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Designing 12" x 12" quilt blocks - THE NOTEBOOK!

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I prefer working on paper when coming up with new designs for quilt blocks; it just feels more tangible seeing it all on a page! Also, it means I get time away from the screen. Working up over a dozen of designs recently I realised it would be much nicer to have them all in one book, rather than using random sheets of paper and sticking them in binders (or, more likely, misplacing them somewhere along the way). I am already an Amazon author (after publishing the two books for UK Quilters United*), so I decided to look into the option of creating my own quilt designer notebook. After a bit of playing around and trying different designs, I settled on layout and content to capture my design ideas whilst at the same time allowing space for notes and cutting instructions.  As many quilters seem to love purple, I decided on the colour of the cover and when searching for images I stumbled on the image to use.  Quilt Block Designer journal is now live I am pleased to say that the journal is no