Organization of Perkiomen Daydreams

My daughter Kelli and I have been working REALLY hard on our Perkiomen Daydreams quilts.

We have made LOTS of progress since this picture was taken. We’ve added the three more rows to this quilt to finish it and we are working on the next quilt.

When we initially decided to make these, I was nervous. I couldn’t figure out how to organize the blocks and rows so that they wouldn’t get twist. Time and time when I’ve made quilts, I’ve twisted the blocks. Kelli had a great strategy. She made a copy of the diagram layout from the book. Then she would pick up a block and label it with the row number making sure that the first block started out in the right direction. She would pin the row together using the diagram as a guide.

Once the rows were pinned together, she would cross the row off the diagram and start the next row. While she was doing that, I was starting to pin the rows together. I had no trouble keep the rows straight as they were labeled with numbers. I knew that the number always had to be facing up and the smaller number always went to the top.

My plan had been to just lay them out on the floor like I usually do. That plan would have NEVER worked. Wish us luck. If all goes well, we will finish up the second quilt top this morning…then it’s onto the Orca Bay mystery we have been working on. If you are looking for the pattern for Perkiomen Daydreams, you can find it in this Bonnie Hunter book, Scraps and Shirttails 1.

5 thoughts on “Organization of Perkiomen Daydreams”

Quilter Kathy
December 9, 2011 at 5:11 am

What a great idea to organize a layout! I admire your ability to make not 1 but 2 of these piecing monsters!

Kristie
December 9, 2011 at 2:13 pm

I think it looks beautiful….so many pieces! I also find it hard to stay organized when working on something with that many pieces and blocks. Great idea to organize them in that way.
Kristie

Marie Ward
December 9, 2011 at 7:26 pm

It is just beautiful and trully is a mterpiece. you are a fantastic quilter Love all of yours.

Susan
December 18, 2011 at 11:54 am

Your inspiring me to make one of these!

Love the quilts!!

Betty Allen
December 19, 2011 at 3:50 am

These are absolutely amazing. I’ve looked at them in Bonnie’s book but I am inspired now. I can’t imagine how long it took to make two of them. They are beautiful.