Originally Posted by
scrapinmema
I always put a safety pin in the first left block so that I know this is the top of the quilt when adding rows. Keeps in in order for my colors. When I lay out my quilt on the design wall will always number my rows and take them off the way in order with the left one on top and go down from their. Seems to keep me out of trouble.
A tip from a teacher in a class: If you have your quilt on a design wall and need to take it off to go home you can denote the rows in the following way: For row one stack blocks from left to right and place 1 pin in the upper left corner. Do the same for row two but use 2 pins in the upper left corner. Continue using the number of pins in the corner as in the tow. When I get to row 5, I use a distinctive pin such as a flat head button or flower pin. Then for row 6 use the distinctive pin plus one regular pin and so forth. It works especially well at classes and retreats where you don't have your normal row marking with you.