I love the quickie quilts- I do a lot of baby quilts. The patterns with tons of pieces never seem to turn out that great for me. I'm nit real fond of appliqué, but will do it if I don't have to do it by hand. Designing my own is a big challenge for me- I guess I'm not that creative. I love batiks, 30's dabs and novelty fabrics. I do like traditional patterns more than the contemporary ones. I just love quilting- piecing more than anything- except of course for buying fabric. :)