Ready for Step #2 of our Quilt-Along?

Ready for Step 2?  You'll find that below.  And for those of you who want to make a smaller quilt, I've added some additional info at the tab "Quilt-Along. 

Step 2:

Here is a photo of my choices:

Once I have my layout, I take masking tape and mark each square with a row and number. This way I keep them in order when I go to sew them.

Here's a sample of row 4: 

 

Yes I moved one block after the first picture! Photos do that to me - they make me see the value of color.

Then I pin one row together so that I can work on one row at a time.

Now you can go sew your blocks into vertical rows. But don't sew the rows together into a top. Here's where this method starts to differ from the conventional quilt process. More on Monday.

I'd love to see your choices.

Starting the Quilt Along

If you read my previous post, you know I now have 2 projects ready to be assembled and quilted. With friends asking me when I'm gonna teach them to "quilt as you go", it seems the perfect time to start.  So if you'd like to quilt-along, go to the Quilt-Along tab at the top of the page and you can read about the first assignment.  I'm making a charity quilt, yours can be the same, a table topper, a wall hanging or whatever you want.  They're going to be between 30 - 36 " square.  Here are some blocks I might use:

And here's a Mr. Linky so that viewing that eye candy will be easy.  Look forward to seeing yours! Why not post a photo of your fabric or blocks? Look forward to seeing yours!

Design Wall 1/31/11

I have two quilts on my design wall - one is the first quilt we will tie.  You can see it here and the other is my yellow monochromatic challenge.  The rows are now sewn although you can't tell from this picture.  The  rows are ready for me to start quilting it as I assemble it -in other words another quilt as I go. So the next item is to find a backing and a batt square.

Off to the stash.

What's on you design wall?  Click on Patchwork Times on my left sidebar and go see what goodies the others are working on.