Layout Hint
#21
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,232
I do this also. I'm so grateful I have an unused king sized bed!
When I'm doing a scrappy type quilt with blocks that are not all the same ... I lay them out on the floor or bed or design wall, and move everything around until I'm happy. Then I label them with little pieces of masking tape, identifying the rows with letters and the columns with numbers (A1, A2 ... An, B1, B2 ...Bn). Kind of like a spreadsheet.
Then I can always get them back into the right order if I lose track as I sew rows together.
Then I can always get them back into the right order if I lose track as I sew rows together.
#22
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Corpus Christi, Tx.
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Gerbie, I have a portable design wall that fits just about anywhere. If you have some flannel good size you can attach a couple I use 4 skirt/pant hangers. The hangers hooks that swivel. You can hook them up to a window or even a couple cabinets/shelves. They fold easy for storage or portability. Super inexpensive. Hangers are about $5.00 for a 4 pack at Wallyworld.
#26
[QUOTE=cat-on-a-mac;6750823]When I'm doing a scrappy type quilt with blocks that are not all the same ... I lay them out on the floor or bed or design wall, and move everything around until I'm happy. Then I label them with little pieces of masking tape, identifying the rows with letters and the columns with numbers (A1, A2 ... An, B1, B2 ...Bn). Kind of like a spreadsheet.
this is how i did all my quilts until my son got me a ipad a couple years ago. i had used a camera lens for ligh/med/drk balance for years, but had never thought of taking pic to use as a placement reference. no computer screen in my sewing area anyway. i was working on a very very scrappy quilt at time i recieved the ipad...took a pic of block place ment before i took down to wash the blocks (please don't feint ..i do things a little different than other quilters ... ) then set the ipad on table after i had all my blocks of little tiny patches pressed and ready to place back on wall to be joined together. a photo of block placement for any tops you are working on is, to me now, essential. doing a couple of scrappy d9p's later the ipad photos allowed hubs & i to decide which layouts we liked best. there were a couple possibilities for each top. our little grand treasures loved what we decided was "just right". )
this is how i did all my quilts until my son got me a ipad a couple years ago. i had used a camera lens for ligh/med/drk balance for years, but had never thought of taking pic to use as a placement reference. no computer screen in my sewing area anyway. i was working on a very very scrappy quilt at time i recieved the ipad...took a pic of block place ment before i took down to wash the blocks (please don't feint ..i do things a little different than other quilters ... ) then set the ipad on table after i had all my blocks of little tiny patches pressed and ready to place back on wall to be joined together. a photo of block placement for any tops you are working on is, to me now, essential. doing a couple of scrappy d9p's later the ipad photos allowed hubs & i to decide which layouts we liked best. there were a couple possibilities for each top. our little grand treasures loved what we decided was "just right". )
#28
This may have been said thousands of times before. I didn't see it if it did.
I have my design all perfect on my design wall. Then take things down to sew or iron or square up or whatever. When I get back I CANNOT get it back the way it is supposed to be!
Maybe I'm the only one but I doubt that.
Today! I took a picture of the final layout. Then uploaded in on my computer. Put the blown up picture on my computer screen. I can put everything back where it belongs!
I am so happy.
Hope this helps someone else.
Grammy 17
soon to be Grammy 19 and then maybe 21.
I have my design all perfect on my design wall. Then take things down to sew or iron or square up or whatever. When I get back I CANNOT get it back the way it is supposed to be!
Maybe I'm the only one but I doubt that.
Today! I took a picture of the final layout. Then uploaded in on my computer. Put the blown up picture on my computer screen. I can put everything back where it belongs!
I am so happy.
Hope this helps someone else.
Grammy 17
soon to be Grammy 19 and then maybe 21.
#30
When I'm doing a scrappy type quilt with blocks that are not all the same ... I lay them out on the floor or bed or design wall, and move everything around until I'm happy. Then I label them with little pieces of masking tape, identifying the rows with letters and the columns with numbers (A1, A2 ... An, B1, B2 ...Bn). Kind of like a spreadsheet.
Then I can always get them back into the right order if I lose track as I sew rows together.
Then I can always get them back into the right order if I lose track as I sew rows together.
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