Today I've learnt how to reproduce a drawing of a quilt layout from a pro!. Frank has been quite patient with me, I am always wanting to do things quick as a flash, which really goes against the grain because he takes his time and detail means everything. But I realise that he is right when it comes to designing things. So although it's taken a couple of days to get there, I now have a full scale mock up of my latest project, which I wanted so that I can now make an overlay to try out various quilting designs for the final quilt. At least this way when I draw in quilting lines that don't quite look right I can erase them and try something else. I have tried doing this process before , in a small A4 scale, but when parts were enlarged to fit the quilt it looked awful! I'm quite looking forward now to drawing in the quilting. I've spent a very hot afternoon in front of the fan looking at lots of inspirational work by others on the internet.
Here are a couple of photos of one of my old wall hangings, made many years ago and left virtually unquilted. The wadding is very thin as it's been washed a few times, but it's given me the opportunity to practice my stitching without having to start from scratch and piece something first.
Tomorrow I hope to spend the morning working on the new project while Frank takes the car for it's service and pre-ITV test. Maybe it will be another degree cooler again too!
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