Catching Up with the QA
Yesterday I got straight to writing my morning pages and then ventured into my studio. I only had a few hours to work cause it was P-day! (Prom-Dress-Buying Day).
Anyway I wanted to try a new-for-me technique (Wen Redmond’s holographic images) and remembered that I had seen an article about it in one of the zillion Quilting Arts (QA) magazines I’ve acquired over the years.
What I decided to do next was different than my original plan. Instead of sifting thru all the the magazines searching for the article, I decided then and there to grab a few (okay about 10 or 12 of them), settle in a comfy chair and ingest some creativity.
This regular habit of mine was long overdue.
When I get the mag in the mail I usually read it front to back..no skipping pages — ooh shock horror! My friends laugh and think I’m loony but I just cannot read the 3rd article (or whichever one) first. It’s just not in me, so there… you know one of many, I’m sure, eccentricities of mine.
But here’s another thing that I do….when I first sit down to read the mag I make sure I have a pen and some post-it note tabs with me.
As I’m inhaling the words, I come up for breath long enough to write the name of the article (or a pertinent tidbit to remind me of what it contains) at the top of a tab and stick in on the 1st page of the article.
The tabs are placed in the mag in a stair step manor so that I can easily view each one. When I run out of tab room on the front, I just place them so they face the back of the mag and I have another stair step heading back towards the front of the mag. This way I can flip the magazine around to the back to see other tabs.
I started doing this before QA began offering their article index on their website. It was so automatic for me to start tagging as I read. Besides, I could just see me misplacing the printed index sheets somewhere in the abyss of my studio. With my way I just look at the top of the mag to see which articles it contains and go from there.
I did get thru at least 5 of the magazines before I had to get ready to hand over the credit card. What a morning well spent! …even if I did get sidetracked.
You are one organized lady!!! More importantly did you all buy a prom dress? That is one of the mother /daughter events that I really miss.
Somewhat organized Liz. I went crazy trying to remember which mag held which article so…necessity was the mother of invention.
And yes…we did find a dress and she will look absolutely beautiful. She has requested that nothing be revealed till that night so no sneak peaks…sorry.