One of the last programs and workshops I designed for guilds was how to make an original design quilt by designing a block first, choosing a colorway and piecing blocks and then trying it in several layouts. Somewhere in my archives I have photos of all of the layouts I tried with this block. I know this is the old fashioned way, not designing in an EQ program or something similar. However if I designed a quilt totally on the computer, I wouldn't need to make it because I have already seen it. For me, the magic is what happens while playing. I don't have a clue what it will look like or sometimes I don't even know what I am making for sure. Occasionally I need a no brainer, follow the directions quilt, but more often a quilt is born while playing.
Here is a close up of the fabrics and the quilting.
The hand dyed fabric is from Melody Johnson and the stripe is a P&B fabric.
Here is a close up of the fabrics and the quilting. The hand dyed fabric is from Melody Johnson and the stripe is a P&B fabric.