Originally Posted by Naturalmama
I mean.... should I be concentrating on regular quilting skills before I pick up an applique pattern?
I can't stop dreaming about future projects - but I'm still so novice to basic quilting. Please give me your experienced advice!
I am a self taught quilter and throw all the rules out the window when I start a new project. I don't try to figure out what experience level it is. If it's something I want to do I just try to figure out a way. The second quilt I made was all applique and I had never done it before and it came out great. It's been a few years and I fretted and worried about it not coming out. Well, it's been washed many, many times and is still holding up very well. So, I say if you want to do it, then just go for it. It will be a learning experience for you and will help you build your skills. If you put off learning it, then you never will. So I say go for it. And good luck!!!