Mon Memory 146~ Quick Reference Wall

 

Several years ago blog world was publishing

their "Dream Boards"

It was a place where they posted their goals,

future projects and ideas.

For some it was like a Pinterest on the wall.

Matter of fact, I believe this was before Pinterest days began.

So I started a "Dream Board."

It started as a piece of  3ft x2ft styrofoam used in a box to pack something.

I wrapped it in blue knit fabric

(leftover from this project)

then nailed to the wall.

I used pins to post things on this board.

 

It quickly became a place where I posted

measurement notes,

patterns

and 

reference charts

So it became my Reference Wall.

I could look these up on my 

blog,

my phone/computer folder

or 

DuckDuckGO the internet.

It its quicker for me to look up at this board 

across from my cutting table

or take down the pinned reference

and lay on my work space

like I did when I recently took down the card above 

when I made another yard flag.

 As you can see this board

 holds a lot of quick reference

of things I make often, but can't remember exact measurements.

Like my

Mug Organizer

and

Yard Flag

 For the mug organizer

I finally just made a quick pattern so I don't have to measure out the piece.

You'll also find a 16 inch square to cut pillow tops.

I have no idea why I pinned a bag of cotton on here.

It's labeled "cushion square and stuff?"

The birds are just a vision to remind me how to make the birds 

my Scrap Fabric Cards.

 

I've also printed out some of the charts for 

making various half square triangle methods.

Its also a place I hang things I don't want to lose.

I can keep track of them here. 

For example:

the flag my daughter made in junior high just by putting scraps together.

She tried my new serger without my supervision.

Now that was brave of both of us.

 

I have hung some old yard flags here

I may want to make again.

I also have one of my Mother's old patterns

I used often when I was younger.

A piece of a candle wicking project

I inherited with the needle and thread 

still intact. 

I do not know why I'm saving it.

It was such a unique artifact.
I still look at my daughter's flag 

amazed 

at machine applique that no one was really doing at the time

and she stuffed it!

Did she know about trapunto?

This junior high kid was way ahead of her time.

Or was she sitting in the background those Saturday mornings

when I watched Sewing with Nancy and all those other PBS shows

and while the family made fun of me,

she actually saw something she wanted to try? 

If she had time to sit at a machine today,

I wonder what she could do

instead of deliver mail 6 days a week!

So even though this Quick Reference Wall

used to be a Dream Board

it is really a

Memory Board?
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