How Do You Design A Quilt Using Panels?
Designing with printed quilt panels is more than a quick way to stitch up an impromptu gift. With the wealth of whimsical and topical panels available–from Mary Engelbreit designs to Flintstones prints–you can get creative and produce a quilt that expresses your own individual style. By using panels, you can save the time you would spend cutting, piecing and pressing quilt blocks. By adding coordinating borders and setting the panels in original ways you can design a work of art, especially with some skilled machine or hand quilting to finish your masterpiece. Draw the dimensions of the size quilt you want to make onto graph paper, using a scale of 3 inches per square, equaling four squares per foot. A wall hanging can be whatever size you wish; the standard size for a baby quilt is 45 by 60 inches, A twin sized quilt measures 63 by 87 inches. Select the quantity and size of the quilt panels you will incorporate in your design. You may cut your panel into smaller pieces or use panels
