
I got a great idea from several quilting blogs to have a "design wall" (AKA- the cheapest IKEA sheet I could find that I attached to my wall and pinned fabric to as I designed my quilt). It's a great way to keep everything in order as you are working on a quilt.
The following pictures show my design process for my quilt that I have been working on the past few weeks.
Arranging the fabric in the order I want. (Remember how crowded I am for space? Pixel's kennel seriously cramps my design wall options.)

The fabric is cut and ready to go. This is the order I decided on.

Slowly adding the pieces I will later applique.


All pieces are now sewed on. Ready to sew the panels together and add borders.

Finished!

For the back I added three wonky stars because I love having something to make the back look like more than just an afterthought. I really struggled with how to quilt this considering all the different colors of the quilt and the fact that I was using a mostly solid brown back. I finally decided to quilt it in the color of the front panel. I also decided not to quilt over the applique pieces. It makes the back look a bit funky with the white, blue, green, red and brown thread, but I love the way it turned out on the front.

Holiday Lineup
My quilt is almost the same as hers. I used a few different fabrics for various panels.