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    Organizing Solutions for Every Quilter: An Illustrated Guide to the Space of Your Dreams
    Organizing Solutions for Every Quilter: An Illustrated Guide to the Space of Your Dreams
    Organizing Solutions for Every Quilter: An Illustrated Guide to the Space of Your Dreams
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    Organizing Solutions for Every Quilter: An Illustrated Guide to the Space of Your Dreams

    By Carolyn Woods

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    A professional organizer’s handy guide to creating an uncluttered, inviting quilting space for yourself—whether it’s a small closet or a large studio. 

    This practical guide shows you how to organize and maintain your quilting space, no matter what size. Learn handy ways to sort and arrange all of your fabrics and supplies into easy-to-use stations—and find actual organizing solutions from quilters’ studios, including Alex Anderson and Diana McClun.

    Create a calm and happy place for all your beloved fabrics, books, notions, tools, and even UFOs (unfinished objects). With colorful photos, you'll see real examples of what makes an efficient, functional, and inviting quilting space. You'll identify what's causing the clutter, learn how to turn it into a more creative zone, and find more time to do what you love—quilt!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateMar 1, 2011
    ISBN9781607052098
    Organizing Solutions for Every Quilter: An Illustrated Guide to the Space of Your Dreams

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    • 5/5
      If you are the 'organized' quilting-type, Organizing Solutions for Every Quilter, by Carolyn Woods, will give you tons of new ideas for keeping your quilting area clean and neat.And, if you are the 'un-organized' quilting type, Organizing Solutions for Every Quilter is really for you!This book covers every area of your quilting area and more. Woods covers fabric storage, furniture in the quilting area, tools, UFOs (unfinished objects), extra blocks, strips, scraps, and strings, thread, finished quilts and lots more! She tells how to organize your quilting books and patterns, and even your calendar!I have never read quilting books that talk about what to take on a plane when you are traveling, how to quilt in small spaces, or how to store finished quilts, but these are all in Woods' book. She helps every quilter set goals for organization and how to finish your projects. Even though, I am generally more of an 'organized' quilter, there were a lot of tips that I can use. I am also more aware of really cleaning up the space that I have worked in that day.So, if you lean more towards being 'organized' or 'un-organized', either way, this book is sure to be helpful to you, as a quilter, and for setting your quilting area to top-shape!

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    Organizing Solutions for Every Quilter - Carolyn Woods

    Text copyright © 2011 by Carolyn Woods

    Photography copyright © 2011 by Carolyn Woods and C&T Publishing, Inc.

    Publisher: Amy Marson

    Creative Director: Gailen Runge

    Acquisitions Editor: Susanne Woods

    Editor: Liz Aneloski

    Copyeditor/Proofreader: Wordfirm Inc.

    Cover/Book Designer: Kristen Yenche

    Production Coordinator: Jenny Leicester

    Production Editor: Julia Cianci

    Photography by Chanelle Richardson, Carolyn Woods, and Christina Carty-Francis and Diane Pedersen of C&T Publishing, Inc., unless otherwise noted.

    Published by C&T Publishing, Inc., P.O. Box 1456, Lafayette, CA 94549

    All rights reserved. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be used in any form or reproduced by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems—without written permission from the publisher.

    Attention Teachers: C&T Publishing, Inc., encourages you to use this book as a text for teaching. Contact us at 800-284-1114 or www.ctpub.com for lesson plans and information about the C&T Creative Troupe.

    We take great care to ensure that the information included in our products is accurate and presented in good faith, but no warranty is provided nor are results guaranteed. Having no control over the choices of materials or procedures used, neither the author nor C&T Publishing, Inc., shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in this book. For your convenience, we post an up-to-date listing of corrections on our website (www. ctpub.com). If a correction is not already noted, please contact our customer service department at ctinfo@ctpub.com or at P.O. Box 1456, Lafayette, CA 94549.

    Trademark (™) and registered trademark (®) names are used throughout this book. Rather than use the symbols with every occurrence of a trademark or registered trademark name, we are using the names only in the editorial fashion and to the benefit of the owner, with no intention of infringement.

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Woods, Carolyn, 1971-

    Organizing solutions for every quilter : an illustrated guide to the space of your dreams / Carolyn Woods. p. cm.

    ISBN 978-1-60705-196-1 (softcover)

    1. Workshops-Design and construction. 2. Storage in the home. 3. Quilting--Equipment and supplies. I. Title.

    TT152.W654 2011

    684’.08--dc22

                                              2010028181

    10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

    To my sister, Susanne, for this amazing opportunity. After admiring your craft for so many years, you got me in on the inside and then got me hooked.

    To my husband, Kevin, and my children, Sarah and Justin, for all the precious time and quiet I needed to get this book researched and written. I love you.

    To my biggest supporters in the writing process, Judy Westrum, Marcia Swires, Mick Williamson, Dave Stempien, Jamie Moilanen, Jona Giammalva, and Patty Macsisak. It means the world to me that you believe I can organize anything and then write about it.

    To the ladies of Nimble Thimbles and of Calico Cut-Ups. You opened your studios to me without hesitation, answered even my most basic questions, and gave me so much to write about. Thank you to Jan for introducing me around, and then to Barbara, Becky, Charlene, Deanne, Emma, Gail, Jona, Marge, Mary, and Monica for your hospitality and for your infectious enthusiasm for your art.

    To the extremely talented professionals in the quilting business who jumped right on board to be part of this book: Alex Anderson, Libby Lehman, Diana McClun, and Nancy Arseneault. I am motivated and in awe of your continued dedication to teaching and promoting the art of quilting. And to Mark Lipinski who, although we've not yet met, reminded me that quilting is more than a hobby. It's a lifestyle.

    And to all the quilters, even the famous ones, who have taken the time to share their ideas and opinions with me in person and then on podcasts, in blogs, on websites, and in magazines. We all benefit from each other's organizing wisdom, efficiency tips, and storage savvy. You have all inspired me to give you my very best insight and encouragement to be happy, organized quilters.

    CONTENTS

    Foreword

    Resources

    About the Author

    Section 1: Get Organized (The Overview)

    CHAPTER 1: THE PROCESS OF GETTING ORGANIZED: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE

    Identify the Causes of the Clutter

    Set Goals to Deal with the Clutter

    Organize the Stuff

    Maintain the Organization

    CHAPTER 2: ROOM DESIGN

    Room Design Basics

    Assessing Furniture Needs

    Furniture Placement

    Going Beyond Room Design Basics

    Section 2: Storage Options (The Nitty-Gritty)

    CHAPTER 3: FABRIC STORAGE

    For the Love of Fabric

    Storing Yardage

    Sorting Fabric

    Managing Your Stash

    Scraps, Strips, Strings, and Selvages

    Batting and Bolts

    CHAPTER 4: THREAD, NOTIONS, TOOLS, AND MORE

    Taming the Junk Drawer

    Thread and Bobbins

    Pins and Needles

    Cutting Mats

    Small Tools

    Fabric Pencils and Markers

    Rulers and Templates

    Machine Accessories

    Buttons, Ribbons, and Embellishments

    Stabilizers and Fusibles

    Patterns

    Books, Magazines, and Manuals

    CHAPTER 5: PROJECT AND UFO STORAGE

    Identify the Causes of Your Project Profusion

    Set Goals to Deal with the Plethora of Projects

    Sort Through Your Projects

    Maintain the Organization

    CHAPTER 6: QUILTING ON THE GO

    Equipment for Working Away from Home

    Clever Ideas for Quilting in Small Spaces or on the Go

    Portable Storage

    CHAPTER 7: LONG-TERM STORAGE AND DISPLAY

    Know Your Enemies

    Storing Quilts

    Protecting Heirloom Quilts

    Digital Storage

    Displaying Quilts

    FOREWORD

    The opportunity to write this book couldn't have come at a more unexpected time. I was between jobs, looking for my next career move within the marketing profession. My residential organizing business, which I established in 2004, was in full swing. My hobbies were plentiful. And the kids were at ages when homework, sports, play dates, and slumber parties filled most of the other waking hours. My calendar was completely full.

    Not surprisingly, I hesitated a while before I agreed to submit a formal proposal. Excuses abounded. However, I reached a turning point when I realized that the place to start was to write down the terms for the different parts of a quilt. I titled my notebook page Anatomy of a Quilt. That was the day I knew I would write this book.

    My approach to researching this book was to spend time in many quilting studios in the Phoenix area. Without knowing me, these quilters all agreed to show me everything and anything. No holds barred.

    These ladies were indispensable. I met their families, they made me lunch, we exchanged more emails, and they agreed to help in any way they could. They answered all my tough questions about their habits (good and bad), hideaways, and hang-ups. I became a student of their individual artistry as well as a problem solver for their common organizational challenges. You will see many of their brilliant ideas described here and illustrated in photos we took in their homes. Barbara even painted her studio in anticipation of the photo shoot at her house. You ladies are amazing.

    I took what I learned from those great ladies and supplemented it with ideas I gathered from International Quilt Market, quilt shows, quilting stores, more quilters, podcasts, books, Web articles, blogs, magazines, and my own experience. I wrote this book to methodically guide you through the process of getting your quilting space organized. Let me take a moment to explain how to use this illustrated guide.

    HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

    Because Chapter 1 describes, in plain and simple steps, the process of getting organized, you need to read this chapter first. Chapter 1 will get you to look objectively at your stuff like a professional organizer does, always thinking in terms of convenience and maintainable systems. Chapter 1 will give you lots of ideas for getting organized, but you should keep reading through Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5 before diving in. When you have gathered all the new ideas you want to try, you will definitely want to refer back to Chapter 1 to use the organizing steps from that chapter to implement the new solutions.

    Chapter 2 outlines the basics of space planning and room design. As Chapter 1 explains, having an efficiently designed quilting space is fundamental to the success of your organizing efforts. You will take away from Chapter 2 design concepts behind furniture placement, furniture scale, furniture usefulness, and available storage options. Apply these space-planning concepts to create the best furniture flow through your space and to accommodate creature comforts

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