Originally Posted by
ManiacQuilter2
Susan, it is tough market out there with so many quilt magazines and pay per view quilting show along with u-tube videos. I am one of those people with EQ7 that I will take an idea I see on the internet and design the quilt so it is easier to make. You are competing with so many patterns free on blogs and fabric manufacturers. Unfortunately, the board will not allow you to do any sort of advertizing here. I would go the show and tell at guilds with classes. Good Luck.
Yes, very tough, but I have a couple of ideas that might make it through. The patterns that I see from the manufacturers are basic, one block to show off the new line of fabric that they are trying to sell and in most cases are not very creative. Good for the beginner to visualize, but that is about it in my opinion.
The patterns on the blogs are just that, patterns with no instruction on how to put them together in a lot of cases, much as the Farmers Wife series. She gives you the block and then you are expected to know how to cut the pieces and in what sizes and then how to put them together, some have jumped on her back and made a living on telling you how to put them together, but that is not very original and that is not something that I want to do either, kinda like someone doing part of your homework for you and then you get the A... something not quite right with that.
I know I can not advertise here or on any board, but I can try to get some answers and a general felling of what everyone likes and dislikes so I can work toward and also avoid these area. I have already gotten a great deal of information and have read some things that I had not thought of before and I will try to work towards them.
Thanks for your input!