While I was in Ireland I ordered the wefty needles, I watched the videos I could find, and was really excited to try this new-to-me way of making fabric.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xlUirFs0Kg -
Tumbling Blocks Madweave Tutorial (Wefty)
Fabric Weaving: Triaxial Tumbling Blocks Weave -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ3EvDHUcCQ
Fundamentals of Fabric Weaving with Mister Domestic -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VhYyI5SmN4
I watched more than this while there and once I returned... I decided to set things up using the bottom of a box I was given at Costco. Worked well. I felt good that I didn't go to store to buy the foam core board.
Also, I didn't have the recommended lightweight woven fusible, but I used tape to secure the piece and was able to remove it  quite well.
I just need more help and different directions so I can get the correct pattern in my work. Maybe an example where a different fabric was used for the different sections - just to get where to do the weaving! I'm not sure if my error was made in level two or/and level three...
Other people were able to do the design as planned, and some did not.  http://alidatweloqdesigns.blogspot.com/2018/07/starry-bright-sky-qal-linky-month-7.html  I submitted my block via email, I received the next month's pattern but just now it doesn't look like she posted my image on the linky.  Oh well.
So that wasn't the problem.  
| Here you can see that I drew the grid on the box, and used painters tape to secure so I could remove it to the sewing machine... | 
I just need more help and different directions so I can get the correct pattern in my work. Maybe an example where a different fabric was used for the different sections - just to get where to do the weaving! I'm not sure if my error was made in level two or/and level three...
So this is what I ended up with.  Not happy with it.  Maybe will make a pillow top, or maybe not.

 
 
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