I had to whip up a tote bag Saturday morning for one of my daughter’s friends who was getting married and having a baby shower, all in the same day.  DD#1 decided she would give the newly married couple a card with a sweet message and give the tote as a shower gift.

I explained that she needed to lay out the charm squares in the order that she wanted them sewn together on my portable cutting mat.  Once she did that, and her chicken-artistic-eye was satisfied with the layout, I photographed the squares as she had placed them:

Shazam!  Just like that, I realized I could have sewn a LOT more of my quilts and quilted projects without having to rip out the seams because I’d sewn a block in the wrong direction!  This is probably not the first time many have heard and/or used this photography organized method – but it was a first for me!  I actually sewed the tote MUCH quicker than others I’ve made just because I had this photo layout to use as a reference guide!

You can be sure I’ll utilize this “memory maker” idea for most of my quilt projects from here on out!