one year our lqs was offering a 'saturday sampler' program in 3 different color/style fabric choices- i decided to do all 3-then went home & added 3 more---so by the end i had 6 quilts-all the same patterns, all different fabric choices---all so different it was amazing! i made them in: thimbleberries darks, 30's with white, batiks, neutrals (all creams) and flannels and novelties (kids prints) it was great fun to see how different each block looked- each quilt came out to be so different===and why spend money of a pattern if you are never going to make it again? that seems like just collecting dust- i don't think i would every buy a pattern that i could not see numerous possibilities from- i never make the same quilt twice- but i certainly get plenty of use from patterns.
