Originally Posted by barnbum
Do you need a BIG design wall?? I was gong to do mine from a corner and sweep down, but I guess the wildflower Bargello would do that.
You don't HAVE to have a big design wall. I ended up working from the center square out because it was easier for me to see how the arrangement went. I numbered my fabrics 1 thru 6, then assigned letters to my nine patches A-F (A=fabrics 1&2, B=fabrics 2&3, etc). Then on the graph paper I actually filled the appropriate letter/number in a quarter of the pattern. That made it easier to count how many squares & nine patches I needed.
I worked from the center out to see how the fabrics flowed. I initially worked all from stash. Eventually I decided I didn't like the #1 fabric, and then searched out the lilacs on white fabric, and changed to it. Now, looking at the finished product, I wish I had switched fabric 1 & 2, the white lilac and the green. That would have made the lilac fabric more prominent in the middle, rather than the green. But on the whole, I am pleased with it!!
I'm going to leave the quilting up to the LAQ'r, but I am thinking of something that keeps enhances each ring of material.
And I had to "Wahhhhh" over your photos! After giving them a big sniff, of course! :lol: :lol: Mom has one of your photos showing the lilacs at your dad's place as the wallpaper on her computer.