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Patricia
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Joined: 08 Jan 2009
Posts: 186
Location: Florida and Ontario |
Sometimes I am asked how long it took me to complete a piece. I never know as they are done in bits and pieces. I have seen people here say how long they have worked on a piece. Would 1 minute per stich give you a close estimate? Some go fast, slme go slow, some need a "rippit".
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rifestitch
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Joined: 16 May 2005
Posts: 639
Location: North of Atlanta |
Well, since the majority of my projects can be counted in YEARS, I don't know  Though I have never actually "timed" myself, I do know that on some projects (NOT my SQ), I can do a 100-150 stitches an hour (ones where I can do //// then \\\\ - but I so rarely have one of those). But on things like my SQ, 30 an hour is about max. I just can't judge a finish down to anything smaller than weeks - and there's very few of those
About all I can honestly say - as I get asked that all the time, too - is, after looking back at my starting photo's date and the finished photo's date, that I worked on this project between X and X (since I haven't worked on only 1 project in well over a decade). If you are a one-at-a-timer, you can probably narrow it down quite a bit more.
Of course, for me, that question, and then that answer, are usually followed by "You're crazy - I could never do that!" Well, the first is debatable, and the second, well, sure you could, if you really wanted to... 
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Patricia
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Joined: 08 Jan 2009
Posts: 186
Location: Florida and Ontario |
quote: Originally posted by rifestitch Well, since the majority of my projects can be counted in YEARS, I don't know Though I have never actually "timed" myself, I do know that on some projects (NOT my SQ), I can do a 100-150 stitches an hour (ones where I can do //// then \\\\ - but I so rarely have one of those). But on things like my SQ, 30 an hour is about max. I just can't judge a finish down to anything smaller than weeks - and there's very few of those
About all I can honestly say - as I get asked that all the time, too - is, after looking back at my starting photo's date and the finished photo's date, that I worked on this project between X and X (since I haven't worked on only 1 project in well over a decade). If you are a one-at-a-timer, you can probably narrow it down quite a bit more.
Of course, for me, that question, and then that answer, are usually followed by "You're crazy - I could never do that!" Well, the first is debatable, and the second, well, sure you could, if you really wanted to... 
Yes, I have many on the go as well. I change when I get a little bored. Some like SQ have a lot of confetti, others are more smooth sailing. Of coursse I have to do a lot of looking and admiring, checking out threads,,etc. .  Divecat had said she spent 2,500 hrs of Ehret so I just wondered about the time.
I keep a file for all that I am doing and have done. I have a picture with each one. I record the date started, date ended,,and yes sometimes it is years,,. the name of it, who designed it, and what did I do with it after it was framed or who did I give it to. I do golf pillows for my golf group gift exchange and ticket sales. Those don't take too much time, but then I don't seem to get the pillow actually made until crunch time, but I record that too. If I can remember, I record the cost of the pattern and where I got it too.
Guess that sounds like a lot of work but I enjoy the organization and it is all part of "playing" with one of my hobbies.
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Tanya2
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Joined: 28 May 2011
Posts: 14
Location: Oswego, NY |
quote: Originally posted by Patricia Guess that sounds like a lot of work but I enjoy the organization and it is all part of "playing" with one of my hobbies.
"Playing" really is the best word for how I organize my stash! Sometimes I decide to look for a particular piece of fabric. skein of silk or pattern. and a couple of hours later there I am on the floor surrounded by all to most of my stash - looking, I am sure, for all the world like a happy toddler in the midst of her toys 
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Patricia
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Joined: 08 Jan 2009
Posts: 186
Location: Florida and Ontario |
quote: Originally posted by Tanya2 quote: Originally posted by Patricia Guess that sounds like a lot of work but I enjoy the organization and it is all part of "playing" with one of my hobbies.
"Playing" really is the best word for how I organize my stash! Sometimes I decide to look for a particular piece of fabric. skein of silk or pattern. and a couple of hours later there I am on the floor surrounded by all to most of my stash - looking, I am sure, for all the world like a happy toddler in the midst of her toys 
Oh so well put. Tanya. Nice to know I am not alone doing this. I get among my patterns, threads, beads, and the time goes by. Hubby just shakes his head, but is very encouraging with my results. I have made a few things for him too. I tell him,, "It keeps me of the streets".. 
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Divecat
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Joined: 03 Apr 2008
Posts: 172
Location: England |
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woollymammoth
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Joined: 04 Jun 2007
Posts: 16
Location: Loveland, CO |
quote: Originally posted by Patricia Sometimes I am asked how long it took me to complete a piece. I never know as they are done in bits and pieces. I have seen people here say how long they have worked on a piece. Would 1 minute per stich give you a close estimate? Some go fast, slme go slow, some need a "rippit".
I never bother to keep track of how long I spend stitching on a project. I take progress photos periodically and save them on my laptop so I can tell when a project was started and finished, but that's all. Since my projects are all BAPs and I currently have 10 WIPs, completion time is in years. Recording the number of hours I spend stitching strikes me as a waste of good stitching time. Others like to log their hours. To each their own.
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