Don't know if it's just a case of laziness or what,but I'm not choosing to make a lot of the patterns I see.
The pics are pretty,but is it full of HSTs? How many seams?Is it a... so-called easy quilt? Been there & done that.....didn't work easy for me.
Seems like my mind has to dissect a pattern before I'll consider it.Maybe too many HSTs have just worn me out? ;) :lol:

Yes, I'm all for easy these days. I find my attention span has gone awry, and I just don't want to spend a lot of time doing tedious things. I've been doing a lot of charity quilts so don't want complicated and time consuming.

I go for the smaller more complicated quilts as it slows me down. I already have more quilts than I know what to do with.

I'm passing more as the price goes up and the instruction is less in depth. I guess they're trying to save on paper.

Plus I already have so many patterns and ideas from here--I'll never be able to do them all!

I enjoy doing complicated looking patterns. New York Beauty, Mariners Compass, and I'm thinking of ordering the Omigosh pattern. I have started Dear Jane and work on her once in a while. Hope I live long enough to finish some of there!! lol
Sue

My Mom just finished her Dear Jane, it took her about 2 years. It is gorgeous. She did have to hand piece some of the blocks, you just can't do some of them with a machine. Good luck to you! Send pics when you're done.

Not only am I passing on patterns, I've stopped several magazine subscriptions. I have a ton of patterns marked in books, magazines and individual that I want to do. Am seriously trying to get projects finished this year. There's just SO much out there.

I buy very few patterns. I think some are easy to figure out just by looking at the pic and I'm not by any means an expert!
Also with all the free patterns here and elsewhere online I don't feel the need to.
Same goes for books and mags.

I do the same ... I've either GOT something very similar to it already or I will analyze how hard it may be be to put together. Sometimes I need quick and easy - and other times I want to do something more challenging ... :)

I'm passing on patterns and quilt magazines too. I'm trying to be more creative and use my software instead.

If I do an easy quilt, its easy enough I don't need a pattern and can draw it out myself. If I pay money for a book or pattern or anything else, it is because I can't do it myself. I find myself using "easy" patterns for children's quilts and charity quilts (also for children) and for myself gravitating towards the more difficult patterns. I buy quilt books, but not individual patterns because I feel like I get a lot more bang for my buck out of a book with many block patterns and quilt patterns, not just one pattern I'll make one time (because I've never done the same quilt twice).

I try to not buy to many. I never follow it anyway. I"m always changing it. Also so many free patterns on net. I am more concerned in learning a new technique, then adapt it to my quilting. I can usually figure out a pattern from the picture.

We have a group of us that share our books and patterns since we all have way more than we should !

Gosh, with the patterns and free patterns on the internet, I find I don't have to keep as many. So I have sold my stash of patterns, all but about 40, on here to share. I stil need to go thru the magazines. I keep them in date order by magazines and am getting close to being a magazine hoarder. LOL. SO I, too am going to discontinue my subscriptions. It's more ads than learning now. Have to get my dh to quit automatically mailing in my notices when he gets them. Think of the money we can save for fabrics????

After about 5 pinwheels going to do some panel quilts, one Asian, one African and one of the USA. A no brainer.

I skip the paper piecing and the applique. I just haven't been in the mood for these.

I have been passing on patterns lately as the price is getting to high. I look at past patterns and change the color or mix and match patterns and I get a new look.

I have more patterns and books then I can ever finish in my lifetime.

Yes, passing on a lot of patterns. Occasionally going through my pattern notebook and tossing patterns.

When I first started quilting I printed out every pattern I found on the internet. Now I can pass them by unless it is something I really really like. I have tons of patterns that I will never use.

No me,I'm always on the look out for anything.I'm looking into buying a book from one of the ladies here on the board.It's cheaper than Amazon,i hope.Connie in CO

I don't think I will live long enough to make all of them, unless I make it to 200!

I save a lot of patterns that are PDF files, and I hope to get to them sometime, but probably not any time soon.

I skip anything that has flying geese. They're such a pain in the rear, I just curse every time I do them.

I really like to do a simple one, then a complex one. I always like to try something I havn't done before but just because I haven't done it before doesn't mean its hard. I have never purchased an individual pattern because the books and magazines plus this great board supply me with more than I can ever get done. As noted by a couple of others, I am going to let my subscriptions lapse, to much money and not enough diversity.

Have you tried Eleanor Burns flying geese? IMHO she makes them really simple.

I pass on patterns that only make a size I can't use. I'm surprised how many quilts say "king size" but are only 108x88. My bed is 81x81; to have a reasonable overhang I require 100x120. I won't buy a pattern just to find out I can't enlarge it easily.

I do have both sizes EB flying geese rulers, but never used them Another bad habit !

Yes, but the ones I pass are the ones everybody and their cousin has already done 6 of or the super simple "just a bunch of squares and rectangles" sewn together type quilts.

I don't think it is laziness at all. Personally, I've just found the styles I am most fond of. I love looking at all of the beautiful quilts and the many styles, but when I sit down to work on one I find myself happiest with a simple pattern.

I hardly order "Paper Patterns", but I have many acrylic "patterns" or if I want a particular pattern, I trace and cut by hand.

Sometimes you need/want to do easier patterns because there's too much going on, or family members have moved back home for a short while, or your schedule has changed and it takes time to adjust. And sometimes you want a easy pattern because the last one was so darn frustrating!

I find I will use a color combination used in a pattern but not the pattern. I love EQ7 for designing any pattern I want.

I have never bought a pattern but have 2 mag subscriptions thatI ordered last year when I started quilting. I will cancel them when they expire. I either use a pattern idea from one of my magazines or more often use an idea from here. Also have printed free patterns from the web. Sometimes I just use graph paper to design a layout I want and calculate the yardage needed.

I'm finding that a lot of patterns are so very similar that they tend to blend together. I can design a 2 block quilt, but I 'm looking for something unique. There wa a Pam Bono flying geese quilt posted the other day that was wonderful. And there are SOO many unique avatar quilts, I don't even know where to start! I often PM about the patterns, and then get them.

Ok, I am also a hater of HSQ's yet love this method as shown on this message board. Try it; you'll never do it any other way and no pattern will scare you anymore. :)

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-37915-1.htm

Try this........sooooooooooo simple.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Mu0C_QL8Y

I don't buy many anymore. They seem to be very basic, and more $$. The "new" stuff-modern as they say- is mostly that. With more free patterns on the net, I have also canceled my magazine subscriptions. There is so much other info here on the QB, can have years worth of projects to keep me busy! Let the creativity abound! :)

What does HST stand for?

Half square triangle