I have a TV tray I covered with batting and cotton duck. I sit it beside me at the sewing machine with each block laid out just as it should look finished. Then I can just pick up the ones I need. Now I need another one made so I can press on one side of me and pick up block pieces from the other. I am a press as you go kind of quilter.
On the design board, once I have the design laid out the way I want it. I use those round tags from the office supply store for pricing things. I chose I bright orange so I could see them. Then I number the tags and stick them on the blocks in the right order. They do not leave behind a sticky residue. But stay on fairly well. A life saver on a large throw I just did that had 16 square blocks made from Jelly rolls; sashed and set on point. No Pattern, well kind of. I bought the pattern but when I read the directions you were supposed to make the quilt as straight blocks than cut the whole quilt on the diagonal a couple of times and reconstruct it. Not my cup of tea. So I used their idea and made up my own directions.
Last edited by Silver Needle; 02-11-2014 at 05:45 AM.