Originally Posted by MadQuilter
One of my jobs was as a drafter so it is easy for me to sketch out patterns and draft them to scale. Sometimes, I let my inner 6-year-old come out and play with grid paper and color pencils. Yep, often the design phase takes its own sweet time.
I don't have a bit of trouble drawing out my pattern-------or knowing what size to cut. It's DECIDING what size of block I want.
I do mostly personal sized quilts, more or less 54 wide and 72 long.
9 rows of 7
or 8 rows of 6 or
10 rows of 8
or.................
Yet, I'm pretty sure of what I like!