Originally Posted by
jmoore
For those of you who kit quilts, can you share your process. Do you pick a pattern then cut all the pieces, etc?
My process is to decide on a pattern and do all the cutting. What happens next depends on the pattern. Sometimes it makes sense to just stop there and bag the cut pieces with the pattern -- for example, with a big-piece, simple modern pattern that doesn't have traditional blocks. If it is a more complicated quilt I might construct all the units for the blocks and then bag, and sometimes it makes more sense to construct all the blocks and then bag them. Often what will decide me is the size of the finished component. I bag kits in plastic grocery bags and then put 4 or 5 of them in a box, so I want whatever pieces I bag to fit conveniently in that space without getting overly wrinkled. This all started for me a couple of years ago when I decided I didn't have room to store any more completed tops, but at the same time I felt impatient to deal with my stash.