Organizing Your Sewing Projects

Greetings Creative People,

If you are thinking of joining me on my sewing journey, I have three suggestions that I believe will help you along the way.

• Organize, Organize, & Organize!!

Organizing is one, if not the only, way to ensure you will meet your goals. I am not the most organized person in the world and I forget plenty of things, so my constant focus is to stay organized and write things down, especially since I am always concerned about "forgetting something".


If you have read my previous posts regarding my Pattern Sew Through Challenge, you will know that I break down the steps I have to take to complete my projects. This helps me because of my schedule as a full-time working, single mother of two...do I need to say more! LOL! Anyway, I thought perhaps if there are others out there like me, you could use some suggestions on how I laid out my 'plan of attack'. I planned everything out in a 5 phases...this information is as follows:

Also, when I have chosen my patterns, I felt it necessary to kept track and write down all the notions I need to complete the project. Although, I originally just wrote on a piece of paper, I decided to create a form to help with my future projects. I wanted to keep track of the pattern company and number; which view I decided to make; who I was making the project for; the required fabrics in either width; the required notions; and I included other things I ususally forget, like whether I need lining or interfacing. There was enough space on the page to include lines for any notes about the pattern I may want to include. Although, I did not carve out a space for a picture of the pattern, I believe that would be a good addition, but for right now this form works...

Project Checklist

Pattern Company & Number: __________________________________________

View: ______

Project made for: _______________

Required Fabric: 45” wide: _______
                             60” wide: _______

Required Notions: ______________     _____________       
        ______________     _____________                                      
        ______________     _____________                                    
                                                 
Do you need interfacing?   ______Yes   _____No

Do you need lining?    _____Yes       _____No

Notes: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Place Fabric Sample Here:
                                                                                 
                     
   

I created this form to fit my needs, and if you are joining me on this journey, please feel free to copy or download to create your own form that works for you and your needs.

I hope you find this helpful!

Happy Sewing!