Thursday, May 20, 2010
QIP
I have been working on Granddaughter #2's baby quilt. I am really loving this quilt. I laid it all out, just how I wanted it on my design wall (after a few days of tweaking and such), and began to sew.
Only I kept making mistakes by forgetting how I had things on the design wall before I took the parts down to sew. This is the first quilt I have ever designed this way and it's a little bit more complicated than my previous quilts. Finally, it occurred to me to print out a picture of the layout on regular computer paper and keep it on my ironing board.
I am probably the last person on the planet to think of doing such a simple thing. But in case I am not, I will swallow my pride and post about it. See the seam ripper in the photo? Let's just say we spent a lot of time together before I printed the picture. (I have no explanation as to why this last post photo is so awful. I'm a quilter, not a photographer.)
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3 comments:
That Bernina seam ripper is the best in the west.
It sure is! And I wore mine out. :(
I think the digital camera has made a big difference in my quilting, and I'm using it more and more. Cuz I can really get things screwed up while moving from design wall to sewing machine to ironing, etc. (That's why I like Liberated quilting!) (see above re seam ripper)
Are you gonna do the Blogger's Quilt Festival??
My design wall, which is really the spare bed, is in a different room. I always make sure to take a photo to reference because I would totally screw it up without that!
BTW, thanks for the comment on my BQF entry!
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