Originally Posted by GailG
My grandfather used to tell us that "patience bears the sweetest fruits." Your patience surely paid off. That is one great quilt. And it's high up on my to-do list. Do you have any tips to help us get organized in making this one -- especially with the little tab-thingies?
Make a diagram with each block colored in with crayon or colored pencil. Then follow it very closely!! When a block is finished, immediately pin a note to it with row and block number (i.e. row 3, 4th block). Then lay it out on a design wall or bed before sewing blocks together and double check all the tabs. I thought I was being so careful, but still made mistakes. I thought I had fixed all the wrong "tabs" and sewed it together and a friend spotted another wrong one after it was all sewn together!! I found really cute fabric with puzzle pieces for the back. I just need to get it quilted!