Today I decided to play with -
My Basic Math - Little Sir Little Miss -
I've had the pieces cut since May -
And I sorted them a couple of weeks ago -
So it was just waiting its turn - LOL -
And the 4-patches - the bottom middle pile -
And pressed them all nice and neat -
Then I moved the sewing machine -
That I use for my Free-Motion quilting -
To the "short wall" -
Now that the cutting table is out of the way -
To give me better access to the design wall -
I think I'm going to like it there -
It sticks out in the doorway about a foot -
But the doorway is 5-feet wide - so that's OK -
I still have plenty of room to get around it -
And the "business end" is still up against the wall -
So any quilt won't fall off the edge -
If I need support on the left side -
I can always move the ironing board over and use that -
Anyway - I put the 4-patches up on the design wall -
And now I can step back to get a better view -
This "angled" design wall is not as big as the ones in the hallway -
But it will give me a nice "preview" of smaller sections -
Now I want to share another "oopsie" -
I am SO used to batiks not having a "right/wrong" side -
That I just sewed the pieces together as I came to them -
And then I realized that THIS batch of batiks -
DOES have a "right/wrong" side -
The "number" fabrics are similar to "one-way" designs -
This one is "backwards" because they are on the "wrong" side -
I need to sew this set with the "other" side facing up - LOL -
So I'll be fixing the rectangles tomorrow - LOL - ;))
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -
5 comments:
Ha ha....the oopsie - I have no idea when I used that fabric if I paid any attention to the "right side" of it. I am not even sure what quilt(s) it may be in.
Those numbers are so funky, I'm not sure I would have even noticed the backwardness at all. Good eye! Of course, that good eye also means a date with the seam ripper, but no one is in a hurry here, right?!
I had not noticed much difference between the front and back sides of batiks until recently when I worked on a quilt from an older kit that was all batiks. I could definitely see the right and wrong sides of those.
It will be nice to have a design wall closer to where you sew.
A coffee date with Jack the Ripper is preferable to a dinner date. That design wall will come in handy.
Such great colors and fabrics! Your new setup is going to work well.
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