I pushed some stuff out of my studio this weekend and made a small design wall for laying out quilt blocks. I bought some really nice wool batting , measured my cleared spot and cut. We have wood walls, so I had no trouble hanging my design wall with just some nails driven in across the top, a couple down the sides and (pulling the batting tight) across the bottom.
Within a matter of minuted I had my mother's unfinished blocks displayed. Now I can play with the pieces and see how they will look best for a small sampler. I've gotten one more corner block made and there are 3 more of t he red/green/beige strips to go on the sides and at the bottom. I'm thinking striping will make it come together much nicer.
Then I moved to my cutting table (thank goodness for it's extra height...cuts back on the back pains!). I was determined to get this finished top pined to the batting and bottom layer before going to bed. 10:30 came as I was putting in the last safety pin! Sally borrowed my quilting hoop, so I'll have to get another one to get started on the quilting of this one.
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