I have been quilting about 5 years, and while I'm not great, I am a good piecer. The magazines now bore me, as you say, it's the same patterns over and over, just different colors. I am stretching into applique. I like the look of some piece work w/ some applique. It seems doable. Applique scares me. How to do it, can I wash it?? Or eve, embroidery in a "regular" quilt.
Yep, that's my take.
Sue