well, Judi, if you like long posts, then we have something in common, lol. Just don't know how to be a girl of a few words. oh well...it's a fun job, and I'm just the one to do it. :D

thanks, key4unc, for posting web addy. I really like your quilt. I like patterns that let you have a focus fabric or motif. I could say I have a lot of blue and orange, but i have some of everything! :D

I've been quilting since '95, but feel like a beginner bc there are soooo many blocks I have not tried (and want to try). I love the traditional blocks and there are so many. I've made a couple of samplers in classes, but I'd like to construct a quilt with just one (or two) of those blocks. I'm in a quandry right now tring to decide what block/s to use for my granddaughter's graduation quilt. If I don't stop wondering and start the quilt, she will not have it for graduation. Time's a'wastin'.

But basically I consider myself a traditionalist when it comes to blocks.

Great question! Back when watercolor was first introduced, I did several. As a result, I have a LOT of floral fabric, but I got tired of making them. Before and after that fad, I like to try new things, and if you look through my album of quilt pictures, you'll see that they are all different (except for the watercolor period). I love to try new ideas, and I usually tweak them a bit to make them 'mine' in some way.

My favorite quilt SIZE is lap - big enough to show the fun of a pattern, but not so big that you get bored. I can no longer hand quilt, and machine quilting this size quilt isn't a wrestling match.

Every once in a while, I get the urge to paper piece in order to get SHARP points. When I finish that quilt, I say 'never again.' Of course, the memory fades, and a year or 2 later, I paper piece again. If you haven't paper-pieced, the reason: PP is time-consuming, even though it produces perfect blocks. And you have all that paper to pick out when you finish . . .

I love hand-quilting and dread machine-quilting but the machine is so much faster. I'm into the D9P now and have 3 on the go.I also like Warm Wishes and have made several quilts from that pattern(usually baby quilts). Other than that, I like to try new patterns with each quilt. I did 2 Log cabin quilts but I did find that putting them together bored me. So I guess it is personal preferences and our tastes change over time. To each his own.


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