Iceblossom, I admire you for being able to have the patience to "invent" your own patterns and designs. I just don't have the patience for it. I would rather use someone else's patterns and ideas to whap a quilt out in a speedy manner. I guess it all harks back to my apparel and home dec sewing days, when I spent many many hoiurs designing and constructing wedding gowns, and making window treatments. I don't care to do that anymore. I'm all about getting out my June Tailor ruler and cutting JR strips or charms, or using up the many precuts I have accumulated over the past few years. I am happy to say that I can see progress in the drawers, and actually have some empty space in the closets where stacks have been reduced. Now to just keep it that way.