Sew Thinky Thursday - Catch up

I was really trying to keep up with the excellent questions for Sew Thinky Thursday. It didn't work. This week I was all set to go and there wasn't a question--which actually made me feel better about missing so many. In reading back over the questions I had missed one of them jumped out at me as something I wanted to answer, so here it goes.

Bad sewing habits. Do you have them? Share with us, what are your worst habits when it comes to sewing?

There were quite a few posts linked up on this, and I have some of the same habits that others wrote about. I only consider some of them bad though. I definitely have multiple projects going at once, but I don't see that as a bad habit. It gives me options when I have time to sew. Am I in the mood to piece or to quilt? Either way I have a project going I can jump right into. 
I do have some bad sewing habits though:

1. I don't change my needle as often as I am supposed to. I did recently learn about the very effective zig-zag to quarter-inch reminder feature that was mentioned in Karen's comment on Stitched in Thyme.
2.  I put pins in my mouth. I have done this since I started sewing in HS and I doubt I will change at this point. My mom, who sews a lot and never does this used to tell me all the time not to do it. It is really handy. A friend of mine who just started quilting just leaves the pins on the surface of her machine as she slides them out ahead of the needle. I have tried to start doing this and have had some success.
3. Related to my friend's good example, I also sew over pins. I am working on this along with #2. In my defense on both points I use as few pins as I possibly can. I am NOT a pinner.  

Sew Thinky Thursday

Sew Thinky Thursdays is a linky project hosted at Mommy's Nap Time.

This week's question is: What is your favorite color of Kona Cotton? (Feel free to respond using your fav solid fabric type.) How much of it do you keep in your stash? Is there a solid that you always find yourself running out of? 

Moda Marble - Royal Blue

I don't pay a lot of attention to what line the fabrics I use are in. If the fabric feels nice and looks good in what I am making I get it. The exception to this is that for "solids" I love moda marbles. They come in a ton of beautiful colors and always play well with others. I use a lot of the black because it sets things off so nicely. My favorite is the royal blue, which works surprisingly well as a "neutral" in a scrappy quilt. My bee has been doing a block exchange this year with this as the common fabric in all our scrappy star blocks and they are absolutely beautiful!
I don't keep a lot of it in my stash, I tend to buy it and use it up.

Sew Thinky Thursdays

Sew Thinky Thursdays is a linky project hosted at Mommy's Nap Time.

This week's question is: Describe your quilting style. Who or what influences you? How do you see your style changing over time?

My quilting style is eclectic, but with a strong streak of the traditional. I like colors--lots of colors--and am not drawn to pale, pastel, or neutral colors. I use them, because they make the fun colors look so good, but I never see pastels at the fabric store and have an overwhelming urge to bring them home with me. I love traditional blocks and am very interested in the history of quilt blocks and the connections quilting gives me to the past, which influences the designs I create. I am not good at following patterns, I always see something I want to do differently or change just a little. (My quilting bee members are laughing at "just a little" as they read this.) 

I am influenced by the beautiful and amazing work of the quilters in my guild and by professional quilters whose work I come across in books and magazines. I am also influenced by non-textile art and the graphic design I see everywhere every day. 

I think my style changes all the time in some ways and not at all in others. I try to stretch my abilities and my comfort zone and try new and different things with every project. I am always drawn to saturated color though, and I don't see that changing. 

How about you? Please share your answer to this Sew Thinky Thursdays question.