Patterns are good examples; really enjoy looking at the magazines, patterns and sample quilts at the LQS. Never made one exactly like a pattern and definitly not the same fabric. There is a Civil War pattern I want to try..so will use my fabrics and the basic block and see what turns out. Each quilt is like a mystery quilt...cut piece and see what happens. PP again is using the pattern and I put them together when it pleases me.