I purposely organize my projects so that they are easy to take out and just as easy to put away at the end of a day. I can’t leave out a whole project and its pieces. I don’t switch between lots of projects in one day. If I have time to stitch (which I always make time to do), I work from one project bag on that day. I never have two bags out of that box in the same day. This keeps my threads neat.Įmbellishments, if there are any, might be in another small bag, so that they’re not knocking around loose in the larger bag. Bags Inside Bagsįor example, all the threads for one project might be inside a smaller bag inside the larger bag. In those cases, I usually have a small notebook in the project bag, where I can take notes on the project as I work on it. Sometimes, if I’m working on my own design, there are no instructions. It really just depends on whether the instructions are in a large book or something with a manageable size to it. Sometimes, I’ll make a copy of the instructions and put that in the bag instead. When it comes to instructions, sometimes I’ll have a whole book or magazine in the bag (like in the bag above). A needlebook with a variety of needles in it Here’s the list of what’s in every bag:ġ. What’s In a Bag?Ī project bag contains everything I need to do the work required on that project. That way, when it comes to working on a specific project, all I have to do is grab the one bag that contains everything for that project and work from that bag. So I use a variety of different types of bags – ziplock bags, mesh zipper bags (like the ones shown in the photo above), and the like – to organize each individual project. And if all the ingredients for those projects were dumped into the basket, it would be a lot, and it would be pretty messy and disorganized. Nine projects in one basket sounds like a lot. In fact, it stays at the foot of my bed in my bedroom. It’s large enough to hold large projects and small, but light enough to be easily moved and small enough to situate in an out-of-the-way place that doesn’t contribute to household clutter. It’s just a lightweight large nylon basket that I picked up at a store for about $5. Taken as a whole, it doesn’t look like much. There is a tenth project set up on a frame and stand, with all its contents in a separate box, but all in all, when it comes to getting any stitching actually done, that basket above represents everything I’m working on. In that basket are nestled nine embroidery projects that are currently underway in my life. While I do have a workroom where my supplies are (more or less) stored and organized, when it comes to actually getting needlework done, the basket in the photo above is It. The photo above features the Epicenter of My Embroidery World. This is a much more specific topic than “time management,” and perhaps the ideas we share here (and in the comments below) will be more of a direct help to those of us who stitch and who want to have time to stitch more often. So today, I thought I’d share with you some ideas on managing embroidery projects, especially if you are the type of personality that needs to have a lot of things on the go at once. Time management is not quite the same thing as organization (although organization has a lot to do with time management), and when it comes to embroidery specifically, I think it’s more a question of organization than actual time management. So I’m plagued with self-doubt when it comes to sharing ideas about a lofty subject like how to manage your time!Ĥ. Yes, I have certain tricks – more like rituals – that I go through, to help me manage my time and make sure I get my work done, but, like anyone, I tend to slip up and fall off the wagon now and then. I am not the best example to follow when it comes to time management. What works for one person when it comes to time management is not necessarily going to work for another person, because everyone’s circumstances are different.ģ. Time management is a huge topic, and lots of sub-topics fall underneath it.Ģ. The more I’ve thought about it, though, the more I realized that time management is a really difficult subject to cover in just one article, for several reasons:ġ. I mentioned it briefly here on the blog and got lots of response, asking for me to cover the subject. Last year (or just a few weeks ago), the subject of time management and embroidery came up repeatedly in my inbox.
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