A design wall lets you arrange the fabrics and blocks you've chosen for your quilt to see how they work together—or don't. It helps to arrange your block setting and really see what your quilt will look like before you make the huge commitment of sewing-Continued to the right...
...Continued from leftthe pieces together. If you don't have a lot of room, use a flannel backed tablecloth and hang it up, then when you have to take it down, the fabrics cling to the flannel and you roll it up- everything stays in place!
There are a lot of really wonderful sewing machines out there these days, some have lots of bells and whistles. The last three machines I purchased are Pfaff's and I love them. Some of the brands that my friends own and have good reputations are Bernina, Janome, and Babylock, to name a few. Look around, check out the internet and find one that suits your sewing needs and buy one now!