Don't shelf this idea!:))If success was easy, everyone would have done it:))LOL I have written patterns out, etc. Here's what you do. I always suggest to all when working on your own pattern, etc...keep notes as you go. Write what worked, what was easier, etc. When project is done, your notes will be too. Then sit and make a real draft of the process. (Keeping all in a file w/pattern name)Here's the big clue! Always assume the consumer is ignorant. Seriously. I call it making things 'dummy proof'. Don't assume they understand what a certain cut is or means. It is simple. When you break it down in steps, then viola! You have it!! If you aren't online or don't have a friend that has a site...then you could even enter this pattern in a quilt magazine. You can start out slower and then move forward. Do not shelf this! Or anything else you do! Go w/your gut! Also when you are done w/your directions, have a friend make this pattern...one that is a positive friend. This will make sure she(and everyone else) understands your directions. Also, if you design your own pattern to sell, etc...mail a copy of it to yourself and do not open the envelope...thus marking your date of originality! Keep it going!!! Skeat