Welcome from Michigan!:)

Welcome from Vermont!

Hello from Maryland. Like you, I've never followed a pattern exactly, and probably never will. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but it works for me. (I'm curious, are you a second-born? We don't follow rules; we break them!)

Howdy from Texas. You are going to love this quilting board.

Welcome from New Hampshire!

welcome from Virginia. :wave::wave:

Welcome from SE Wisconsin. Thanks for sending us all your frigid cold air, by the way ;)

I love that you consider patterns "suggestions"! I hope to get to your skill level, as I enjoy breaking rules, too. hehehe

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Welcome to this board. I too do not follow a pattern, whether it be for sewing, knitting, cross stitch, quilting or etc...I follow by pic and put to my own size or placement...Welcome from NE Iowa..