Do you leave notes to yourself on your sewing stuff? Just little things to help you remember. I do. Yesterday I opened the above skirt pattern thinking I might make it again. I always make my skirts a size 12, but out of the pattern fell my note that this skirt fit in the size 10. I have to admit I was a little pleased with myself for having the foresight to leave myself this note -- I'm organized but not usually
this organized. It certainly saved me from some trouble.
I also occasionally leave myself post-it notes on my sewing machines. Because I normally have two machines set up, if I leave one different from my usual set up for more than a couple of days I have to remind myself. The scrap above I left sitting on a machine to tell me it had a fine thread and size 65/9 needle in it.
I find it kind of sad that I have to leave myself notes since I used to have such a sharp memory. But it's nice not to waste time trying to remember this stuff -- I just have to remember to leave the notes.
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I am getting there, too, making notes, etc., because I forget. With kids and house things, my mind is jammed and cannot always remember what I meant to do later.
I leave notes on everything. How else will I remember the particulars? On recipes to tell me what to adjust. In books to tell me how I was feeling about the book at a particular moment. Those I date. And on patterns so that I don't make too many of the same version or if I had to adjust it in any way. Stickies are beautiful inventions.
I leave notes on patterns, but then the next time I use the pattern, I rarely follow the advice on the note.
I've always written reminder-notes to myself. I've always thought, "Why try to remember everything when I can just write it down?"
I leave myself notes on recipes, but I've never thought to leave notes on my patterns. Though I really should, becaue I usually make so many changes the end product is barely recognisable and then I forget how I got there.
On a side note, your writing looks very much like my mother's. Whose name is also Susan. But I suspect she's quite a bit older than you, or I would have been seriously confused this morning.
Susan, you have a gift for making even the smallest details seem fascinating. I need to leave myself some notes too -- a big time saver in the long run!
I really should be leaving notes about what kind of needle is in my machine. I always think I'll remember, but I never do. I end up just guessing. Probably not the best system.
Now if I could just remember where I put my pen...
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