How many of you actually use a pattern?
#121
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Dalton, MN
Posts: 334
My first quilt started out as a valance for a window and grew into a quilt. I followed how to put one block together and went on from there on my own. I don't have the ability to work out a pattern. Haven't really tried. Not to sure what I'm doing yet.
#123
I tend to go to both extremes. I walk into a LQS and see all the pretty quilts/wall hangings they have up, especially for seasonal things--Valentines for instance :) Isn't that why they do that! There is an old saying "there's a sucker born every minute" well that's me! I buy the fabric and the pattern. I follow the pattern for the 1st one, then my creative side (what little there is of it) will take over I will switch fabric, move pieces about etc. I also graph out patterns to make a quilt. I find I need to have "something" in my hand to lay the pieces out correctly! I can actually mess that up too! I do envy the quilters who can see a qult and remember it long enough to duplicate it without benifit of patterns...I have a ton and enjoy looking for more. I have also seen quilts that I know I would never make and then see it again in another color and fall in love with it! Go figure! That's why I love quilting.
#124
Originally Posted by Arleners
I very rarely use a pattern. Most times I can figure out a quilt just by looking. I do have a software program called Quilt Pro and I enter blocks and quilts I see around. The only time I will buy a pattern is if there is a new technique involved that I haven't learned yet.
#125
Originally Posted by Arleners
I very rarely use a pattern. Most times I can figure out a quilt just by looking. I do have a software program called Quilt Pro and I enter blocks and quilts I see around. The only time I will buy a pattern is if there is a new technique involved that I haven't learned yet.
#126
I had to think about this. I don't really use whole quilt patterns. Like for BOM i use those patterns, but i tend to lean towards methods...OBW, string quilts, strip quilts and rag quilts. My latest venture is learning PP. I actually like it, I wasn't expecting that.
#127
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 446
This takes me back to what I think about patterns in magazines. I look at magazines for ideas but do not use the patterns or fabric choices they use. How can they say we've copied the quilts from the magazines when the quilt squares have been used over and over throughout time? I saw in McCall's recent magazine that they now "allow you" to make one and only one quilt as shown and you must give full credit publicly. I consider quilts to be a form of artwork and I would never make mine exactly as someone elses.
#129
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 862
Unlike most of you, I follow patterns, although I frequently adjust to make a different size. I have minimal need for twin sized or lap sized quilts - I prefer a bed sized quilt or a wall hanging. One advantage of patterns is many that I have chosen have unique methods that often improve my result.
#130
I like a pattern to follow, helps as a point of departure. Iam way too creative to follow anyones 100%, but then I like log cabins and theres only so many ways to change those, so I guess you could say I use a pattern!
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