Design time
#1
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It seems to me that I spend a lot of time making decisions.................How about you?
What block?
What finished size?
What fabrics?
What layout?
What borders?
Sometimes it's an on going process. One step last Christmas. Another decision about mid March, another 2 weeks later---------------until I've got half a year into deciding.
Somedays, I almost wish I could allow myself to do a kit quilt------------------well, no, not really.
It seems to me that I spend a lot of time making decisions.................How about you?
What block?
What finished size?
What fabrics?
What layout?
What borders?
Sometimes it's an on going process. One step last Christmas. Another decision about mid March, another 2 weeks later---------------until I've got half a year into deciding.
Somedays, I almost wish I could allow myself to do a kit quilt------------------well, no, not really.
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One of my jobs was as a drafter so it is easy for me to sketch out patterns and draft them to scale. Sometimes, I let my inner 6-year-old come out and play with grid paper and color pencils. Yep, often the design phase takes its own sweet time.
#4
Me too! I have a hard time making that 1st cut. I'm afraid to use that special fabric. What if I want it for something else? Right now I'm designing a tote to hold my supplies for class. So many things to consider . . . how big? . . . how many pockets? . . . zipper? . . . how long for the handles? . . . I'm just glad I'm not the only one!! A kit? Nah, I'll just keep doing my own thing . . . slow as she goes . . .
#5
Originally Posted by MadQuilter
One of my jobs was as a drafter so it is easy for me to sketch out patterns and draft them to scale. Sometimes, I let my inner 6-year-old come out and play with grid paper and color pencils. Yep, often the design phase takes its own sweet time.
I do mostly personal sized quilts, more or less 54 wide and 72 long.
9 rows of 7
or 8 rows of 6 or
10 rows of 8
or.................
Yet, I'm pretty sure of what I like!
#6
Originally Posted by klc
Me too! I have a hard time making that 1st cut. I'm afraid to use that special fabric. What if I want it for something else? Right now I'm designing a tote to hold my supplies for class. So many things to consider . . . how big? . . . how many pockets? . . . zipper? . . . how long for the handles? . . . I'm just glad I'm not the only one!! A kit? Nah, I'll just keep doing my own thing . . . slow as she goes . . .
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I have o trouble deciding on the pattern -- I can sketch something out pretty well or grab a pattern or maybe find a block I like. The rub comes when I try to pick fabrics -- I see way too many possibilities -- I could lay out 3-5 differnt combinations and then have trouble trying to choose which one to do...
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Originally Posted by QuiltnLady1
I have o trouble deciding on the pattern -- I can sketch something out pretty well or grab a pattern or maybe find a block I like. The rub comes when I try to pick fabrics -- I see way too many possibilities -- I could lay out 3-5 differnt combinations and then have trouble trying to choose which one to do...
#10
Originally Posted by QuiltnLady1
I have o trouble deciding on the pattern -- I can sketch something out pretty well or grab a pattern or maybe find a block I like. The rub comes when I try to pick fabrics -- I see way too many possibilities -- I could lay out 3-5 differnt combinations and then have trouble trying to choose which one to do...
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