Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
Just wondering how many quilters use the free patterns that the fabric companies put up on their websites.
Sometimes they're for quilts, sometimes table linens, pillowcases, totes...
Have you used any of those patterns? And did you use the fabrics they recommended, or did you "wing it"?
I save many, many patterns to my computer. The only time I tried to go with the manufacturer suggested fabrics I went crazy. I fell in love with a pattern in a magazine and tried to find the suggested fabrics online. What a pain. Turned out I was looking at a magazine over a year old so I guess the line of fabrics was getting discontinued. But I went round and round looking for "the" fabrics. Finally got the major ones and, after much searching, got satisfactory coordinating fabric.
I haven't made the quilt yet but I'm looking forward to it.
Mostly, I assume I will find my own fabrics when the time comes to make one of my downloaded/saved patterns.