I’ve never been brave enough to cut out an entire quilt at once, in case there’s an error somewhere in the pattern or I just don’t like the scale of it. Or I change my mind partway in.
The fabrics are auditioned to death, so that part isn’t risky.
I usually draw things in several sizes on graph paper, color them in with pencils, and walk by them for a bit. I get very hung up on proportion, for some reason.
I mostly just start with a few blocks after that. I think my samples are probably the graph paper drawings.
hugs,
charlotte