Or, the true answer to my most frequently asked question… 🙂

During the video, I’m working on the modified Anna Embroidery from Namaste Embroidery 🙂 it’s my first time doing 3D wired slips, which I’m super excited about. Plus it’s my first big project with the color blending long and short stitch – each leaf uses 4 colors to blend from light to dark. Towards the end you’ll see me tie off my floss on the back.

The real answer is I don’t know, but a garment is on the order of 10 hours or a week, a quilt is more like 20-30 hours or a month?? But here are some other time considerations:

• I’m usually working on 2-3 projects at one time
• My usual sewing night or session lasts 2-4 hours, and I usually sew 2-3 times a week
• I consolidate fabric shopping for multiple projects at once, a fabric trip takes 1-2 hours
• I take time to find patterns and research (inside the black hole of the internet)
• In the beginning I spent a lot of time flipping through library books to learn about techniques and collect patterns
• My time in the sewing room includes cutting fabric, sorting fabric, ironing / pressing, measuring, arranging layouts, exchanging equipment like bobbins and needles, winding bobbins, looking for my scissors and ruler, pinning fabric together, doing mathematical calculations, and… sewing.