I bought a lightly used design board a while ago, which is really a pull down shade, from one of the quilting guild members. Arlin mounted it over a set of the French doors in the craft house and this is really the first time I’ve had the excuse to use it. The blocks are from the latest mystery quilt: you get one set of instructions per month until you get to the finished blocks. Then you have to figure out how to put it together in a visually pleasing presentation. The design wall is mega useful for this. You can see immediately where you need to make changes in arrangement so there’s a pattern rather than a jumble. Since I went totally scrappy with this quilt it was difficult to see any pattern at all until I started putting the blocks up. Am enjoying the process and will be quite happy with the quilt once I get it right!

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