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03-02-2011, 07:11 PM

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Flying_V_Goddess

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Originally Posted by Dmacc502

For weeks I have watched videos, read articles, searched forums, and I am more discouraged than ever. All you quilters make everything sound so easy. I can't find just a simple patch pattern. I don't want stars, diamonds, triangles, just squares. I am getting burned out on all the info and still not knowing anymore than I did when I started. I think I'll just buy a quilt.

I'm just getting out of a burn out slump myself. Kind of got overwhelmed with the research and looking up fabrics for a series of wallhangings I've got planned out.

My first quilt had black and white nine patch blocks and then red squares of solid fabric that were the same size as the nine patch blocks...and they just alternated (nine patch, solid red, nine patch). Very easy.

There's plenty you can do with just squares. Nine patch. Four patch. You can add a solid square of fabric in between nine patches and four patches. Irish chain. Around the World. You can cut squares out of a striped fabric and make kind of a makeshift Rail Fence (which uses strips of fabric to make a square block). There are also shortcuts using squares of fabric to make pinwheels and half square triangle blocks so you don't have to cut out the indivual triangles.

Take it easy and remember to take a step back and breathe. Your brain is just on quilting information overload. Quilting can be easy and not complicated. Just get the basics down and you'll be fine. And for goodness sake, don't go out and buy a quilt from the store...those are of cheap quality.

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