Once I decided to actually DO the Macnas dance, I had to work out how big it would be and set a vertical and horizontal line so I could properly line up the blocks on my design wall. A plumb line helps me work out the vertical line, a laser level helps me set up a horizontal one. Then I set out some blocks to help me work out how many across (14) and how many up and down (18.)
Then it was time to start making blocks. To do that I had to cut more WOW Macnas rectangles, and I did that from yardage. Once I made a bunch of blocks and pressed them, I literally put them in a stack and started working from left to right, one row at a time, and I put the blocks on the wall in the order they were in the stack, so there was no rearranging or designing. I just wanted to fill the space. It took about an hour to match, sew, press the blocks and put them on the design wall.
Well that was so easy, I just decided to keep going...
Woo hoo! This was fun!
Another hour or so later and I had covered three quarters of the design wall. But I needed to cut more WOW rectangles, so I did that.
And because you know me, in for a penny in for a pound, I just had to keep going until I filled out the entire design wall.
THAT WAS FUN! Next up: fine tuning. But don't expect anything fancy. The whole point of this is to do something that looks fresh and free and isn't formal or stiff.
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