One of my favorite bloggers asked to see our design walls. Oh, my! Well, I'm going to show you mine...please excuse the mess. First of all, to make the design wall I put six pieces of foam core on the wall and screwed them in. Then I covered it with white felt. It's huge!You can see I use my design wall in a different way. I put all my Block of the Months on there while I am working on them. I have a few in progress! Home Sweet Home, Birds of a Feather, Vintage Valentine and Pieceful Nights plus a very old set of blocks from an old Piecemaker's calendar and a UFO Piece of Cake BOM. Also, Santa's Midnight Runner and some string blocks I want to donate.
The quilt on the top of the design wall is called Worry Birds and I did it for a Black, Red and White challenge with a group of local quilters that are my very best quilting friends. I guess that would be BQFF in today's language!
Also, the Blue Star Banner my BQFF Teresa made for me when my son went into the Marines. I brought it upstairs to put it away when he came home but I just couldn't pack it in a drawer. So, I hung it on my design wall next to a little US flag that Robert carried with him everywhere he went in Iraq. I'm planning on making him a memory quilt with some Marine fabric I found and I want to put the banner and flag on the back.
My BQFF Tyrena says I have layers on my design wall. She's right! When I want to use the wall for its intended purpose (to preview block layouts) I just hang it on top of everything that is already on there. Of course with this much stuff on the wall the advantage of using no pins won't work for me. I just pin everything I put up on the wall. Because it would surely fall off if I didn't! I certainly wouldn't want that to happen!
Edit: The blogger who asked us to show our design walls was KC Quilter.
Wowzer look at all those fabulous projects! And, look, look a second chair in your cute sewing room so I can come sit and stitch with you. ok?
ReplyDeleteSigh - I can dream! :-)
Wow, what a tidy sewing room! And all your projects all lined up easy to see and ready to work on! Very nice wall
ReplyDeleteI forgot to tell you that I love the worry birds. They are cute!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! WHo is your favorite blogger?
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to post a photo of your design wall. I'll see if mine is presentable enough to do the same!
ReplyDeleteWell you are a quilter after all - so layers are VERY appropriate *s*
ReplyDeleteI love your design wall! If I come and stick something up there very subtly do you think you would notice? Maybe you would think it was a ufo and finish it for me?
ReplyDeleteI love the ottoman cover and the pillow!!! beautiful!
Have you figured out what (PINK) baby quilts you are going to make?
love your design wall! yes gotta layer stuff VBG
ReplyDeleteyour vintage valentine to lovely.
and what a great find on the deco fabric
Oh, wow! I love every single thing on your design wall!!! Thank you for sharing it. Lots of inspiration there...
ReplyDeleteWow! Your studio must stay immaculate and I love your WIP's. We used the center medallion from Pieceful Nights in our Shop Hop quilt.
ReplyDeleteI love the red chair next to your design wall. I used to have a couch and loveseat that would have matched it perfectly.
ReplyDeletehmmm...your sewing room looks pretty neat to me! I love your design wall. It's a work of art in itself!
ReplyDeleteLove the blocks-- I'm a sucker for checks....
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteI look at your Blog and I like it.
You make beautiful blocks.
Kind Regards,
Sonnja from the Netherlands.
Not only is it a great design wall, but I first thought it was a display of all your finished quilts. :o)
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