The day that I finish selecting all the fabrics on a project is always a great day as I love seeing the whole image put together. Yes, it is a little messy with all the overlapping pieces pinned to my design wall, but it is always exciting to see it all come together. I did my usual ritual of sitting and staring, pondering and just generally looking for anything that did not seem right and then, when I was satisfied, got to work on the sewing.
This second photo shows my design wall as I am sewing the "top" of the quilt together. I take each section down separately, lay it out in place on my work table next to my sewing machine (see below), and start sewing. It takes several rounds of sewing, then pressing what I've just sewn, then sewing additional pieces together and pressing again. All the while I can look over to my design wall from my seat at my sewing machine and see by my pattern the order I need to sew my pieces in. I complete sewing each section together before I combine all of the sections into one quilt top. In the photo on the left you can see where I have completed the sewing on the bottom section, am working on the section above that and then will work my way up to the top of the piece.
The day that I finish selecting all the fabrics on a project is always a great day as I love seeing the whole image put together. Yes, it is a little messy with all the overlapping pieces pinned to my design wall, but it is always exciting to see it all come together. I did my usual ritual of sitting and staring, pondering and just generally looking for anything that did not seem right and then, when I was satisfied, got to work on the sewing.
Looks great! The difference between the before and after sewing.
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