Originally Posted by quilt3311
You should be able to draft it out on graph paper. I use 4 to the inch graph paper all the time. Have around 50 graph notebooks with designs in them. I've been at this for 44 years and have always used the notebooks to sketch ideas.
Actually I design on Excel (spreadsheet application). I make the cells very small and usually do the ratio of 1 cell equals 1/2 inch. I am doing this with the vintage quilts I am repairing also so I have the colors and designs scattered. I also use Excel for the Swedish Weaving I do. Last Christmas I made blankets for all of my family and the guys all had something they like, i.e. trains, music, boating, football. I also have a software design program that is for Swedish Weaving.
I am almost finished with the Happy Camper quilt I made and I designed it on Excel and then created a cut list from the spreadsheet.
This picture is a wall hanging I made with Swedish Weaving.