Design phase done. Time to move on.

 I think I have come to the end of the design process for the Boston collage quilt. Next week I will start taking off one building at a time, verify that all the windows, etc are in the correct place, iron the pieces down and then zigzag them in place. I usually iron all the pieces for an entire quilt in place and then stitch everything down, but I'm worried with such a large piece that things will start to fall off. I have never done it this way before. I will back each building with parchment and then stitch the windows in place. After this step I will put all the "puzzle" pieces back in place and then stitch the buildings to the background fabric. I might have to use more fusible or Roxanne's glue baste and pins to do this. 

Another thing I noticed as I was finishing up the orange highlights is that the windows in the large red purple brownstone on the left were not correct. They are not straight up an down. The bottom window sash is offset from the top one. I have corrected that in one building, but need to do it for the others. I know that it's not really that important, but I feel I must do it to match reality more.

 

Here's a close up of one of the windows I corrected.

I finally ordered frames and mats for the 2 Pittsburgh in the snow pieces. Not sure where I am going to hang these yet. A lot of walls in the house are already covered with quilts. The fiber work is not covered by glass in these 2 pieces. I wanted all those French knots to show.

Linking to Nina-Marie.

Thanks for reading.

Chris