Layout Hint
#1
Layout Hint
This may have been said thousands of times before. I didn't see it if it did.
I have my design all perfect on my design wall. Then take things down to sew or iron or square up or whatever. When I get back I CANNOT get it back the way it is supposed to be!
Maybe I'm the only one but I doubt that.
Today! I took a picture of the final layout. Then uploaded in on my computer. Put the blown up picture on my computer screen. I can put everything back where it belongs!
I am so happy.
Hope this helps someone else.
Grammy 17
soon to be Grammy 19 and then maybe 21.
I have my design all perfect on my design wall. Then take things down to sew or iron or square up or whatever. When I get back I CANNOT get it back the way it is supposed to be!
Maybe I'm the only one but I doubt that.
Today! I took a picture of the final layout. Then uploaded in on my computer. Put the blown up picture on my computer screen. I can put everything back where it belongs!
I am so happy.
Hope this helps someone else.
Grammy 17
soon to be Grammy 19 and then maybe 21.
#3
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
Posts: 19,127
I have posted before to take a photo of your quilt especially when you are auditioning borders. I have been doing this since I got my first and only digital camera. I use scraps of fabric to number my blocks so they always get back to where they belong.
#5
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posts: 10,357
I have to take pictures or leave everything laid out on the spare bed and do everything piece at a time and even then I pin notes and numbers! I am a complete numbskull when it comes to putting things together properly.
#7
When I'm doing a scrappy type quilt with blocks that are not all the same ... I lay them out on the floor or bed or design wall, and move everything around until I'm happy. Then I label them with little pieces of masking tape, identifying the rows with letters and the columns with numbers (A1, A2 ... An, B1, B2 ...Bn). Kind of like a spreadsheet.
Then I can always get them back into the right order if I lose track as I sew rows together.
Then I can always get them back into the right order if I lose track as I sew rows together.
#10
I think you are my Australian twin, and trust me this still does not guarantee there will be no last minute design changes due to operator error.
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