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August 29, 2012

WIP: Glam Garlands Quilt

August 29, 2012

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I have a quilt top! (and cute kid behind the quilt top!) And I love it!  It was a lot of work. A lot.  I solidly worked on it almost everyday -well, every night after Miles went to bed.  I followed the book’s instructions pretty much exactly, except when assembling the columns for quilt top.  They were all laid out in order, then I stacked them one on top of each other, and forgot what order I gathered them in.  So, the left most column is really supposed to be the far right column.  I don’t think it really matters – at least not to me – but that’s been the only deviation from the written directions.

Oh, one more mistake. And this might be my own mistake, not any errata in the book. I ended up with an extra small block.  When putting together the quilt top, I figured out which column was missing a block (it was much shorter than the two columns on either side).  Easy fix.

And here’s my geek out for this post.  Look at how I completely nerded out with my project planning/tracking.  I’m not really sure what I’m trying to accomplish with this spreadsheet, but I like it.  Quantifying my efforts in a datasheet really excites me.  I mean, having a completed quilt top excites me too, but this spreadsheet really pushes me over the edge. 

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Its really a toss up at this point, which excites me more, the actual completed quilt top, or my nerdy spreadsheet… Anyone else think I’m a nerd?

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Posted by norine
Filed Under: sewing Tagged: productivity, quilt, wip

Comments

  1. capitolaquilter says

    August 30, 2012 at 1:17 am

    Your spreadsheet is like an adorable souvenir of the quilt – funny, I love it. I’m such a wing it kind of quilter and change my mind at least a few times along the way, not too nerdy I guess. The quilt is precious with the gentle colors and cute kid in the pic! Congrats on the finish.

  2. moira says

    August 30, 2012 at 9:03 am

    oh my, Norine, I think if I worked out how much my quilts cost to make it would make me queasy! Loving your glam garlands

  3. Jenniffier Kramer says

    August 31, 2012 at 6:20 pm

    Love your nerdy spreadsheet, now it might me a nerd too but all I could think is oh I should do something like that so I can figure out where I am on all of random projects. However, I think I would/hate to know how much it costs me. Mostly because my hubby might see it and then there could be some discourse. I think it is better if he just knows how much goes out at one time, not the total of how much one project really costs me.

  4. Belinda says

    August 31, 2012 at 8:47 pm

    Love the spread sheet – it’s something I need to do especially when I’m mmaking/selling custom quilts.

  5. Carol says

    September 24, 2012 at 4:20 pm

    And you have a cute sister behind that quilt too. 🙂

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