Originally Posted by
NJ Quilter
For hst's I generally dobthe inch thing and trim. Just about everything else I cut true size.
I always use patterns. Not confident enough in my abilities to do anything other than that and not a fan of scrappy. Just me.
Ditto on HST or use my GO...on most other cuts I will follow measurements given in pattern......but I truly hate those that direct....cut piece ----3/8" or some other off the wall dimension.....why not keep things at easy fractions like 1/2,3/4,1/4.......
I don't try to design patterns....I just follow the instructions of ones I like...changing colors most of the time...why try to design something when someone else has already done a pretty good job of doing that......I guess that's why I have a ton of books and mags.......but have learned much from experimenting with/ doing things in them.....