Onebyone

I didn't have any fabric waste using her method but sure had a lot of time waste. LOL

Barb in Louisiana

She does show over cutting on a lot of the templates. She usually will show the templates cut out of a strip, and because you will be cutting anywhere from 4 to 6 to 8 at a time, she doesn't try to skimp on material. On each template is the actual shape of what you will be covering. After the first one, I tended to be a bit more careful of what I cut and saved a bit of fabric although not that much. I never thought I could cut 12 pieces of fabric at one time, but found I could do it when cutting the templates, especially with the 60mm cutter. I don't think I could trust myself to have enough thread if I only cut 3/8" over. The fun thing about quilter's is that there are always multiple ways to do anything and we will try all of them.

donna13350

They are .. for beginners, but they're doable. I made sure to pin a small swatch of each fabric to the instruction sheet, as I found it confusing to keep looking up what number fabric went where. Other than that, if you follow the directions, take your time, press well between steps, you can do it!

sewingpup

IceLeopard. The angles in her quilts are weird and so long and pointy. I would recommend cutting one her way and one your way out of scraps, I did have to unstitch a few and redo them. Of course, I really have not done that much paper piecing but have fun and enjoy!

sewingitalltogether

I'm on my 3rd one of the Judy Neimeyer quilts. I did Cactus Rose. Then Raindrops. And am about half way through Vintage Rose. If you've the kind of quilter who is independent, reads patterns good and willing to work on a longer term project. Then go for it. I'm not much for classes and have been quilting for 40 years. So, I did fine. Read and reread the direction s until you understand them.

NJ Quilter

I recently was gifted a complete kit for Judy's (original) Prairie Star quilt. After some confusion on whether there were corrections to this pattern (not!), I'm finally ready to continue forward with this project. My issue is the next set of cutting instructions. It's for all of the background pieces, so lots of pieces in varying shapes. The pattern lists 3.25 yds of fabric needed and that's what I have on hand. However, if I calculate out the various number of WOF strips to cut to get to the needed pieces, I'm way off on needed fabric. If I just calculate total square inches of fabric needed, I'm peachy!

Bottom line..my question to those of you who have done things Judy's way with using her templates, etc., how did you go about doing the gross cutting of strips/pieces??

My brain is hurting! TIA for any help you can offer.

Peckish

This edit is confusing. I'm sure what Donna originally said is "They are *not* for beginners". And I agree. Some of her patterns are not even available for purchase unless you're enrolled in a class, because so many people got frustrated and ended up needing help.

sewingitalltogether

I'm on my third one of her patterns. I read her patterns with a grain of salt. Then do what I figure is easiest for me. I cut out the pieces more like strip piecing. After quilting for 40 years, you get a feeling for what works for you. I've not taken any of her classes. It would drive me crazy to do it her way. But I love paper piecing. I read the directions until I understand what it says. Keep plugging away.

donna13350

You're right! I didn't catch that..they are NOT for beginners!