life on track. It was just this past year that I joined a quilt guild. I have seen so many great quilt blocks on line or pinterest and some don't have instructions. What to do? I started writing things down on random scraps of paper and that didn't work. I was at Staples one day and found a composition size work book that is !/4" grid paper and that is what I got. It works great and allows me to do scale drawings of the blocks. I make notes and colour them in as far as light/medium/dark tones for blocks. I hadn't thought of it as a bullet journal but I guess it is!! A suggestion for the lady that buys fabric and then forgets what she was going to do with it, guilty too, would be to make a note in a notebook when you first buy it. You could even snip a piece of it and tape it to the notes.
Having a journal or planner is really helpful for getting back on track when "life happens". You know the phrase, "if you want to hear G-d laugh, tell him what your plans are." When the laughing takes a break, go back to the journal/planner and get back on track.
I just found you during the pandemic. Can’t thank you enough! Making my first quilt and you have been a vital teacher!
glad to have you aboard
Flylady says "GO shine your sink". Its amazing how great it feels to just look at the shined sink and go from there!
Thank you for doing this!! I don't do Facebook so I love it when that is taken into account! Again thank you!!!!!!
I've just discovered you, Karen, and love your videos. Already 3 hints from you have dramatically improved my quilting. My favoite is the "like playing the piano" pressing tip. Keep them coming!
Regarding the trying to remember what I bought a fabric for question: I've started bundling my fabric with the pattern, even just a hand written note attached to the fabric saying what I've got it for IE: "Tote for xxx". As a quilter, costumer and someone who sews my own clothes I've found this solves the problem forgetting what the purchase was for and also saves over-purchasing for projects.
Marianne Hooper I agree. I was going to say the same thing.
I do the same thing. I don't get into the sewing room as regularly as I would like, so keeping the pattern with the fabric intended for it is a necessity!
You spoke to paper pieces with freezer paper. I also get grumby pulling off the paper backing. Sooooo how about a video on that. Love your way of sharing good ideas. My favorite.
Yes! Thats me with the fabric stash! A whole walk in closet. Enough to keep me going for my life time.But I make scrap(ish) quilts,so it does save me money in the long run. And I have decided to use big pieces sewn together for the backs ,as in your previuos videos to also save me some money with those too. Thank you for all your support with the quilting world.
I absolutely LOVE the habit stacking you're doing!!! It is GENIUS!!! I shall be adding this to my daily routine! Thank you thank you!! You are SO much MORE than a quilting channel! I know I've said that before...but your channel truly does apply to all aspects of life! So blessed to have found your channel...and that you chose to make a channel!🤗🤗🤗
Oh I’m so glad you talked about a different color for each person. We had six children and we were all active. Some days were rainbows.
I love that 2 things I enjoy, the Bullet Journal and Quilting, have found a place online where they merge. In my bullet journal I have two goals per week. One is related to home or health (whatever I want it to be) and the other is a creative focus (usually quilt, sewing, crochet related). This gives me simple things I can do to work toward the things I want to achieve. I try to keep it simple so I don’t get overwhelmed.
👍if you keep it simple, the better chance it will work
Elizabeth Ritschel: Could you share where you were you found the Bullet Journal and Quilting and how they merged. I want to try a simple bullet journal and this sounds like a good place to start. Thanks in advance. 🙂
Gail Jernigan I think she means right here with Karen at Just Get It Done Quilts.
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I'm watching this as Part 3 of bullet journaling!! As I'm watching, I'm laying out the first pages of my first one!
By using a notepad, I first tested whether or not I would A) use it and B) find it useful.
I *have* been doing it AND have found it useful!
I'm somewhat disabled and it's too easy for me to stay in my recliner hand quilting, or working in my sewing room and watching quilting CZcams videos (especially YOURS). I will tend to let dust get 1" thick, or dust bunnies line the hallway, clean dishes *stay* in the dishwasher or let my husband get to his last pair of socks before doing a load of laundry.
LOL 😆 By making a list of tasks I want to accomplish each day helps me to actually *accomplish* things, instead of having a laissez faire attitude of getting things done.
I'm starting realistically and that's a big help to my actually getting things accomplished, rather than being too ambitious and then feeling badly because I didn't get everything done.
Thank you SO MUCH for this series!
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I love the ages-old Composition books. The original color was black and white. They now come in more colors. I started writing in a Composition book when I started quilted. Quilting was new for me and I wanted to keep track of what I did. That was about 15 yrs ago. I still write in a composition book. I have a separate book for sewing projects.
Oh! With this kink of bookI can put the date in.
I have tried other planners for my life and don’t continue with them. My husband and one of my daughter’s love to write down what they need to do; and they love checking off the boxes.
It works the opposite for me. I sort of get my back up and walk away. Like you say, Karen we are all different.
I really enjoy your tutorials!
Thank you for explaining the circle/spoke. My brain goes in all directions when I start/plan a quilt. This is the perfect way for me to track that brain dump!!
I started a bullet journal last year and loved it. It went everywhere with me. To me it is so worthwhile to make one. Everything in one place and designed to what I like. Meal ideas, calendar, birthdays, notes etc all in one book. My go to book and doing it again this year.
Okay, LAST comment.
HahaHAhaHaHAHAhaHa!
During all three of these videos, looking at your bright green notebook for 2020, I can't help thinking of your 2021 video where you are trying to decide whether or not to burn it. LOL!
But just seeing its clean pages ready to be filled with ideas, plans, hopes & desires, THEN thinking about what a header the world, our lives and our loved ones lives all took. It's shocking! Astounding! And if someone had told us on Jan 1 what was going to happen, we'd have called them mad!
Anyway your little green notebook sticks in my mind and weighs on my heart whenever I see it ❤️
My fabric stash is quite large. Mostly precuts. For 2020, I have put a hold on buying anything new, unless it “speaks” to me and I know exactly what I am using it for. I follow an apparel sew-er on YT, and she had a bullet journal that I really liked. Specifically, her project page. On the left page, list the title, the pattern name and the material needed along with any notes. The right side page, I draw the block, or a portion of the quilt, color it in, write who it is intended for, size, dates started and completed. I do put in a monthly calendar on just one page at the moment and sometimes add projects I want to complete or work on. I have been doing this for a couple of years and it is fun to look back at quilts I have completed and to also look up dates that I have completed a top that is still waiting to be quilted.
Thank you for being budget minded.
Love the habit stacking idea!
I would like to thank you so much for the bullet journal videos. I had been toying with the notion of starting one for years and wasn't inspired to actually start one until I saw yours. Keep up the amazing work
Thank you
My goal for 2020 is to finish at least one quilt I have in my studio each month. I am banning any new purchases until I finish at least 12 current quilts.
I was wondering how you have been doing on your quilt goals
You gave lots of good tips and ideas for me. I've got a bullet journal that I bought a couple months ago that I now plan on using for my quilting planner. I need to go back and rewatch the videos again in order to see what I basically need to put as for the categories. Since I'm new to quilting, I'm almost at a loss. I have watched so many videos I feel that I could whip a quilt up in no time but I know that is unrealistic. Congratulations again on your play button. And Thank you. 💗💗💗
I’ve done the same, and finally realized that slowing down to focus and follow through gets it done WAY more quickly. 😁
@@wordwalkermomma4 Thank you.
Congratulations on the award.
Loved the video but was unable to watch live. Good information on lots of topics especially bullet journaling and quilt planning. Good pace and video taping with little editing.
I agree about the toddler quilt answer. My son brought a friend over and went in my cedar chest to show the baby and toddler quilts I made. They were kept at the bottom of his bed well into teen years. Well washed and loved but themes and color choices have changed over time. Warms my heart that they are still important to him.
He got a new full size quilt for Christmas with a Thailand theme in memory of a trip he took. Many years between quilts.
That’s so sweet. He gets it-
the love you put into them.
What a joy to watch you. Thanks.🇨🇦
Thanks for sharing a bullet journal. I used one until I went electronic. I would write monthly quilting goals as I was unorganized on getting projects done. Now I use Trello. I would need my journal when I went to the quilting store to see if I needed backing, batting, or whatever. Now I have a section on my phone.
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During this covid time. You have become my new best friend. So a positive event came out of home bound.
My Plan for 2021 is to make that plan you shared. I will give myself permission to go slowly. As I fell & crushed a vertebrae 😔
Like YOU ...I too shall pick up my fabrics an paint colors into my life 😊
Sounds painful. I hope you are better soon
Congrats on your award. Happy you made it. We love your channel ❤️👍🏼🎉
I love the idea that making the planner helps. I work with groups that struggle with being still, taking a break, breathing long enough to connect with the way their brains like to work. I am just beginning bullet journaling, I always used planners but only use certain parts. Thanks for the encouragement. Love your channel. Still haven't joined a guild, I plan to do it this year.
My DH was complaining, "Quilting takes up so much of your time." That's because, like you, I make work in fits and starts depending on life and it's schedule. I used your 15/30 minute tip to break down my current project to not only keep me on task, but to also make time for the organizing I need to do. However, quilting is more fun! I did manage to clear off the dining room table for Christmas and reorganize all the quilting odds and ends which had accumulated there. I also used a Micheal's coupon and a sale to get a three tiered cart in which to put the newly organized items and my current hand work project. I have managed to keep the table clean, aside from the cat sleeping on the current UFO. She is now sleeping elsewhere. As she likes it so much, I am going to go turn the orphan block into her new bed. :) Thank you!!!
Wow...well done you 👏👏👏
Love!!!! Your scarf!!! The colors are amazing!!!
Thanks for the video. I never really understood what a bullet journal is. I can’t imagine doing a bulletin journal for myself Too much work! It seems like another project to do. BUT....my daughter would benefit from this, I’m sure. We are all different. I can see this being a great help for many people.
I plan events for a living, like the term mind map....i record all steps in projects, personal and work, because you may want to repeat...like an easter basket for a grandchild a few years later i was asked for another grandchild, my details were recorded...love just listening to you, thanks for all your work with the videos and congratulations on the CZcams certificate for sunscribers!
I really find bullet journalling more efficient and less wasteful. For years I bought dated journals that i ended up throwing away only 1/4 of the way used. With bullet journalimg, I journal when I need it, stop when life is too much and then gather myself back up with the journal.
RE: bullet journal takes too much time. I disagree. I easily make up any time spent creating my bullet journal just by being more more organized and knowing what I need or want to work on when I get in my sewing room. Plus, I feel calm and enjoy sewing more because things seem less chaotic to me when they are written down. To each his own, I guess. Love your vids and I had to buy that timer after I saw yours, it's a great motivator. 😀
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I have definitely abandoned a few UFO’s. My first lone star quilt top was so wonky, there was nothing I could do to fix it. I put it in my scrap bin and it eventually got cut up and used in a scrap happy quilt (like a crumb quilt) that I am in love with. I am to the point now where I am challenging myself NOT to buy any more fabric until I use 50% of my stash. Thank you for explaining the circle plan...won’t be using because it would put me in eternal squirrel mode. Lol. Thank you for sharing! Again this is a great video.
Oh my Goodness ! I am drinking lemon / cayenne tea right this minute.. I was so proud of myself for thinking it up " on my own " lol ... Then I found out .. it's a THING ... Had no idea at the time it would have the effect of a little bit of a pick me up.. in fact I questioned that it was actually happening .. but .. sure enough.. it was a bonus effect. anyway... I just had to jump in when you mentioned the lemon/cayenne tea... ps.. and really more importantly .. am loving ALL your videos ! Found your channel a few days ago.. admitting to a bit ( ok alot ) of binge watching ... : ]
I have used washed flannel in small quilts for babies. Like a binder for bullet journal so that I can take out or put in. When I first started quilting I used to put in a sample block. I still have those blocks but now I take pictures of the whole quilt with my i-pod touch (no phone or camera) to refer back to and also to send to family and friends, who are interested, as they give so much positive feedback. Can always use a pat on the back. A binder will also fit with the graph paper. It's tedious to have to measure all lines although I still do that too. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
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Hi Karen, thank you for your kinds thoughts about my country in its present crisis. The impact of the fires will be felt long after the last flame is put out. Just.... thank your all. Rosalyn Toop Perth Western Australia
I liked this video very much. I am definitely doing a lean bullet journal for my ideas...I think...ha ha. Thank you for making this.
Greetings. Fairly new to your channel and am binge watching after the tree, ladder and I had a falling out. Your approach and philosophy is wonderful. I very much appreciate your non-commercial approach. I am a very long time quilter, pre-rotary cutter with a stash that will outlast me. Lots of donating going on. Thanks for keeping me company and making me smile. Just asking, how many scarves do you have?
A lot...maybe 25. But I do have favourites. They give my face colour while covering up the dribbles on my shirt
I don’t know if anyone commented on the what looks like an “eyeglass holder” hanging on your wall. I like it. I have a shelf above my sewing machine where I place my glasses when I sew. (I don’t need glasses to sew but I do need them to get from the sewing room to the kitchen. Lol) I had to learn to place them on the shelf. No problems now, finding my glasses.
I think it spurs creativity too, so there is that benefit too, which meditation does too
Happy New Year to you also xxxx
I started quilting about 5 years ago and I use a black and white composition book. I can start one project and half way through it I start another. I leave about 2-3 pages per project then squeeze everything in, ideas, colors, sizes, math etc. My writing is all over the place. I haven’t made/started many quilts, thus far about 15. Nine are finished , 2 are nearly finished, just need quilting and binding and the others in in different stages of completion. I bought me a planner for 2020! It’s somewhat plain. The outside is colorful but the inside is black and white. I am experimenting with it. If it works out well I will buy a planner for each year that I continue to quilt. My goal is to finish at least 12 quilts this year. (The smallest size being lap size). If my husband sees how hard I am working on these quilts maybe I’ll get my long-arm sooner as opposed to later. Lol
Karen does it again! Great video with your characteristic insight and tricks. Thank you!
I make label first and put it with bundle of fabric then stitch in to binding and also quilt the name into quilt as I quilt it then when it’s done it’s done
Chanelle was not very popular by the 50s but it was still available mostly in bedspreads and long houseboats. I considered it grandma fabric in the 40s because that's mostly who had it. The backing fabric wasn't that strong if my memory is correct.
Through the years I have collected fabric for quilts. Some was for specific people and others for charity. I have put each in a large zip lock bag along with the pattern I was planning on using. I also had many quilt tops. Due to now having physical limitations and stamina, I am unable to just sit and sew all day. Those not earmarked for someone specific I am giving to a church quilting group. My only request is that the quilts are given to local charities. They have been used for lap quilts in nursing homes, Habitat for Humanity, children’s centers, etc. My thinking is that having been so blessed, blessing others in return is only the right thing to do.
My bullet journal. Front cover. “Just get shit done”. Love your videos.
Some antique tops would just be the go & a backing quilted together for a light weight "summer coverlet" for the warm summer weather. This protects the piecing in the top from fraying. I have also seen in some collections applique tops that are just bound without any backing or batting for a summer coverlet, as there are no raw edges on the top.
Oh I love the ideas of 15 minutes of housework every day. By the end of the week bam the house is clean.
Lynn Oliver And since the House is cleaner, you get more and more done in your 15 minutes
This is my first time watching you. Thank you for all the information. Have been thinking of starting a journal this year.
happy new year! to you and yr loved ones.
I do something similar with just a cheap spiral note book. I wrote down what I wanted to do during the week. I would highlight what I get done.
Hi Karen. I was hearing you about the selling of the mug anD I remembered a podcast I listen today about an artist that sells products that has no inventory, nor package, nor shipping. One a customers buy something from her site, an order is send to a company that prints and sends the product. I suggest you check such services. The podcast is perspective podcast episode Jan 8. Love from Lisbon
Congratulations on your you tube gift. Thank you for your channel. So many ideas .
I'm always amazed, aggravated and puzzled by people who choose the thumbs down. Why bother? Why not just click the next one? LOL
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Missed your Q & A so better late than never. Being a senior the amount of money spent on fabrics can get out of hand so fast. Seeing other quilter collections is overwhelming to me, but wondering should I have a assortment of fabrics as a base for my new hobby? Another question I have is what does everyone do with there quilts? To justify the money, time spent and if indeed if it’s a gift will they even appreciate the quilt.
That there is the rub. Where do they go and are they appreciated. They are not exactly cheap to make either. I try to be intentional with my gift giving so that I am making something that the receiver actually wants. I also have started making smaller quilts that I experiment new techniques and styles on. The rest goes to charity
Thanks for your response, I really do find myself spending all my time looking for a good purpose to make a quilt 😫
I make small quilts for the women's crisis center... most show up with nothing and I like knowing their children will have a warm cuddly blanket. This also uses up my vast stash!! I do this in between gift quilts and other projects....
Carmen, my recommendation is to just buy fabric for the project you want to make. Avoid the temptation to build a stash. Fabrics go out of style, just like clothes, and unless you are a prolific quilter, you’ll find you have spent money on fabrics you no longer like.
Also, Karen gave the advice in one video not to buy more than the pattern calls for. That is great advice. I find most patterns overestimate the amount of fabric you need anyway, so don’t buy extra “just in case”. You’ll just end up with more in your scrap bin.
I can't cut or sew as much as I'd like so I've ended up with a large stash accumulated. Some have specific destinations. I also have generic backing options that I just keep on hand. I should mention that my granddaughter uses it as well. One thing I do to keep quilting is making baby or lap quilts to have on hand for natural disasters like hurricanes or wildfires or tornadoes. I consider them part of my charitable contributions and I always have a place for them to go.
Coming to the Netherlands? it is beautiful here in the Spring, I guess you will be going to Keukenhof... other places of interest outside of Amsterdam are Leiden, Delft and Harlem, only a 30 min train ride away :-)
I’m from Australia and went to Harlem last year to a beautiful quilt shop and also Keukenhof on a quilting tour. Loved every minute.
I'm guilty of buying fabric with something in mind for someone and forgetting who and what later. While you were talking I thought maybe a note and put it with the fabric
Speaking about buying expensive mats. I use the JoAnn fabric coupons too for my expensive items, mats, roller cutter etc
Same here
I have been making a list of five projects and checking them off as completed. I usually start it at the beginning of each month but I have been trying to figure out how to do this in a bullet journal.
Do it the same way that you have been. If it's working for you there's no need to change it.
Thanks~ I watched lately but i love your channel im good listener ^^ ill try do my best with U bullet 2020 journal
Where can I purchase your “just get it done coffee mug”. I made a chenille baby quilt for my first grandchild (a girl). She loved it
Paper piecing is like thinking backward.
Thank you , the fires have just been horrific. And some are.still going. !!
Happy New Year... just found your channel!
Pamela Owen glad you’re here 😎
Hello Karen, just a line to congratulate you on your awesome milestone. Diana Romero
Thank you
Is this a new studio space? I thought all your quilting was done in your spare room in your condo? Enquiring minds want to know, well want to catch up, with your news 😀
Did I hear you mention that you are going to Holland this year? Nice, what are your plans visiting my country?😀
Thanks for what you do. Can you give a talk on your Bernina, please?
I'm not an ambassador of the brand...so I prefer to speak more generally
You look very nice in that lovely shirt, no, woollen tea shirt, oh I am sorry I can’t remember how to translate “gilet de laine” along with your beautiful long scarf. Thank you for your many advises. Roseline
So bummed I missed it!!
Happy New Year from France !
Happy New Year everyone.
Just curious. How did you go from quilting as a hobby to a CZcams channel about it, and I'm guessing, a business? Thanks for the informative videos, and congrats on the plaque from CZcams.
It started as a “block lotto challenge how-to”...not quite sure what the next part was 😎
Do you ever sew quilts?
wow when i look at this now thinking back we had covid19 coming towards us lol
So sorry I missed this. We lost our power yesterday and I was off all internet activity!
I still don't know what it was you got from you tube !
ho you are coming to the nethelrands!!! yeeee , if you want you are welcome to contact me, i can take you around.
My mother and I are coming for the 75th Liberation celebrations. My grandfather is buried at Groesbeek. Perhaps I should arrange a meet-up before hand
So you plan to do any CZcams lives?
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Hate the tea drinking
Oh I hate the sound of people drinking. It’s horrible.