I want to just make a block quilt - nothing fancy. I found a seller on ebay who sells batches of 20 4x4 blocks sorted by color for cheapycheap. would it be better to buy my fabric this way, or to just go to a fabric store and pick out yardage? (part of) the problem is that our apartment is very very small, nowhere near enough room to even pull out my sewing machine, let alone spread my cloth out, measure, and cut my own blocks. but i'm worried that if i get these mix-n-match blocks, it won't look right.
also, i just got the "Block Tool" app for my iphone, which i love for all the inspiration - but how do you all go from pictures of inspiring blocks to deciding how to use a particular block pattern with colors and all? i spared $4 for the iphone app, but i can't buy quilting software. how do you plan out quilts??? i found this lovely website too, but it's kind of limited:
http://explorer.quiltstudy.org/quiltmaker.html
and here's a quilt i planned using it:
http://explorer.quiltstudy.org/userq...5110e2e247f364
Thanks so much!
--Isis, from Boston