New toy.
As if don't spend enough time already at the computer…
I remember seeing some quilting friends online talking about
their quilt design software, Electric Quilt, so I looked it up and saw that it
was $189.95 … ouch!
I kept looking and found the beginners version Quilt Design
Wizard for $29.95, and of course my favorite store, Amazon has it for $22.28 -
okay, that's more like it!
Tried it out last night, went through all the tutorials
which were very helpful. Includes lots of layouts, quilt blocks, and even
fabrics! Once you get your design it
will tell you how much fabric you will need and you can print out patterns to
cut out the pieces.
Used the software to design the quilt I am working on now
and it came out just like my figures on paper:
Except it looks much better than my figures on paper:
Here is the real thing, still waiting on borders:
I call this one my Wacky Scrappy quilt- made entirely out of scraps of wild colored fabric I had already. Some advantages to making a scrappy quilt:
You never run out of fabric
You don't have to buy fabric, so essentially the quilt is
FREE
You can also use up all those wacky colored thread and bobbins
you have collected
The grandkids can recognize and pick out blocks of fabric
from previous gifts
You free up some storage space (so you can buy more fabric?)
