I am one of those that will try everything I know not to buy a pattern. I will many times wait until the prices drop or look at garage sales for pattern that someone gave up on. Judy Niemeyer does sell replacement pattern pieces for each area of her quilts. However I am not up to making a Judy Niemeyer quilt anymore. I recently bought 50+ patterns at a rummage sale and I have only gone through them to figure out what I want to do first. Mostly I will do what I can with free videos.