Mock Trial

If you want to see how fabric will work in a quilt design, make color copies of the fabrics. Cut the copies to the pattern sizes and lay out the pieces. Tape the pieces in place and make copies of the taped block(s), then lay out the copied blocks to see what you think of the design.

-Linda Bartron

Boca Raton, Florida

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