Originally Posted by jitkaau
Often, taking a picture of the quilt when it is just laid out before sewing the blocks together, can show up any imbalances of design or colour that one doesn't see with the 'naked' eye. I do it for this reason, and save myself a lot of grief.
I tell my students to use their camera as a quilting tool. I think I use it most as described above, it really shows an unbalanced value or border. I must have taken 24 photos of my one block wonder I put together last week. Each photo showed which block stood out and needed to be moved.