Originally Posted by
Dougstermd
Those quilting people are really adamant that a large quilt is very difficult to make.
There are three main caveats for your first quilt. These are intended to help make you successful, so that you go on to your second one.
They are:
Simple design - Using large pieces with straight edges is easier to do well. Complicated, small or bias cut pieces are harder to do and take longer.
Not too big - If it's a really large quilt, you are less likely to finish it, and it's harder to manage at the machine. Also, it's very difficult to quilt on a domestic machine and might require sending out to a longarmer.
Use a pattern - You know how much fabric to buy, how many colors you'll need and have instructions on putting it together, so you don't have as many errors.
That's basically what people are trying to tell you.