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I have to say boston1954 I love your quilt.! I mark my rows from the design wall with scrap paper with #'s and I pin them to left top of first block. I pin my block sides together as i sew them and put the row back up on wall. So far so good. The beads sound great to use and the numbered pins.
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so far I've done all these things. Guess I'm on the right track. I've wondered if there is a better way, hoping to see something different that will work for me LOL I've wondered if I'm dyslexic. Is there AD (adult dyslexia?)
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These are all wonderful suggestions! Some great ideas here that I will try. Thank you all for sharing!
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I also mark mine rows are numbers and columns are lettered
But I use a small piece of masking tape with the corresponding number or letter it only takes a few minutes to mark it and rip off. works good for me. |
I take a photo on my phone or I pad, I stitch in rows as I finish a row, I use sticky address labels for the printer, write numbers on and cut into small pieces and stick the row number on the first block. I'm doing a drunkards path just now and this has kept me on the straight and narrow lol.
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Originally Posted by joyce888
(Post 7133512)
In the kids craft section at Michaels I found plastic numbers and letters that can be strung for a necklace or bracelet. I use the letters for the rows and numbers for the blocks and string the letters/numbers on safety pins and pin to each block.
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I don't have a design wall. I mark my blocks and rows with crayola washable markers. They always wash out. I have tried all the other ways of marking and find the markers works best for me.
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No matter how much "running" I have to do between design wall and machine, I only work with 2 or 3 blocks at a time. I put right sides together actually on the design board and they are put in a pile so that the seam side is on the right like I am going to put it under the machine. Then back to the design board like several have said. I am so anal that if I'm working with top middle bottom stuff, I put the top part on top with middle row underneath and bottom row on the bottom of my pile to get ready to sew. I know-- I'm bad--my friends call my friend anal and I'm super-anal!! LOL I think they're right!
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Originally Posted by imsewnso
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I pin them together as I take them off the wall and put them back on the wall when I am finished sewing that seam.
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Some people take pictures of the blocks before taking it down.
The numbering system of 1a, 1b, - or a1, a2, a3 - works for me. |
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