Hello Polyv9

I had never machine pieced until June 2009 when my daughter wanted to learn patchwork sewing - I had to do a practice run and then made 6 Pam Bono quilts in 8 weeks, as you will see from the photos I sent in previously - I still have to learn machine quilting when I get frame and machine set up but keep being sidetracked with other projects :roll: :roll:

Just notice the pictures of the quilts shown above. Those blocks are NOT appliqued, they are all pieced and they require LOTS of pieces. In the black quilt, one of the units in the border is about the size of a sheet of paper and it takes 54 pieces, and there are 8 units in the border. That's just an example. It took me almost two days just to CUT the border pieces.

but they are gorgeous!!!

I just went to her site. I saw lots that I want to do! Darn if I don't already have lots to do! LOL!

I have the Daisy Chain and a few other of her patterns but have not started one yet. Keep to busy with BOM programs.

Thanks for starting this topic. I had never heard of her, just checked out her site and will definitely try one of them. All of your pictures are beautiful.

I have used several of her patterns and love them. She has a group of 16 1/2" blocks free on her website and that is where I got my start with her quilting blocks and designs. I had several of her blocks laid out at Hancocks where I work and some lady came in and bought them even though they weren't quilted or put together. pretty cool give them a try

I think her designs are beautiful too. I did one. I got halfway through and couldn't figure out the next step/or get it to work. I was SO disgusted. And each block has like 378 pieces. To quote Scarlett "As God is my witness I will never do another Pam Bono". Now I break out in hives and get nauseated whenever I see one of her patterns.

As I said before I have made many of her patterns and never a problem with any except 1, a mesaurement was off on one but I figured it out and then got a correction on email. lol

I just finished her truck quilt. Nearly had heart failure when I looked at the cutting instructions. They are very precise and you will be cutting down to 1" blocks. Key is to follow her instructions to the letter, no shortcuts! Read the entire pattern through before you start. Because there are so many pieces, often small, I found it helpful to put them in plastic bags, with the size and piece number written on them. I spent 3-4 days just cutting. When I started sewing I put a ruler along the lines on the instruction sheet and followed the instructions line by line. Her instructions are so precise that everything fell into place. I also recommend you buy the Angler2 tool. There are angles everywhere in her quilts and this tool means you don't have to draw lines before you sew. Happy sewing!