My latest quilt was inspired by a picture in an email from my dad. Not the pattern - just the colors. I saved the pic as my wallpaper on the computer so I would see it every time I got on. Then got together the fabrics to work with it, and drew a pattern to encompass them. Sure enough - what I drew and figured out has been done before - cats with snail trail tails - but I love it anyway.
When I see colors that I just LOVE - I tempt myself to use them in a different way. The drafting of the pattern, the choice of fabrics, is what makes me tick! That's how I roll...