On the Design Wall

Kitchen Sink-ing

by Stephanie January 29, 2013

Wheee! After going through the “orphans and extras” bin, as told here, I moved a bunch of the larger blocks to the design wall to see how they might anchor a Kitchen Sink top. Played around a bit, then took them all down and put some back up on point, much more interesting: Ribbons pinned [...]

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On the Design Wall

by Stephanie January 3, 2013

Amazing what can happen when you make a block here, a block there. One day you realize the pile is done, and it’s time to start playing on the design wall. In this case, the entire design wall and a few inches of wall space surrounding it. The far right-hand blocks are taped to the [...]

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On the Design Wall: Sept. 1, 2012

by Stephanie September 2, 2012

With so many WIPs, UFOs, and FUFOs* on hand of course I had to go and start a new project. The wide wild thing dominating the wall is the beginnings of a lap quilt for an imaginary friend. (What, you don’t have an imaginary friend to make quilts for? Well what are you waiting for? [...]

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On the Design Wall – Aug. 1 2012

by Stephanie August 2, 2012

I forgot to take a picture of the design wall yesterday, but that’s okay because there’s been no change to it over the past few days. Olympic mode has set in, which means sewing hour happens at the couch. You’ve seen one of the NYB blocks before; the other three renditions of “Block B” are [...]

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On the Design Wall – July 1, 2012

by Stephanie July 2, 2012

Yes, I know it’s the 2nd already; I was attempting (and came close to achieving) an unplugged day yesterday, which means no blogging happened. Here’s what was on the design wall while I avoided the computer. The blue starburst block is a composite of four of the 8″ June Bloggers Block of the Month sewalong [...]

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