Oh, bother

I've decided to make some scrappy quilts, to use up some of the scraps I've accumulated over the past 18 months that I've been quilting.  When I had a free minute, the past couple of days I cut 5 inch squares.  I cut a lot of them, but was still surprised at the number of fabrics that were too small to yield 5 of the squares.  Today I started laying out this Plus quilt on the dining room table, it soon became apparent that even with improvising, it wasn't going to work.

I made an executive decision and taped a flannel back vinyl table cloth over/in front of the closet in the guest room.  It worked great.  This is the layout I came up with.

I took a couple of photos, walked away, and the whole shebang fell!  Oh, bother. So I had to start over.  I laid the tablecloth on top of the guest bed, the bed wasn't quite big enough, but I made it work.  Now, the layout is a bit different, and I'm slowly pinning the rows together.  At the San Diego Quilt Show this year I saw a vanishing design wall, today, I really wish I'd gotten one.  Soon, very soon.

Keep on stitchin',