I love planning that involves looking at pictures, touching fabric, thinking about what might be, and coming here for inspiration.
In the long run, I both love and hate all stages. It's always so much fun starting but when I have to cut hundreds of little bits, well, it gets old. Sewing the blocks is exciting then I hit a spot where it seems I'll never have enough blocks for a quilt. And on it goes.......
And always, in retrospect, it was WAY more fun than it might have seemed at the time. (kind of like giving birth)