Points

Jen and Jill's Waun-A-Quilt Point System

Number

Category

Task

Additional information


.	1	Applique	applique - tracing, cutting & fusing/preparing	1	per piece, per step
.	2	Applique	applique - stitching by machine	1	per each piece
.	3	Hand Work	applique - stitching by hand	4	per each piece
.	4	Assembly	assembling top - amt per block	1	Per Block	If sewing a 20 block baby quilt together, 20 points
.	5	Assembly	Assembling top with sashing and cornerstones of some sort	2	Per Block	If sewing that same 20 blocks together, 40 points
.	49	Bags	Sewing Kit/Needle Case	8	Per Item
.	6	Bags	bags - runaround or take along (Simple straight forward pattern maybe takes 1-2 hours to complete)	10	per hour after cutting
.	7	Bags	bags - very badley purse or lazy girl miranda type (Something requiring qulting of fabric before even beginning assembly)	10	per hour after cutting
.	8	Bags	bags - courier bag	10	per hour after cutting
.	9	Binding	binding - machine sewing	1	per strip used	Amount for attaching binding to front by machine. If you machine stitch binding for both front and back, just double this number.
.	50	Binding	Prepping the binding to be attached - includes sewing the strips together and ironing the length in half	1	per strip
.	10	Hand work	binding - hand sewing, amt per inch	4	per inch
.	11	Borders	adding 1 border - simple strips	1	per strip used in border
.	12	borders	assembling pieced border	1	per piece in border	1 for each piece in border
.	13	borders	adding 1 border - pieced	1	per side attached to quilt	1 per side or 6 for all 4 sides added
.	14	borders	adding any border with mitered corners	4	per corner mitered	1 point per fabric strip, 4 points per corner
.	48	designing	designing quilts	3	per 30 minutes
.	52	Clothing	shirts or jackets - complete process	40
.	15	Clothing	pants - complete process	15
.	47	clothing	skirt - complete process	15			15


.	16	Coasters	Making a criss cross coaster	2	per coaster
.	17	Pillow Case	Assembly - complete process	8
.	18	Placemats	Assembly, sew and turn/no binding method and quick stitch in ditch quilting	10		For more in depth placemats, figure points based on break down of work that goes into them
.	19	Rice Bag	Assembling, filling and finishing	8
.	20	Yo Yos	Sewing up a Yo Yo	1	per yo yo
.	21	Label	Sewing a label to a quilt	1	per inch or total	If hand sewing to quilt, 1 point per inch on label. If machine stitching to backing, 1 point per label.
.	22	Label	Making a label	2
.	23	Piecing Blocks	Assembling pieced blocks - simple and HSTs	1	per piece in block	Points per piece assembled - can count once blocks are done or per session. Add an extra point for each HST in block.
.	24	Piecing Blocks	piecing curves or applique in a block	1		per curve or appliqued piece
.	25	Piecing Blocks	piecing blocks - Paper pieced	2	per piece
.	51	Piecing Blocks	Removing the paper from the back of blocks when a stabilizer is used as in paper piecing	5	per block
.	26	Piecing Blocks	Squaring up blocks	1	per block
.	27	Quilting	Prepping back for quilting	5	per seam
.	28	Quilting	Loading onto frame	8
.	29	Quilting	basting	25		pin basting - layering it up before quilting
.	30	Quilting	hand quilting	0.1	per square inch
.	31	Quilting	marking	0.08	per square inch	similar to applique tracing, cutting, fusing
.	32	Quilting	quilting - meandering, amt per square inch	0.025	per square inch
.	33	Quilting	quilting - simple design (loops, flowers, hearts, stars, leaves)	0.03	per square inch
.	34	Quilting	quilting - dwirling, amt per square inch	0.04	per square inch


.	46	quilting	Stitching in the ditch, channel quilting or cross hatching	0.05	per square inch
.	35	Seam Ripping	Seam ripping the same seam repeatedly	1	per each time ripped	starts with the 3rd time ripping the same seam.
.	36	Rotary Cutting	Cutting a kit, fabric, scraps, project, etc	4	per 15 minutes	doesn't count as a separate item if cutting is needed for trimming a piece for one block.
.	37	Classes	taking a class	3	per 30 minutes
.	38	Practicing	Practicing a new skill or technique	3	per 30 minutes
.	39	Charity	Any item made or worked on specifically for charity	4	times points earned for said work	for example - points for sewing binding on for charity = pts for binding + 4*pts for binding
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.	40	UFO's	UFO Defined as something that HAS BEEN STARTED BY YOU and abandoned because it was too hard, too time consuming, lost interest. A purchased kit that was put aside doesn't count as a UFO	1	per month for how old UFO is - max is 60 points	Points based on above items but additional points based on how long ago you abandoned it
.	41	$$	Already owning everything and being able to finish without spending a dime	30	per project	Bonus points
.	42	$$	Buying it because you just have to have it during the contest.	-10	per item purchased	If you are buying fabric just because and you don't use it in January, -10 for each fabric purchased. If you buy fabric just because, but you end up make something with it, then no penalty.
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.	43	Holiday sewing	Working on projects or gifts for any holiday or birthday in the second half of 2009	4	times points earned for said work	for example - points for sewing binding on for charity = pts for binding + 4*pts for binding
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.	44	Cleaning	Cleaning rooms or areas	2	per 15 minutes
.	45	Organizing	complete quilting area or stash area overhaul	100		Bonus points